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Iran’s chief negotiator warns retaliation will be 'faster, heavier and more painful'
Fortune • • world
Key Points:
- Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people and destroyed a hospital, with the Israeli military citing a Hezbollah drone attack as the reason for the retaliation near a strategic area in Nabatiyeh.
- Iran claimed it hit a U.S. boat in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim denied by the U.S. Central Command, amid ongoing tit-for-tat attacks between Iran and U.S./Israeli forces following a ceasefire collapse.
- Yemen’s government forces recaptured territory in the Hodeida and Taiz provinces from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who recently fired ballistic missiles at Taiz city.
- A mass funeral was held in Gaza for over 110 Palestinians, including many children, whose bodies were recovered from rubble after Israeli strikes, with the Gaza Health Ministry reporting over 73,650 Palestinian deaths since the conflict began.
- Muslim-majority countries condemned Israeli proposals to encourage Palestinian migration from Gaza, calling such plans violations of international law and warning of severe consequences for Palestinian rights and statehood prospects.
