Iran has formally demanded that the UN Security Council act after a US military strike on Larak Island in the Persian Gulf, calling the assault a blatant act of aggression, a war crime and a direct assault on the country’s sovereignty.

The Hamas Movement said the Zionist regime’s occupation army’s intensified attacks and crimes across the Gaza Strip since Monday morning represent a systematic escalation by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, confirming Zionist regime's continued genocidal war against the Palestinian people and its disregard for obligations under the ceasefire agreement.

Five Palestinian civilians have been martyred and several others wounded in Zionist regime’s attacks across the Gaza Strip as shooting, artillery shelling, drone activity, and demolitions were reported in different parts of the coastal area.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned Israeli so-called national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s latest incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has reiterated his strong opposition to a US-mediated framework agreement between the Beirut government and Israel, warning about the fallout of direct negotiations with the Tel Aviv regime under relentless Israeli assaults targeting southern Lebanon.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran does not seek war but will respond firmly to any act of aggression.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says its air defense forces have shot down a US MQ-9 long-range unmanned aerial vehicle over the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has announced that its Aerospace Force has struck American military positions in Jordan, delivering a decisive response to the American terrorist assault on Larak Island.

The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has praised the resilience of various segments of the Iranian society during the recent US-Israeli wars of aggression against the Islamic Republic, stressing that perseverance will push back enemies and thwart their schemes.

US military officials reportedly declined a request by Saudi authorities to lead a military onslaught against the Sana'a-based Yemeni government amid Riyadh's military failures in the face of the Ansarullah resistance movement.