US, Iran 'reach deal' but Trump approval needed, Axios says, as Israel intensifies attacks on Lebanon

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Iran's football team still lacks US visas and is not competing in World Cup on "equal terms" because of its difficulty in training ahead of the tournament, its ambassador to Mexico said on Thursday.

Ambassador Abolfazl Pasandideh visited the northwestern Mexican border city of Tijuana, where Iranians have relocated their training camp. They were originally planned to be based in Tucson in the US state of Arizona.

The ambassador told a news conference that "the country to the north" - meaning the US - had not followed through on its responsibility of hosting the Iranian team.

"We don't know whether or not they're going to give the players their visas," he added.

Iran will play their three World Cup group games in two west coast US cities: Los Angeles and Seattle. The head of the Iranian Football Federation has said they were hoping players would be granted multiple entry visas.

"We aren't participating in the World Cup on equal terms," Pasandideh said.

"We haven't been able to train our team like they should," he said, because of the war in the Middle East that began February 28.

On Wednesday, Iranian diplomats visited the stadium where the team is training, a source from Club Tijuana that plays there told AFP. The diplomats also met with local security officials, the source said.

Iran are due to play in Los Angeles on 15 June against New Zealand and on 21 June against Belgium, then in Seattle against Egypt on 26 June.

No US aircraft were shot down near Bushehr, Iran, despite a claim made on Iranian state TV, said a US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Iran's state TV said early on Friday that a US aircraft was destroyed in Iran's Jam governorate in Bushehr, citing its governor Masoud Tangestani.

US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday told reporters that Washington was "not there yet" with Iran but that the parties were close, adding that the US was in a position where it could substantially set back Tehran's nuclear programme.

Iran's state TV said on early on Friday that a US aircraft was destroyed in Iran's Jam governorate in Bushehr, citing its governor Masoud Tangestani, with no confirmation from the United States

Qatar's ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump about developments in the Middle East war, Qatari state media reported Thursday.

Doha hosted Iranian officials this week as regional nations push for a resolution to the US-Iran war despite a fragile ceasefire that has held since 8 April.

"The call discussed the latest updates in the Middle East, in light of the political and security developments taking place in the region, along with the regional and international efforts aimed at reducing escalation and enhancing stability," the Gulf nation's official news agency said.

The emir "stressed the need to prioritise political and diplomatic solutions and dialogue between all parties in order to consolidate regional security and stability and spare the region further tension and escalation," it added.

The report said Trump "voiced his appreciation" for Qatar's role in supporting the mediation efforts of Pakistan, which has emerged as a key link between Washington and Tehran.

A high-level Iranian delegation, including Tehran's top negotiator and central bank chief, was in Doha Monday to discuss an agreement with the US and the release of frozen funds.

This marked the first senior Iranian visit to the region since the start of the Middle East war, which saw Tehran launch thousands of drones and missiles across the Gulf -- including at Qatar.

It also signalled Qatar's growing role in the talks.

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike south of Beirut on Thursday killed a woman and two children, after Israel's army said it "precisely struck" the capital without identifying the target.

"The Israeli enemy strike on the town of Choueifat led to a final toll of three martyrs including a woman and her baby daughter, and a child of Syrian nationality, in addition to wounding 15 people including three children and five women," the health ministry said in a statement.

Iran's armed forces carried out a missile launch operation from the southern region of the country toward specified targets, semi-official Fars news agency said early on Thursday, adding the destination of the missiles was not yet clear. 

The US said on Thursday it has imposed new sanctions on Iran's military oil trade, even as Washington and Tehran reached a tentative agreement to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Treasury Department said it had sanctioned eight vessels involved in transporting Iranian crude oil and petroleum products to global markets. The vessels included the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Flora, the Comoros-flagged crude oil tanker Hauncayo and the Panama-flagged tanker Ill Gap.

"We will not allow the Iranian government to increase its oil revenue for the purpose of reconstituting its armed forces and military capabilities," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a release. President Donald Trump has yet to approve the deal in the war the US and Israel launched on 28 February. The conflict has roiled global markets by closing the vital strait off Iran and Oman, through which 20% of the world's oil and gas normally flowed.

The U.S. also imposed sanctions on more than 15 entities including Worth Seen Energy Limited in Hong Kong, Symphony Shipping and Maritime Management Inc in Dubai, and Mehdiyev Trading Co, also in Hong Kong.

Hezbollah said it has carried out two attacks on Israeli soldiers gathered in the village of Biyyada, in the country's south, according to Telegram posts.

The group's fighters also targeted Israeli soldiers in the town of Rashaf with a barrage of rockets.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday told reporters he spoke with Oman's ambassador and Oman assured the United States there are no plans to toll the Strait of Hormuz.

The United Nations has urged the US and Iran to respect the already-fragile ceasefire between the two, as spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the world body is "trying to get a better understanding of what is official and what isn't" amid reports the two countries have reached a memorandum of understanding eaelier today.

Dujarric told reporters that the UN "is very worried and concerned" about the exchange of fire this week.

Dujarric stressed that both parties "need to respect the ceasefire that they had announced".

The US dollar fell against major currencies on Thursday following reports that the US and Iran have reached a deal to extend their ceasefire and launch further negotiations, although the agreement is pending approval from President Donald Trump.

US and Iran agreed to a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and begin negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme, Axios reported on Thursday, citing two US officials.

The euro gained 0.27% against the dollar to $1.1655. Against the Swiss franc, the dollar weakened 0.22% to 0.785.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.29% to 99.02.

Oman should know that the US government will "aggressively" target any actors involved in facilitating tolls for the Strait of Hormuz, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post on X on Thursday, adding that any partners in the effort to impose a tolling system in the Strait will be penalised.

The United States Government will not tolerate any effort to impose a tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz. Oman, in particular, should know that the U.S. Treasury will aggressively target any actors involved - directly or indirectly - in facilitating tolls for the Strait and…

— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) May 28, 2026

Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel's main air gateway near Tel Aviv, is operating at about one-third of capacity due to the presence of US refuelling aircraft, threatening heavy flight cancellations this summer, the head of the Israel Airports Authority said on Thursday.

Sharon Kedmi, director general of the authority, told Kan's Reshet Bet radio station that 70% of activity at the airport is limited because of the space and resources being taken up by American military activity.

"We are only utilizing one-third of the airport's operational capacity," he said. "We are at the limit of our capabilities. There will be flights that we will announce in the coming days that are being cancelled."

Foreign carriers will not be able to return soon, and as many as 3 million passengers will see their flights cancelled, he added.

Dozens of US tanker planes are currently based at Ben-Gurion.

The US Embassy in Jerusalem referred Reuters to the State Department for comment, which did not immediately respond.

Kedmi told the station that in the last two months the authority has lost 700 million shekels ($248 million) and if the situation continues, its loss could turn into billions.

He noted that 18 million passengers were projected to pass through the airport, but "right now it looks like we won't exceed 15 million."

"We have no information when the US military's activities at the airport will end. We are in a constant state of flux," Kedmi said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had ordered the country's military to take control of 70% of the Gaza Strip, in defiance of the terms of a fragile ceasefire that took effect in October.

"We are currently squeezing Hamas. We now control 60% of the territory in the strip. You know, we were at 50, we moved to 60. My directive is to move to... 70%," he said at a conference in an occupied West Bank settlement, according to a video aired by Israel's Channel 12 network.

US and Iranian negotiators have agreed on a framework for a 60-day ceasefire extension deal but it still needs President Donald Trump's approval, US sources told AFP on Thursday.

The sources confirmed a report by the Axios news outlet that the two sides had reached agreement on a memorandum of understanding to prolong the truce and launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.

There was no immediate confirmation from Trump himself, or from Iran.

The 60-day deal will say that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will be unrestricted, with no tolls or harassment and with Iran having to remove all mines within 30 days, Axios reported.

The US will in return lift its naval blockade on Iran's ports, but only in proportion to how much commercial shipping is restored, it said.

The memorandum will also contain an Iranian commitment not to pursue a nuclear weapon, Axios said. Among the first issues to be addressed is how to dispose of Iran's stocks of enriched uranium.

Trump has repeatedly insisted that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon under any deal to end the war that the US and Israel launched on 28 February. A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 7 April.

The US president said on Wednesday that he was "not satisfied" yet with Iran's offers and warned that he could "finish the job" militarily.

Washington and Tehran both accused each other of violating the truce earlier on Thursday following an exchange of fire.

Israel is breaking all contact with United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, the country's ambassador announced on Thursday, saying it was "outrageous" that Israel has been blacklisted over accusations of sexual violence in war zones.

"We are done with this secretary-general," Ambassador Danny Danon said in a video posted on X.

"The decision to blacklist Israel and accuse us of using sexual violence as a weapon of war is an outrageous decision," he said, referring to an upcoming report from Guterres' office.

"The secretary-general and his team continue to spread lies against Israel. To put us and Hamas terrorists on the same list, that's unacceptable."

The Israeli mission to the UN said in a statement it will have no contact with the secretary-general's office as long as Guterres serves as head of the organisation.

Guterres's spokesman said they were aware of Danon's remarks.

"For our part, the secretary-general's door remains open," Stephane Dujarric said.

The UN's decision to place Israel on a blacklist comes after mounting evidence and testimonies have emerged in recent years that the country's military and officials were carrying out sexual crimes against Palestinians, particularly as the war in Gaza intensified.

Among those incidents is the Sde Teiman detention facility scandal, where soldiers were caught on camera sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee by inserting an iron rod in his anus, leaving him with serious injuries.

מזכ״ל האו״ם החליט להכניס את ישראל לרשימה השחורה עם מחבלי חמאס.

אנחנו עם המזכ״ל הזה סיימנו! pic.twitter.com/80VQLuTfvS

— Danny Danon 🇮🇱 דני דנון (@dannydanon) May 28, 2026

In a statement, UNIFIL expressed its deep concern about the recent escalation in southern Lebanon, and said that "the continuation of the conflict is causing deaths, injuries and widespread destruction, which further undermines stability in the region."

"Civilians remain the most affected by these conditions. Hundreds of thousands have been forced to leave their homes, often with little warning. The damage to homes, roads, and basic infrastructure is greatly impacting daily life and recovery efforts," UNIFIL added.

UNIFIL also stressed that "peacekeepers continue to perform their duties on the ground, monitor the situation and report it to the Security Council."

Wednesday witnessed the launching of about 670 projectiles, which is one of the highest rates recorded since 17 April, stressing that "we continue to work with the parties to help reduce tensions, and remind them of their obligations under Resolution 1701."

The United States will shut down both Iranian airlines' access to landing spots, refuelling, and ticket sales, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared in a post on X on Thursday.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health says at least 16 people have been killed and 39 others wounded over the past 48 hours.

The death toll since Israel's genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023 is at least 72,819, with 172,894 others injured. Of this total, 922 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered alleged ceasefire came into effect last October, with 2,786 others wounded.

The United Nations has placed Israel on its "blacklist" of entities suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict, placing the Israeli Prison Service and multiple other Israeli entities on the list.

The UN's move follows mounting documentation by human rights organisations accusing Israel of the systemic use of rape and sexual violence by Israeli forces and prison guards, particularly in the context of the war on Gaza and mass detention of Palestinians.

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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Washington on Friday, where he will meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Dar will meet Rubio "to review bilateral relations and exchange views on regional and global developments of mutual interest," the foreign ministry says in a statement.

The visit comes as Islamabad is attempting to negotiate a peace pact to end the US-Israeli war on Iran permanently.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened a "firm response" on Thursday in the event of renewed attacks, after the United States carried out a strike in the country's south.

"If this action is repeated, the US military will face a firm response," the Guards said in a statement on their Sepah News website.

The Israeli army announced, in a statement to the press, that it attacked more than 135 targets, claiming that they belonged to Hezbollah, during the last 24 hours.

The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem Mohamed Al-Budaiwi, denounced an Iranian missile strike on a US airbase in Kuwait.

"The secretary-general pointed out that the continuation of these treacherous attacks is a flagrant violation of the principles of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, and the principles of good neighbourliness," a statement said. "His excellency affirmed the GCC countries' full support for the state of Kuwait in all measures it takes to preserve its security and stability, and the safety of its citizens and residents."

The Iranian attack came in response to US strikes on an Iranian drone base near the southern city of Bandar Abbas.

Oil prices bounced higher, and stock markets fell on Thursday after the United States and Iran exchanged fresh strikes, upending hopes of an end to the Middle East war.

The crude price jumps of around 2.5 per cent partly erased Wednesday's sharp declines, amid hopes of an imminent deal to end the conflict that has all but halted shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz for months.

"A fresh exchange of strikes between the two countries is testing the fragile ceasefire and forcing a reassessment of the chances of a near-term agreement which can reopen the Strait of Hormuz and dial down the pressure the crisis is putting on the global economy," noted AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould.

The United States and Iran traded strikes Thursday in their most serious clash since an April ceasefire began.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Thursday that the United States and Israel were seeking to destabilise the Islamic Republic in a written message read on state television.

"The enemy's blind plan, after the imposed war, the economic pressure, and the political and propaganda siege, is to create divisions and disintegration to compensate for military defeats and bring the nation to its knees," said Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since before he took office in March.

In his message, which marked the anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Republic's national legislature, he further called for unity and "cohesion" among Iranians.

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, succeeded his father, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in the opening US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which sparked a war across the region.

The US Central Command (Centcom) announced that Kuwaiti forces successfully intercepted a ballistic missile launched by Iran towards Kuwait, while US forces were able to intercept five unidirectional attack drones that they said posed a clear threat in the Strait of Hormuz and its environs.

Centcom added that US forces also prevented the launch of a sixth drone from a site controlled by Iran in Bandar Abbas, considering these attacks to represent a "serious violation" of the ceasefire, and stressing the continued defence of its forces and interests in the region.

According to the Israeli media and military, Israel's brazen attack on Beirut targeted Ali Al-Husseini, who was in charge of the missile system in Hezbollah's Imam Hussein Division.

The State of Qatar strongly condemned the targeting of Kuwait with missiles and drones and considers it a blatant violation of its sovereignty and a flagrant violation of the rules of international law.

In a statement today, Thursday, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the need to spare the region the consequences of unjustified attacks and to work to reduce escalation to restore security and stability regionally and internationally.

The Ministry also renewed the State of Qatar's full solidarity with the State of Kuwait and its support for all measures it takes to preserve its sovereignty and security.

Israeli forces launched strikes on Beirut's suburbs, also known as "Dahiyeh"

It is unclear who or what the target was. 

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the Israeli occupation raid on a motorcycle near the Lebanese army barracks in the city of Tyre led to the fall of two martyrs, including a child, noting that the two martyrs were of Syrian nationality.

Israel has killed at least 13 people and injured almost 40, including children, in the past 24 hours. 

Over 250 UK artists urged five major British theatres to stop partnering with Bloomberg Philanthropies because of its relationship with Israel.

Artists for Palestine UK cites Bloomberg Philanthropies' financial ties to the Bloomberg-Sagol Centre for City Leadership at Tel Aviv University, which it says offers training to Israeli officials, including those representing illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Theatres must "stand up for international law and against dispossession, apartheid, genocide and mass violence", the open letter said, signed by 261 artists, including playwright Caryl Churchill and actors Miriam Margolyes and Billy Howle.

"We know from our contact with UK theatres that there is disquiet about what Bloomberg Philanthropies is doing in Israel...From the five theatres named in the open letter, we have heard little to indicate that they share in this disquiet. They should look at the evidence, end their silence, and take an ethical stand," the letter added.

The Israeli attorney general's office said Thursday that it would indict a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of "transmitting classified information with the intent to harm state security".

The case concerns the leak of a classified document regarding Israel's genocidal war on Gaza to the German newspaper Bild in 2024, in violation of military censorship.

In a letter addressed to the lawyers of Netanyahu aide Yonatan Urich, the attorney general said an indictment would be filed with a Tel Aviv court.

In addition to "transmitting classified information with the intent to harm state security", the charges include possession and transmission of classified information, and destruction of evidence, according to a copy of the document seen by AFP.

Two other former advisers to Netanyahu, Eli Feldstein and Ari Rosenfeld, have also been indicted in the case.

Urich, one of Netanyahu's closest advisers, is also a suspect in the so-called "Qatargate" scandal, in which he and other close associates of Netanyahu are suspected of having been recruited by Qatar to promote the Gulf monarchy in Israel.

On Tuesday, Israeli prosecutors said they were weighing charges of "fraud and breach of trust, as well as obstruction of justice" for Netanyahu's former chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, in connection with the leak of the classified document to Bild.

The Lebanese health ministry said on Thursday that Israeli strikes on the country's south killed at least 11 people, including two children, and wounded 21 others.

The ministry said in a statement that an airstrike on a building in the city of Sidon killed five people, including two women, and wounded 21, five of them children. In another statement, it said, "the Israeli enemy's raid at dawn today targeting a vehicle in the town of Adloun, Sidon district, resulted in six martyrs, including two children, their mother and their father".

Despite the ceasefire extension, familiar obstacles persist: Israeli maximalism, Lebanon's lack of leverage, and the US's role as an impartial mediator, writes Paul Hefel-James.

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Al-Alam Channel mourned its former correspondent in Syria, Hossam Zidan, who was assassinated in an Israeli raid that targeted an apartment for displaced people in the Sidon region, southern Lebanon.

Israeli drones are back, buzzing loudly over the Lebanese capital, Beirut. 

The Lebanese army announces that a soldier was killed in an Israeli strike while travelling on the Zaqta–Deir al-Zahrani road in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon.

Yesterday, the Lebanese army announced that a soldier in a military post was killed in an Israeli strike on the Kfardoun–al-Khardali road in the same area of southern Lebanon.

On Tuesday, Lebanon said a soldier was killed in an Israeli strike in the western Bekaa region.

The Israeli military early Thursday pounded Lebanon's fourth-largest city, Tyre, killing at least eight people ahead of crucial talks in Washington.

Several others were injured in the strikes, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency.

Lebanese and Israeli military officials are set to hold their first security talks on Friday in the US capital. The talks have extended a nominal ceasefire that went into effect on 17 April, although the attacks have since intensified while sparing the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Hezbollah has dismissed the talks and instead endorsed its key ally Iran, which has made ending the war in Lebanon a condition for its own talks with Washington, brokered by Pakistan.

Further north in the city of Sidon, an Israeli drone struck an apartment building where some displaced families lived.

In the nearby coastal town of Adloun, an Israeli drone struck a car with a family that was fleeing, killing six people, including children. Another drone strike that came without warning killed two people on a motorcycle near Tyre. The target of the attack was not immediately clear, NNA reported.

Over 1 million people in Lebanon have been displaced by Israel.

At least 3,269 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since the start of the war, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, with over 9,800 wounded.

Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Bagheri Kani, said that his country seeks to release all its assets that were frozen by the United States, according to the semi-official Iranian Tasnim news agency.

He added that the frozen Iranian assets should be returned "fully and unconditionally" to the country, according to Bloomberg News.

Tehran condemns the US attack on areas in Iran's Bandar Abbas, the country's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a statement on Thursday.

Iran also expresses solidarity with Oman after "US officials' threats", Baghaei added, following President Donald Trump's threat to blow up Oman if it did not "behave just like everybody else" regarding the control of the Strait of Hormuz.

The US-Israeli war on Iran is pushing countries to open new supply routes and turn to domestic resources to tide over the world's biggest energy crisis, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.

"We are in the midst of the largest energy security crisis the world has ever faced—and I believe this will reshape investment strategies globally, with parallels to the major changes the energy world witnessed after the oil shocks of the 1970s," said IEA executive director Fatih Birol

"We are already seeing intensified efforts by both producer and consumer countries to diversify trade routes and energy sources—such as advancing new pipelines and other supply infrastructure, on the one hand, and turning more to domestically available resources, on the other," he added in the World Energy Investment report by the energy agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The IEA estimates that global energy investment will reach $3.4 trillion in 2026, slightly higher than the previous year, with around $2.2 trillion devoted to power grids, storage, low-emission fuels, nuclear, renewables, energy efficiency and electrification.

Alongside this, around $1.2 trillion is expected to be invested in oil, natural gas and coal.

It nevertheless expects oil investment to decline for the third straight year in 2026, falling below $500 billion despite rising crude prices.

This is due to uncertainty over how long higher prices will last, project lead times, supply constraints and the tightening offshore rigs market, which are limiting short-term investment outside the Middle East.

At six in the morning, Israeli warplanes launched a raid at a junction near the Zaquq al-Mufti area in Tyre, levelling the building to the ground.

The Israeli military said on Thursday that a soldier was killed the day before by a Hezbollah drone near the Lebanon border.

A military statement named her as 20-year-old Sergeant Rotem Yanai, who "fell during operational activity in northern Israel".

It added that one reservist soldier was severely injured and another moderately so in the same incident.

The military told AFP that a Hezbollah explosive drone killed Yanai.

A total of 24 Israelis have been killed since hostilities began on 2 March.

The Israeli military on Wednesday declared all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River—an area roughly 40 kilometres from the border—as "combat zones" and told residents to evacuate ahead of attacks against Hezbollah.

The sweeping warning was the first of its kind since a 17 April ceasefire.

EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas warned Thursday that it was in no one's interest for the US war with Iran to continue, as the two sides traded fire in the worst clashes since an April ceasefire began.

"They are right now in between this very dangerous zone of war and peace, and it is not in anybody's interest that this war continues," Kallas told reporters at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Cyprus.

While any diplomatic breakthrough could reduce the risk of immediate war, it is unlikely to resolve the underlying forces driving regional instability, writes Giorgio Cafiero.

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Israel says it will freeze cooperation with the office of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres over a decision to place Israel on a list of sexual violence in conflict zone offenders, according to the Israeli press. 

A UN report released by Gutteress's office in July 2025 presents a list of "parties credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict."

The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on the "Persian Gulf Strait Authority," which Tehran recently established to manage the Strait of Hormuz and collect traffic fees.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Besent said in a statement, "The recent attempt by Iranian forces to extort global maritime trade is evidence that economic pressures have left the regime in dire need of liquidity."

The statement also threatened anyone who pays fees to the Iranian body, because they "may provide support and receive services from" the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and therefore "may be at risk of sanctions."

"The Treasury Department has deprived the Iranian regime of revenues needed for its weapons programs, terrorist proxies, and nuclear ambitions," Besant added.

The statement indicated that the United States succeeded in preventing Tehran from accessing "tens of billions of dollars in revenue."

Since yesterday, during the start of the Muslim Eid holiday, the Israeli army has intensified its assault on southern Lebanon, notably on Tyre—a large city with a population of around 200,000.

The latest attack by Israel apparently killed six, including children, when it targeted a car carrying a family that was trying to flee from threatened villages to a safe place on the Adloun Highway in the Nabi Sari area in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese National News Agency.