US carries out major strikes on civilian infrastructure in southern Iran
Officials report power outages, train station hit in Bandar Abbas, as Iran says Hormuz won’t return to prewar status.
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Officials report power outages, train station hit in Bandar Abbas, as Iran says Hormuz won’t return to prewar status.
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Both sides face pressure points that could make a protracted war painful.

Palestinians are inspecting the damage in Nuseirat after Israeli strikes reduced their homes to rubble.
Hussein Saleh describes an Israeli air attack in Tyre that killed his family, including his wife and his only child.

Overnight Israeli settler attacks set farmlands ablaze in Masafer Yatta and burned vehicles near Tulkarem.
Protests were held in Paris and Gaza demanding the release of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safia.
An Israeli military order imposed after a series of settler attacks has left families cut off from parts of their home.
A US official said the two sides made progress on a plan for Israel to withdraw from ‘pilot zones’ in southern Lebanon.
The Iraqi PM visited the White House to deepen economic ties, as Iraq-based allies of Iran threatened to fight the US.
Groups charge that sanctions against ICC, Palestinian rights organisations stifle freedom of speech and expression.