Iran war, Trump: "New attack could be 5 times more powerful". LIVE

A new American attack on Iran could be five times more powerful than previous bombings, but the Gulf countries prefer to avoid further military escalation. US President Donald Trump stated this in a telephone interview with C-SPAN's Washington Journal Primetime program, claiming that Tehran would be interested in reaching an agreement with Washington, although without admitting it publicly. Meanwhile, Trump continues to defend Hegseth: "He won two wars, in Iran and Venezuela", said the US president, defining Republican MP Massie who proposed impeachment for the head of the Pentagon as "a loser". The new Knesset takes office today, with the inaugural session of the Israeli parliament scheduled for 3pm Italian time. In France, investigations into the stoppage of refrigerators in some supermarkets point to Iranian involvement. Explosions in Riyadh during the night.

A new American attack on Iran could be five times more powerful than previous bombings, but the Gulf countries prefer to avoid further military escalation. US President Donald Trump stated this in a telephone interview with C-SPAN's Washington Journal Primetime program, claiming that Tehran would be interested in reaching an agreement with Washington, although without admitting it publicly. "We won in Venezuela and we won in Iran. We destroyed their Navy, their Air Force, their anti-aircraft defenses and their leaders," Trump said, reiterating that the United States will not allow the Islamic Republic to acquire nuclear weapons. The president also reported that he had discussed the situation with representatives of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait. According to the American president, the Gulf countries would prefer to maintain the current military approach rather than proceed with a new attack, which would be "about five times larger than the first".

Several explosions were heard tonight in Riyadh. Residents of the Saudi capital received a text alert urging them to seek shelter due to an "aerial threat"; a subsequent message issued by the civil protection agency of the Middle Eastern country then announced that the danger had ceased. The explosions come after weeks of attacks by Yemen's Houthis, supported by Iran.

Saudi air defenses have intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels against Riyadh. The Saudi-led military coalition announced it on X, while the Civil Protection announced the all-clear after inviting residents of the capital to take shelter. In the previous hours, the authorities had also reported the shooting down of another ballistic missile headed towards the south of the country. Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil exporter, has been the target of almost daily attacks by the Houthis for weeks, after the breakdown of the truce in the long Yemeni conflict in July. On Sunday, pro-Iranian rebels claimed responsibility for an attack on Riyadh's financial district, where the Aramco tower, headquarters of the oil giant of the same name, was also hit. Saudi authorities confirmed minor damage to the building, caused by falling shrapnel following what they called an "attempted attack". Images released Tuesday by the official Saudi Press Agency showed the deputy governor of the Riyadh region and other officials carrying out an inspection of the tower, with visible damage to some floors. In recent months the Houthis have repeatedly targeted oil tankers, refineries, fuel depots and infrastructure of the Aramco company.

Several explosions were heard in the early hours of the morning in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, as attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified against the Saudi kingdom. This was reported by AFP journalists present on site. Residents received a warning message on their mobile phones urging them to take cover due to an "airborne threat". Shortly afterwards, a second message from the Saudi Civil Protection announced the all-clear.

Donald Trump has said he sees "positive momentum" towards an agreement to end the war with Iran, following his meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar, who is acting as a mediator. Iran, however, denies the existence of negotiations and on Although a resumption of attacks against Iran is "unlikely", the United States remains "ready to intervene", reiterated Donald Trump on Truth Social after his meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

He also said that his country, along with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait "and others, would prefer to maintain the status quo."

A 14-year-old boy was killed by Israel Defense Forces fire in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, in the West Bank. Both Palestinian sources and the IDF reported this. The latter stated that, during an operation "to foil terrorist acts" on the outskirts of the village, the forces identified suspects intent on throwing stones at a highway used by Israeli vehicles and that "the forces returned fire to neutralize the threat, confirming the hits".