Israel Warns Iran of Military Action Amid Ongoing Hezbollah Clashes; UAE Reports Missile Alert

Israel has warned that its military is “ready to finish the job” in Iran if attacked again, amid mounting pressure over its clashes with Hezbollah in spite of a ceasefire agreement.

Defence minister Israel Katz wrote on social media on Friday that Tehran would “commit its biggest mistake” if it attacks Israel, following threats from the leader of a branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

“Neither Hormuz nor attacks on civilians will help them; nothing will stop us. Our forces are ready to finish the job,” he said.

Katz issued the threat after Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said on Thursday that if Israel did not withdraw voluntarily from south Lebanon, it would eventually be forced to leave in defeat.

Despite a renewed ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, Israel has continued operations across the border.

Israeli forces dropped leaflets over a town in southern Lebanon on Friday ordering residents to leave, Lebanese state media reported, in a first such order issued since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.

EU energy chief warns of worsening jet fuel supply by end of summer

There will likely be a more serious situation on European jet fuel supplies at the end of summer, EU Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen said on Friday.

"We will, of course, monitor this, and if member states then want to release national reserves ... we will ... help facilitate and coordinate those efforts", Jorgensen said.

The United Arab Emirates on Friday issued a message telling residents to disregard an alert that had appeared a little while earlier suggesting there might be a missile threat.

Authorities subsequently issued another message saying, "Please disregard the previous warning," without providing any further explanation.

It later blamed the incident on a technical malfunction which it said sent incorrect warning messages.

Israel’s defence minister has warned Iran that it is “ready to finish the job” if attacked again.

Israel Katz wrote on social media on Friday that Tehran would “commit its biggest mistake” if it reopens hostilities.

“Neither Hormuz nor attacks on civilians will help them; nothing will stop us. Our forces are ready to finish the job.”

Katz issued the threat after Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said on Thursday that if Israel did not withdraw voluntarily from south Lebanon, it would eventually be forced to leave in defeat.

Despite a renewed ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, Israel has continued operations across the border.

Israeli forces dropped leaflets over a town in southern Lebanon on Friday ordering residents to leave, Lebanese state media reported, in a first such order issued since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.

The UAE says that a technical malfunction in its early warning system has been handled.

Earlier, it issued a message telling residents to disregard an alert suggesting there might be a missile threat.

It is nearly four months since the US and Israel launched war on Iran - a decision which had a dramatic and devastating impact stretching almost every corner of the world.

From skyrocketing oil prices, rising costs of global commodities, and deepening levels of food insecurity and poverty, normal people have been paying the price for a war involving the world’s most advanced military and the two most powerful forces in the Middle East.

But a war that many believed would be short-lived - with Donald Trump repeatedly vowing it would end “soon” with a total victory - dragged on for days, weeks, and then months, inflicting spectacular damage not only on global finances, but on the US military’s reputation as an unassailable force.

The global impact of the Iran war ranges from jet fuel prices, to the price of food, to increases in household bills.

At the centre of the global impact was Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the vital chokepoint through which one fifth of the world’s oil supply flowed during peacetime.

The United Arab Emirates issued a statement on Friday telling residents the situation was safe, moments after issuing an alert warning of a possible missile threat.

It was not immediately clear what prompted the initial alert, which was like those issued at the height of the Iran war when Iranian missiles and drones targeted the UAE.

President Donald Trump has promised American farmers they will soon be able to sell their crops to the “lovely country of Iran” now that he has signed a memorandum of understanding to end his war.

Speaking in the White House Rose Garden Thursday, the president said: “After years of getting ripped off by other countries on trade, we’ve reduced the agricultural trade deficit, just this year, by 42 percent, opening markets to the American exports, and all over the world, we’re opening up markets for the farmers.

“And we have another one, a new market, coming up. And that’s called the lovely country of Iran. It’s a beautiful place. Would anybody like to go there?

President Donald Trump’s pledge already dismissed by Tehran, which has accused U.S. of exporting only ‘genetically-modified soybeans, broken promises and trash talks’

Tucker Carlson, once a close ally of Donald Trump, brushed off the president’s threats to Iran as meaningless, going as far as to tell him “shut up, b****” during a podcast appearance Wednesday.

While complaining about the president’s decision to go to war with Iran – an issue that led Carlson to drop his support for Trump – the former Fox News host accused him of making empty threats to the adversary in an attempt to feign strength.

“Strong people don't brag about how strong they are. They just punch you in the face and end the conversation,” Carlson said on the “Jack Neel Podcast.”

Israel’s defence minister has warned Iran that it is “ready to finish the job” if attacked again.

Israel Katz wrote on social media on Friday that Tehran would “commit its biggest mistake” if it reopens hostilities.

“Neither Hormuz nor attacks on civilians will help them; nothing will stop us. Our forces are ready to finish the job.”

Katz issued the threat after Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said on Thursday that if Israel did not withdraw voluntarily from south Lebanon, it would eventually be forced to leave in defeat.

Despite a renewed ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, Israel has continued operations across the border.

Israeli forces dropped leaflets over a town in southern Lebanon on Friday ordering residents to leave, Lebanese state media reported, in a first such order issued since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.

Iran's ⁠deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz could not be guaranteed without coordination with Iran, and that failure to coordinate could result in the suspension of any designated route.

The comments posted on social media platform X on Friday came after Oman, in coordination with the International Maritime Organization, designated temporary routes for passage through the strait.