The American president reiterated that "the war against Iran will end after the midterms". Speaking at a rally in Alabama, the tycoon repeated that Tehran "will never have a nuclear weapon". "We had to do the dirty work against the bullies of the Middle East. It should have been done years ago, even by other nations," he added. Trump has once again promised a $5,000 bonus for every adult citizen in the United States if the Republican Party wins the midterm elections on November 3. Meanwhile, the first flight bringing Israeli citizens back home from the United Arab Emirates landed in Tel Aviv in the early hours of this morning, after the suspension of connections following the accident on the Flydubai flight. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are investigating the incident and have not yet established the attacker's motive, although Israeli and US leaders have suggested links to Islamist extremism or Iran. At least five Palestinians, including four women, were killed and other people seriously injured in the early hours of the morning in an Israeli air raid on an apartment building west of Gaza City. Local health authorities said the attack directly hit an apartment building.
JD Vance chaired in recent hours a meeting at Camp David, which had not been announced by the Trump Administration, dedicated to Iran and the Houthis of Yemen, which Tehran has been accused of supporting for years. This was revealed by Axios, which quotes three US officials and reports on a meeting - which went on for hours - to talk about the "next steps in the war against Iran and in the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen".
No comment from the White House. Axios recalls that a similar meeting was held in June last year, shortly before Israel launched operations against the Islamic Republic.
At the meeting, according to Axios, there were among others the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, the Director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe and the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine. “Decisions have been made or at least discussed in depth,” a source said, referring to the situation in the Middle East.
The UAE Attorney General said the investigation into the Flydubai flight revealed that the co-pilot was planning a "terrorist act". According to Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, quoted by the official Wam news agency, the investigation into what happened revealed that "the co-pilot had begun to carry out a terrorist act by attacking the commander in the cockpit using the emergency axe" and attempting "to take control of the plane". He also added that investigations are underway "to clarify all the circumstances of the incident and its motivations".
A man was executed this morning in the city of Shahr-e Kord, in the south-west of the country, for having "opened fire against the police forces" during the January protests in Iran and for other criminal acts". This was declared by the Iranian judiciary. "Siavash Jamshidi confessed to having organized the participation of other people in the riots and to having carried out acts against national security via social media", continues the note cited by the IRNA agency, adding that the man "had been sentenced in also passed for other crimes, such as fraud, robbery, illegal possession of weapons and kidnapping".
Top members of US President Donald Trump's administration met secretly at the Camp David presidential residence to discuss next steps related to the war with Iran and the conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen. Axios reports this, citing three sources familiar with the dossier. The meeting was chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance. Other participants included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, White House envoy Steve Witkoff, CIA director John Ratcliffe and the chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine. “Decisions have been made, or at least the issue has been thoroughly discussed,” one of the officials said, referring to the crisis in the Middle East. The highly unusual meeting was not announced by the Trump administration. The last time such a meeting was held was in June 2025, a few days before Israel went to war against Iran, Axios recalls. With negotiations at a standstill, President Trump has been considering resuming major combat operations in Iran for days.
Two oil tankers were hit by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz area. This was announced by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (Ukmto) agency, explaining that the first attack caused "a small fire and a blackout on board". The fire was later extinguished, the agency said. No casualties or environmental impacts were reported. The ship, which was leaving the Strait of Hormuz, was able to resume its journey, the Ukmto said, without specifying the ports of origin and destination. Hours later, another oil tanker reported being hit by an "unidentified projectile" east of Oman. According to the Ukmto, the entire crew was unharmed and there were no environmental impacts. The agency said authorities are investigating the incidents.
The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed the commander of FlyDubai flight FZ1073 had previously been banned from flying by Oman over fears he had adopted radical ideological positions. Informed sources reported this to the Wall Street Journal. Despite this ban, the Omani pilot was hired by FlyDubai and was tasked with operating on the delicate route connecting the United Arab Emirates and Israel. It is not clear whether Oman shared concerns about the pilot's radicalization with other countries or airlines, nor was it possible to know the nature of this radicalization
At least five Palestinians, including four women, were killed and other people seriously injured in the early hours of the morning in an Israeli air raid on an apartment building west of Gaza City. Local health authorities said the attack directly hit an apartment building. Eyewitnesses told Kuwait's Kuna news agency that the shelling destroyed several housing units and caused fires inside the structure. Civil protection personnel put out the flames and extracted the victims from the rubble. The attack comes in a context of intensification of Israeli air raids in the center of Gaza City, accompanied by large-scale demolition operations in the eastern neighborhoods and direct gunfire against displaced civilians fleeing the affected areas.
The first flight bringing Israeli citizens back home from the United Arab Emirates, after the suspension of connections following the accident on the Flydubai flight, landed in Tel Aviv in the early hours of Saturday, as reported by the Israeli airport authority website. The arrival came after Wednesday's events on the Dubai-Tel Aviv route, which authorities say narrowly avoided a catastrophe. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are investigating the incident and have not yet established the attacker's motive, although Israeli and US leaders have suggested links to Islamist extremism or Iran. Saturday's repatriation flight, operated by Israeli company Arkia, arrived from Dubai at Ben Gurion Airport shortly after 1am. The Arkia flight took off from Dubai on Friday, becoming the first flight operated by an Israeli company from the Emirates since Flydubai suspended the route to Israel and El Al canceled flights scheduled to bring Israeli citizens home.
