Middle East, Axios: Trump asked Netanyahu to implement Gaza plan

Four oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting mines: the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced. "They were on unauthorized routes", they point out. New attack in Qeshm, explosions also in Bandar Abbass. Iranian authorities executed three men today after convicting them of conducting operations on behalf of Israel and the United States during anti-government protests in January.

According to Axios, Trump asked Netanyahu to implement the plan for Gaza, while in Israel, President Herzog entrusted party leader Yashar Eisenkot with the task of forming the new government.

Still tensions in the Strait of Hormuz: the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy has announced that since the early hours of this morning, four oil tankers considered "responsible for violations", which were sailing along "unauthorised routes" within the Strait, "were hit by explosions and are now engulfed in violent fires". Tehran reports a new US attack on Qeshm.

The toll from yesterday's Saudi air attack on the Bani Hashish district, east of Sana'a, has risen to 40 dead and 40 injured. This was reported by Yemen's Houthis, who accuse Riyadh of purposely targeting civilians.

Yemen calls on Iran to stop arming the Houthis. Yemen's internationally recognized government today called on Iran to stop arming the Houthis, withdraw its military advisors and end interference in the country's internal affairs, accusing Tehran of directly participating in the planning and management of the group's operations. Iran International reports this, citing a statement from the Yemeni Foreign Ministry. Yemeni authorities have reportedly identified 21 foreign experts working with the Houthis, including 14 members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and seven Hezbollah militants. The ministry reports that their activities include command and control, ballistic missiles, drones, electronic warfare, weapons smuggling and coordination of maritime operations, including the selection of commercial vessels for attacks. The ministry then accused Iran of facilitating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, commercial shipping and shipping in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.

Iran, Rubio: "No breakthrough, unrealistic Tehran requests". There is no "breakthrough" in negotiations with Iran, whose demands "are not only unacceptable but, in some cases, outrageous and ridiculous, and truly unrealistic." US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared this before leaving for Paris for the G7, US media reported.

Drone attack on a gas extraction plant in Iraqi Kurdistan. A gas extraction plant owned by an Emirati company, located in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, was attacked today, causing disruptions in the supply of gas to power plants in the region. The local Kurdish authorities made this known. “At 11pm (9pm in Italy), the Khor Mor gas field was the target of a terrorist attack,” the regional authorities responsible for natural resources and electricity said in a statement. A Kurdish security source told AFP that an "explosive-laden drone" hit the field. The Khor Mor plant, which supplies most of Kurdistan's power plants and is owned by the Emirati company Dana Gas, has been targeted several times in recent years. The attack on Khor Mor interrupted gas supplies, said Omed Ahmed, spokesman for the regional electricity authority. The raid was not claimed. For several years, the Kurdistan Region has been regularly the target of rocket launches and drone attacks, mainly directed against its oil fields; in the past, local authorities have pointed the finger at Iranian-backed Iraqi armed groups. Washington has long been pressuring Iraq to disarm pro-Iranian groups.

The US announces a device to block land routes to Iran. The device announced by the US army to block the land routes leading to Iran - with the aim, in particular, of preventing the transit of weapons and technologies potentially usable for military purposes - is "fully operational". Donald Trump said this today. The "Task Force Iron Gate" is "fully operational in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Together with the largest naval blockade in history, it lets almost nothing in or out of Iran!", exclaimed the American president on his platform, Truth Social. The United States, which has already imposed heavy economic sanctions on Tehran, is also subjecting Iranian ports to a naval blockade as part of the conflict between them and Iran, triggered on February 28 by Israeli-US attacks against the country. Task Force Iron Gate operations will "further limit Iran's ability to finance terrorism, rebuild weapons factories, and replenish its military," Brad Cooper, head of the US Middle East Central Command (Centcom), said in a statement published yesterday on X.

Tehran: "New US attacks on Qeshm island". The United States has again attacked the island of Qeshm, in the Strait of Hormuz, after yesterday's raids against Iranian anti-aircraft batteries. This was reported by the Iranian press agency Tasnim, close to the Pasdaran. Previously monitoring channels on X and Telegram had reported explosions in Qeshm and, furthermore, in Bandar Abbas and Sirik. In the latter two cases, Tasnim reports, the explosions were "related to measures that Iran has taken to maintain security and apply its legitimate authority in the Strait of Hormuz".

Iran, Trump: Iron Gate task force fully operational, very little manages to get in or out'. "Task Force Iron Gate is fully operational in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thanks in part to the largest naval blockade in history, very little is getting in or out of Iran!" The president of the United States, Donald Trump, stated this in a post on 'Truth'.

US asks Iraq to close border crossings. The United States has asked Iraq to close all but two border crossings with Iran to further increase economic pressure on the Islamic Republic. Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told Al Jazeera. One of the two crossings spared by the request is in Kurdistan. “There are many border crossings, both official and unofficial, with Iran, and closing them all would be difficult and would have repercussions on our economy,” Hussein explained, “The Americans continue to ask for the crossings to be closed and we are currently in negotiations with them.”

Yemen, Houthis: "91 attacks by Saudi coalition in the last 24 hours". The Houthis said Saudi-led coalition forces carried out 91 air and missile strikes in the past 24 hours. The group, supported by Iran, reports 'Al Jazeera', reported that the attacks affected six governorates in Yemen and caused victims among the civilian population. The Houthis also said they had recorded a total of 4,460 air and missile attacks in the territories under their control since the truce was broken in July.

Media Iran: "Several explosions heard in the port city of Bandar Abbas". Several explosions were heard in the evening in the port city of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran. This was reported by the Fars news agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards.

Media Iran: "4 explosions heard on Qeshm island in the Persian Gulf". This evening on the Iranian island of Qeshm, in the Persian Gulf, four explosions were heard, which apparently hit several locations. This was reported by the state news agency IRNA, specifying that the local and provincial authorities have not yet commented on the incident.

Axios: Trump asked Netanyahu to move forward on Gaza plan. Donald Trump has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with measures to implement the Gaza peace plan. Axios reports this, citing two sources familiar with the contents of the telephone conversation between the two leaders last Thursday. The plan has been on hold for months due to elections in Israel but now Trump is pushing for it to proceed regardless of who is in power in Israel. Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were also present on the call.

War in Iran and Hormuz blockade, Europe spent 127 billion more on energy costs. The alarm came from the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen who spoke at the WinWin Brussels Summit dedicated to startups.

Red Cross: a catastrophe in Gaza, sustainable housing is needed. Amani Al Naouq, spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), warned, in a conversation with the Egyptian media Al Qahera, that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip "has reached a catastrophic level" with the arrival of the first winter disturbance, and called for "the identification of sustainable solutions to save civilians". Al Naouq highlighted the constant efforts made by the Red Cross to deal with the consequences of the winter, in collaboration with the Gaza municipality: the destruction of sewer pipes, the restoration of water networks and the distribution of housing materials for over 17,000 displaced families in the Gaza Strip. He added that the ICRC "is monitoring the situation very carefully, in coordination with all its partners, to do everything possible to protect the people of Gaza in the face of the challenges and extreme tests imposed by the winter season."

Israel, who is Gadi Eisenkot: the former general who opposes Netanyahu. Some commentators define him as "the man who embodies everything that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjami