Increasingly heated electoral campaign in Israel where there will be voting tomorrow to elect the new Parliament. Yesterday Netanyahu played the 'atomic threat' card to argue that there are still two years (within which Trump's mandate will end) "to finish the job with Iran". The prime minister published an image on X depicting a bomb falling on Tel Aviv. According to Gadi Eizenkot, Netanyahu's main rival in the election campaign, the prime minister is "hysterical, uses electoral tactics of lies and alarmism". From the USA, President Trump urges Israelis to vote for "the exceptional warrior Netanyahu".
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian congratulated newly re-elected Brazilian President Lula da Silva on his victory in the Brazilian presidential elections and highlighted the expansion of relations and promotion of cooperation between Iran and Brazil. This was reported by the Iranian agency IRNA. “I hope that in the new presidential term, friendly relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Federative Republic of Brazil will be further strengthened and that cooperation between the two countries in areas of common interest will be intensified, in line with the mutual interests of the two nations and with the strengthening of multilateralism, development and international peace,” he wrote.
"I don't think the president of the United States or anyone else can interfere with my discretion. Discretion has to be based on facts and we'll see what those are or who can form a coalition. That's a different question than who supports who." Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated this in an interview with the American broadcaster MSNBC, commenting on the possibility that Trump will put pressure to grant another mandate to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the US president reiterated his support for Netanyahu as prime minister.
The Saudi-led military coalition has struck missile launch sites and depots in Yemen. This was announced by the spokesperson of the Saudi-led military coalition, Turki al-Maliki, while the Iranian-backed group claimed responsibility for a new attack on Riyadh's international airport. The coalition attack came after explosions rocked Saudi Arabia's capital yesterday and authorities sent text messages to residents warning of a "hostile air threat". The spokesperson published a message on X stating that the operation destroyed four ballistic missile launchers, as well as a missile depot and tunnels used by the Houthis. The operation "focused on disrupting the Houthi militias' supply lines between areas under their control," he added.
At least three people were killed and more than ten were injured in Israeli attacks, conducted by land and air, on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis. Al Jazeera writes this, citing local medical sources. According to the Times of Israel, which cites Palestinian sources, among the victims is a little girl whose age was not specified. The IDF, he adds, has not yet made any comments.
Senior representatives of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan will travel to Tehran for regional security talks. This was stated by Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, without however specifying the date of the meeting. “As agreed, Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir and Turkish Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin will participate in this meeting,” he said. Kani specified that the meeting will see the participation of Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iranian security. "This four-party meeting in Tehran could represent an important and effective step towards building lasting regional security; we hope that this initiative will help stabilize the region," Kani said in an interview on state television. Although he did not indicate a precise date, he explained that the proposal emerged during the visit to Tehran of the head of the Pakistani army, Asim Munir, which took place last week.
Esmail Baghaei, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said that "the United States accuses Iran of something it boasts of having committed: maritime piracy." The Tasnim news agency reported that "Baghaei responded to the US Secretary of State's baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic by highlighting glaring contradictions in Washington officials' statements and revealing public admissions made by Trump." The US Secretary of State had said, accusing Iran of targeting the ships, "We have not seen anything like this since World War II and the era of piracy in the Caribbean." This comes at a time when the President of the United States, on May 1, 2026, had proudly spoken about the seizure of merchant ships and the plundering of oil cargoes, saying: "We are like pirates."
