The Street of Hormuz is open except for Iranian oil. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this in an interview with Fox, underlining that if Iran had a nuclear weapon it would use it. “Iran is a country with great potential,” it is now “exhausted” by the American blockade, he added. The Iranian economy is in "chaos and rapidly heading towards bankruptcy". During the night, clashes broke out in the village of Jalud, in the central West Bank, between around 100 settlers and Israeli security forces, who arrived on site to enforce an order from the High Court of Justice requiring the eviction of settlers who had occupied three Palestinian houses on the outskirts of the city in July.
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Iran's "apocalyptic" clerical leadership is pushing the country towards a "cataclysm" as the Trump administration intensifies economic pressure on Tehran. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News, explaining that "Iran is governed by radical Shiite clerics with an apocalyptic vision of the future. They believe that their religious vocation is to trigger the last days of the world and the apocalypse. Such people will never be able to possess a nuclear weapon, because they will use it to blackmail the world and kill people. It is an unacceptable risk."
Over 100 Israeli rioters participated in violent riots in the Palestinian village of Jalud, near Nablus, and three soldiers were slightly injured in the clashes. Spokesmen for the Israel Defense Forces and the police reported this, adding that the rioters set fire to buildings, set fire to vehicles, blocked roads, burned tires and threw stones at security forces. The IDF - they added - tried to help a Palestinian family return to their home in the village, after being forced to abandon it due to harassment suffered in the past by the rebels.
A serious fire has broken out along the stretch of a gas pipeline south of the capital of the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor. Syrian public television reports it. According to the broadcaster, the flames are intense and visible from a considerable distance. At the moment no victims have been reported. The causes of the fire, the extent of damage to the infrastructure and the possible consequences on gas supplies have not yet been ascertained. The Syrian authorities have not yet released any comments on the incident. Deir ez-Zor province is home to major oil and gas fields and energy infrastructure, a significant part of which was damaged during the war, although the new Islamist authorities have begun its partial restoration.
The incident at the air base in the United Kingdom involved a "foreign actor". This was stated by the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who in an interview on the Fox News broadcaster on Monday declared that the alleged plot for a bomb attack near a British air base used by the United States was the work of a "foreign actor".
“It's a case that clearly involves a foreign actor,” Rubio said in the interview, adding that he would not provide further details.
Two separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have killed at least two Palestinians and injured several other people, health officials in the enclave said. The "Times of Israel" reports it.
In detail, a woman was killed, while her husband and other people were injured in an Israeli attack on the roof of their building in Gaza city, rescuers claimed. In the second blitz, in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, a woman was killed and other people were injured. The Israeli army claims to have struck a terrorist in Nuseirat, without providing further details. He had no immediate comment on the reported attack in Gaza city.
During the night, clashes broke out in the village of Jalud, in the central West Bank, between around 100 settlers and Israeli security forces, who arrived on site to enforce an order from the High Court of Justice requiring the eviction of settlers who had occupied three Palestinian houses on the outskirts of the city in July. This was reported - as reported by The Times of Israel - by the public broadcaster Kan. Two settlers were arrested and some houses were set on fire. The Israeli Defense Forces and the border police - according to local media - are trying to secure the area so that the evicted Palestinian families can return to their homes, but they are still encountering difficulties. Also during the night, Israeli settlers - Palestinian media report - raided the village of Qaryut, in the northern West Bank, attacking and injuring an elderly woman. Another settler attack occurred in the village of al-Mughayyir: a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of a house while a family slept inside. At the moment no injuries have been reported.
