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Tensions proceed after Trump’s menace on Reality Social for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Printed On 6 Apr 2026
Tensions proceed to escalate as United States President Donald Trump’s Tuesday deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face bombing raids on its energy crops and bridges approaches.
Tehran has threatened to hit again, as Gulf international locations and Israel reported drone interceptions on Monday.
Israel continued its invasion of southern Lebanon, the place it has taken over and destroyed whole villages.
Here’s what we all know in regards to the newest developments:
In Iran
- A US-Israeli assault close to Tehran’s Sharif College of Expertise broken a gasoline station, inflicting a petroleum scarcity within the neighbourhood, in response to Iranian media. It additionally brought on injury to the college’s mosque, the Tasnim information company reported.
- The Fars information company reported that 4 ladies and two boys beneath the age of 10 had been killed within the in a single day US-Israeli assaults on a residential space in Tehran’s Baharestan county. The company reported earlier that the assault killed at the very least 13 individuals.
- The Atomic Power Organisation of Iran condemned a US-Israeli assault on its heavy water facility as a “crime in opposition to science and human well being”. Iran’s Khondab heavy water manufacturing plant was hit on March 27, making it inoperable.
Within the Gulf
- The UAE authorities reported that the air defence system in Fujairah responded after a missile and drone menace from Iran. A drone focused a constructing belonging to telecommunications firm Du, the state-run WAM information company reported. A Ghanaian nationwide in Abu Dhabi sustained “reasonable accidents” from falling shrapnel, in response to the town’s media workplace.
- UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash mentioned any settlement of the battle should assure entry by way of the Strait of Hormuz, warning {that a} deal that fails to rein in Iran’s nuclear programme and its missiles and drones would pave the best way for “a extra harmful, extra risky Center East”.
- The Saudi Ministry of Defence mentioned the nation’s defence system intercepted two drones, with out offering additional particulars.
Within the US
- In a Reality Social put up on Sunday, Trump threatened to assault Iran’s civilian infrastructure, together with bridges and energy crops, if the Strait of Hormuz shouldn’t be totally reopened. “Tuesday can be Energy Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in a single, in Iran. There can be nothing prefer it!!! Open the F****** Strait, you loopy b*******, otherwise you’ll be residing in Hell – JUST WATCH! Reward be to Allah,” he wrote, utilizing profanities.
- Trump later set a selected deadline of 8pm ET (midnight GMT) on Tuesday, April 7.
In Israel
- Israeli media reported that the navy intercepted Iranian missiles, with the assault setting off alarms throughout southern Israel, together with in Beersheba. No casualties had been reported.
- In northern Israel, greater than 10 websites had been hit within the metropolis of Haifa, in response to native media reviews.
- In accordance with the Ynet Information outlet, a 34-year-old girl was “significantly injured” by interceptor missiles in Petah Tikvah following the newest Iranian assaults on central Israel.
In Lebanon, Gaza and the West Financial institution
- Lebanon: Israeli drones focused Kfar Rumman in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera correspondents reported.
- Gaza: In accordance with the Wafa information company, a Palestinian was killed, and others had been wounded in an Israeli strike on a gaggle of civilians close to the Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza Metropolis on Sunday night time.
- West Financial institution: Israeli forces fired at a Palestinian teenager, wounding him, and arrested three others in raids throughout the occupied West Financial institution, in response to the Wafa information company.
