Here are Thursday’s latest updates from the Iran\u2013Israel escalation, spillover in Lebanon, and wider regional developments:<\/p>\n
\u25a0 Iran and the U.S. continue indirect negotiations despite ongoing strikes, with reports of talks over a possible interim understanding and mechanisms for releasing frozen Iranian assets. Iran’s negotiating delegation said there are still unresolved issues in talks with the U.S., including regional arrangements. A senior Iranian official reiterated that Tehran will not accept an Israeli presence in southern Lebanon <\/a>or Israeli “freedom of action” there.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Iran accused the United States of a “gross violation” of international law and cease-fire arrangements, saying the attacks render the truce “practically meaningless” and warning of a “legitimate defense” response.<\/a><\/p>\n \u25a0 An Indian official said three Indian mariners were killed in a U.S. strike on a tanker accused of violating restrictions linked to Iranian oil transport. The U.S. Central Command said the vessel had breached an ongoing blockade.<\/a><\/p>\n \u25a0 Iran said a cargo barge was hit by a U.S. projectile in the Gulf of Oman, an Iranian official said<\/a>, adding that all \u2060five crew members were rescued by passing vessels and \u200ctaken to Oman.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Jordan <\/a>said it intercepted and downed 20 missiles launched from Iran, while Bahrain <\/a>reported injuries and damage after debris from intercepted drones fell in residential areas. Kuwait <\/a>resumed air traffic after a temporary suspension due to regional security concerns.<\/p>\n \u25a0 The Gaza Health Ministry reported seven wounded in the past 24 hours from IDF fire and drone strikes, alongside continued casualties in northern and central Gaza. It said total war casualties<\/a> have reached tens of thousands since the start of the war.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused Colombian President Gustavo Petro of antisemitism after he compared Gaza casualties to the Nazi era in a UN session he chaired. Sa’ar called him “an antisemite” and said he was trivializing the Holocaust. Petro linked Gaza deaths to broader global conflicts and warned of a return to “the era of the Nazis.”<\/a><\/p>\n \u25a0 Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned remarks by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir <\/a>as “unacceptable” and “demeaning,” after his response to an Italian investigation into his conduct with Gaza flotilla activists.<\/p>\n