Live updates: Trump’s ultimatum to Iran draws threat of retaliation

Millions of people in Lebanon and Iran have been displaced. Four Palestinians killed in Gaza An Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip hit a vehicle in the central Nuseirat refugee camp and killed three police officers, according to officials with the Awda Hospital. Eight others were wounded, the officials said, and another Palestinian was killed in Gaza City, according to Shifa hospital. The deaths were the latest fatalities among Palestinians in the coastal enclave since an October ceasefire deal attempted to halt a more than 2-year war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. While the heaviest fighting has subsided, the ceasefire has still seen almost daily fire by Israel. Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes and frequently fire on Palestinians near military-held zones, killing more than 670 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on Sunday’s strikes, but has previously said it will respond to violations of the ceasefire that threaten its soldiers. US reminds travelers to ‘exercise increased caution’ The State Department issued its latest warning Sunday, noting that airspace closures during the Iran war can disrupt travel and American diplomatic facilities abroad have been targeted inside and outside the Middle East. “Groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or locations associated with the United States and/or Americans throughout the world,” the government warned. Spain demands the opening of Strait of Hormuz Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday demanded the Strait of Hormuz be opened and called for “the preservation of all energy sites of the Middle East,” without naming Iran or the U.S. “We stand at a global tipping point. Air Force who served chief legal adviser for international law at U.S. Live updates: Trump’s ultimatum to Iran draws threat of retaliation Israel has destroyed a bridge on the southern Lebanese coastal highway over the strategic Litani River. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz expanded the military’s list of targets in Lebanon to include all bridges over the Litani River, a focal point of the renewed Israel-Hezbollah conflict. President Donald Trump warned the U.S. will “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, prompting Tehran to say it would respond to any such strike with attacks on U.S. and Israeli energy and infrastructure assets in the region. Iranian missiles, meanwhile, struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel’s main nuclear research center. Major developments we’re following: - A dangerous new threat in the war: Iran targeted the joint U.K.-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) away, suggesting that Tehran has missiles that can go farther than previously acknowledged — or that it had used its space program for an improvised launch. - Global pressure increases to get shipping back on track: As Iran threatens shipping on the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates joined 21 other countries including the U.K., Germany, France and Japan in expressing “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage.” - The death toll from the war has risen to more than 1,500 people in Iran, more than 1,000 people in Lebanon, 15 in Israel and 13 U.S. military members, as well as a number of civilians on land and sea in the Gulf region. Further escalation could trigger a long-term energy crisis for all humanity,” Sánchez wrote on X. “The world should not pay the consequences of this war.” Israel detects more Iranian missiles fired toward nuclear center Alarms sounded in the area around one of Israel’s major nuclear research centers on Sunday evening, a day after two Iranian missiles wounded more than 150 people in the cities of Arad and Dimona. Israel’s rescue services said there were no immediate reports of injuries. Son of Iran’s last shah asks US and Israel to spare civilian infrastructure Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi called on the U.S. and Israel to “continue targeting the regime and its apparatus of repression, while sparing the civilian infrastructure Iranians will need to rebuild our country.” “Iran’s civilian infrastructure belongs to the Iranian people and to the future of a free Iran,” he wrote on X. Trump has threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the country does not open the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on X that “delirious threats on the battlefield” are having the opposite impact by strengthening Iran’s unity and illustrating Trump’s desperation. Photos from the Mideast in the 4th week of the Iran war Israeli hospital treated more than 150 people after Iranian strikes Dr. Roy Kessous, deputy director of the Soroka Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, says the hospital treated shrapnel wounds, severe physical trauma and a few cases of acute anxiety. He says the hospital is trained for such events, but the scale, including entire families wounded together and in some cases left homeless, added to the pressure. Still, he said the hospital remains prepared. “We are ready to receive wounded from the area again right now,” he told The Associated Press. Lebanon’s president condemns Israeli strikes on bridges as ‘unjustified’ President Joseph Aoun’s statement comes hours after Israel blew up another key highway bridge in southern Lebanon. Israel says it is striking bridges to hinder Hezbollah’s movements. The strikes have increasingly cut off large parts of the south as fighting continues. “They are a prelude to a ground invasion,” said Aoun, adding that Lebanon has raised concerns through diplomatic channels. The president has vowed to disarm Hezbollah and offered direct negotiations with Israel to end the ongoing war. War between Israel and Hezbollah has killed 1,029 people in Lebanon Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Sunday that 118 children and 79 women are among those killed, and at least 2,786 others have been wounded. The country’s death toll as of Saturday was 1,024 people. German leader speaks with Trump about the Mideast and Ukraine Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he discussed the situations in Iran, Israel and Ukraine with Trump on Sunday. “We agreed to remain in close contact,” Merz wrote on his X account. “Our exchange will be continued soon.” Like ‘Russian roulette’ living near the border, said an Israeli farmer killed in an attack Israeli authorities identified the man killed in Misgav Am as Ofer “Poshko” Moskovitz, a farmer who said in a recent interview that living near the border was like “Russian roulette.” Trump is using ‘the only language the Iranians understand,’ US Treasury chief says U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Trump is using “the only language the Iranians understand” by threatening to destroy the country’s power plants unless Tehran fully opens he Strait of Hormuz. The combative rhetoric offers a glimpse into how the Trump administration is framing and defending the war effort. Bessent told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Trump “will take whatever steps it takes” to achieve his goals in the war with Iran. The secretary was asked about the comment last week that Trump was considering “winding down” military operations and whether the president is now escalating the conflict. “They are not mutually exclusive,” Bessent said. “Sometimes you have to escalate to deescalate.” US ambassador to the UN suggests Iran’s power plants are valid military targets On Fox News on Sunday, Mike Waltz defended Trump’s threat to attack power plants if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz. Waltz said Iran’s Revolutionary Guard controls much of the country’s infrastructure and uses it to power its war effort. He said Trump would start by destroying “one of Iran’s largest power plants” without identifying it. “There are gas-fired thermal power plants and other type of plants,” Waltz said, adding that “the president is not messing around.” Under international law, power plants that benefit civilians can be targeted only if the military advantage outweighs the suffering it causes to civilians, legal scholars say. WHO chief says war reached ‘perilous stage’ with attacks near nuclear facilities The United Nations’ top health official says the war has reached a “perilous stage” following strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility and in the city of Dimona not far from an Israeli nuclear research center. “Attacks targeting nuclear sites create an escalating threat to public health and environmental safety,” said World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He called on warring parties to “exercise maximum military restraint and avoid any actions that could trigger nuclear incidents.” NATO chief downplays Trump’s rift with alliance Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary-general, acknowledged that Trump has been angry at other countries over his push to get allies more involved in reopening the Strait of Hormuz. But Rutte stressed during an interview with Fox News Sunday that more than 20 countries now are “coming together to implement his vision” to ensure the shipping channel can function. Rutte, who said he spoke with Trump several times this week, said it was “crucial” that the U.S. was taking military action in Iran since its nuclear and ballistic missile programs posed an “existential” threat to the world. Israel destroys a bridge on the southern Lebanese coastal highway over the strategic Litani River Israel has destroyed a bridge on the southern Lebanese coastal highway over the strategic Litani River. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz expanded the military’s list of targets in Lebanon to include all bridges over the Litani River, a focal point of the renewed Israel-Hezbollah conflict. The Israeli military has been destroying bridges over the river, which link large swaths of southern Lebanon to the rest of the country. Israel says Hezbollah militants have been using these routes to move into southern Lebanon, where fighting has intensified in recent days as Israel keeps up its ground operations and airstrikes. Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued a warning an hour before the Qasmiyeh bridge near the coastal city of Tyre was struck. Turkey’s top diplomat meets with Iranian, European and US officials Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held meetings with the foreign ministers of Iran and Egypt, as well as the European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and unspecified U.S. officials, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported Sunday. The topic of discussion was steps which can be taken to end the war. Later, the ministry said Fidan spoke by phone with Qatar’s Mohammed Al Thani, who is both the prime minister and foreign minister, as well as the Saudi foreign minister and unspecified officials from Pakistan. Israeli army says it begins new strikes in Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah infrastructure Qatar is not engaged in mediation efforts aimed at ending the war, diplomat says The small Gulf country has a long history of mediating disputes and has good ties with the United States. It also maintained businesslike relations with Iran before the war, positioning it to serve as a potential mediator. But those ties have deteriorated following Iranian strikes on natural gas facilities and other Qatari targets. The diplomat says Qatar is “currently focused on defending our country” and addressing the gas crisis. “We are not currently engaged in any mediation efforts,” the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Health Ministry says patients evacuated from ‘heavily damaged’ Iranian hospital Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour says the evacuations from the Imam Ali Hospital in the southwestern city of Andimeshk came after an airstrike a day earlier. “Suffering patients in the city of Andimeshk were forced to leave the only hospital in the city,” Kermanpour wrote on X. He posted images showing a hospital ward with a partially collapsed ceiling, a corridor with broken glass, and debris scattered across the floor. Central Command. Trump said on Saturday that he would give Iran 48 hours to open the vital Strait of Hormuz or face a new round of attacks. He said the U.S. would destroy “various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” VanLandingham said: “It could be lawful, but the way he said it sounds awful