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Iran claims attack on Kuwaiti airbase, suspected cyberattack hits US domestic infrastructure, and Hormuz control dispute persists amid parallel diplomatic efforts.
The United States resumed strikes on IRGC targets inside Iran after a pause of more than five days, while Iran claimed an attack on Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base and a suspected Iranian-linked cyberattack targeted Minnesota water systems. Pakistan's foreign ministry says US-Iran negotiations remain ongoing despite the hostilities, with talks focusing on the Strait of Hormuz and de-escalation under the Islamabad accord.
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Warsaw investigates whether the airspace incursion was accidental spillover or deliberate probing of alliance thresholds, while Kyiv presses allies for air-defense systems.
A suspected Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crashed in eastern Poland during a combined missile and drone barrage that killed at least 13 across Ukraine, prompting fighter-jet scrambles and an investigation into the NATO airspace violation. Polish officials stressed the missile was likely not aimed at Poland, while NATO and European leaders characterized the incursion as reckless and threatening to collective security. Ukraine simultaneously pressed allies for air-defense systems and conducted drone strikes on Russian logistics sites.
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The agreement's sequencing — disarmament before or after Israeli withdrawal — remains contested by all parties, while a mass soldier walkout at an Israeli detention base and record-level settler violence add parallel pressures.
Trump announced a Board of Peace agreement for Hamas's complete disarmament, with phased Israeli withdrawal and an International Stabilization Force deployment. Hamas confirmed the deal but conditioned implementation on prior Israeli withdrawal, while Israeli officials rejected the terms as insufficient and demanded complete demilitarization as a precondition. A mass soldier walkout at Israel's Sde Teiman base and a UN warning of record-level West Bank settler violence added parallel pressures on the ceasefire framework.