Behind the scenes: The Israeli military notified the U.S. Central Command shortly before the Beirut strike, Israeli and U.S. officials say.
It is not clear whether the White House gave it a green light.
What they are saying: Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signaled the Israeli strike on Beirut could undermine the U.S.–Iran deal.
– IRGC says Israel used air-launched ballistic missiles in attacks
– Emergency teams mobilised across Iran following attacks
In a forceful post on his X account on Sunday, Qalibaf issued a stark warning to the US and Israel, saying their military bases and assets across the region have become legitimate targets after the Israeli regime bombed Beirut‘s southern suburbs.
He said the United States has not been committed to the April ceasefire agreement with Iran and is not serious about dialogue.
„They are neither committed to a ceasefire nor believe in dialogue,“ Qalibaf wrote.
By enforcing a naval blockade and breaching agreements related to Lebanon, he emphasized, they have made it clear that the only language they understand is that of power.
Israel notified the Trump administration before the strike, a U.S. official and two other sources with knowledge tell Axios
Der Vergeltungsangriff ist von Netanjahu nicht nur einkalkuliert, sondern bewusst herausgefordert worden. Der Konflikt zeigt wieder, dass Israel nicht vertragsfähig ist, eben wie die USA.
(two hours ago)
Israel bombed Lebanon‘s capital, Beirut, again on Sunday, with at least three explosions heard so far.
According to witnesses on the ground, a multi-storey building has been hit.
The United States military said it attacked radar sites on Iran’s southern coast Friday in the latest flare-up to threaten the ceasefire in the Middle East conflict.
US Central Command said in a statement that its forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz, then attacked Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in the city of Goruk and on Qeshm Island.
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US Central Command (Centcom) said American forces shot down four Iranian attack drones that were launched towards the Strait of Hormuz, describing the aircraft as an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.
In a statement posted on X, Centcom said US forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island “to defend against further attacks”.
Israel is pressing the US to restart heavy airstrikes on Iran that would involve the targeted killing of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of Tehran’s lead negotiators, and attacks on the country’s oil infrastructure, Capital & Empire reported on Thursday.
The report, which cited US sources familiar with a classified report circulating within the US intelligence community, said Israel is aggressively pushing for the US to abandon talks with Iran and insisting that destroying oil infrastructure in the country could bring about regime change while also downplaying the impact the renewed full-scale war will have on the global economy.
According to the analyst, the changes involved a ceasefire provision that was expected to cover Lebanon and the issue of unfreezing certain Iranian assets.
Ahmadian said the shift came after a phone call between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Head of CENTCOM Admiral Brad Cooper said earlier on Monday that the US military had destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted missiles and drones fired at US warships, as he acknowledged that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had acted to stop Washington’s attempts to break Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz.
An Iranian military source also said that „the first shots have been fired“ at U.S. naval vessels attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz.
„Iran is fully prepared for every scenario and the Americans know that Iran will not allow Trump to bully its way through,“ the Iranian military source told Tasnim News Agency.
(April 24, 2026)
Voigt: Man musste in der öffentlichen Debatte zuweilen den Eindruck gewinnen, dass diese Zuschreibungen des Verfassungsschutzes unantastbar sind. Dabei sollte man wegen der Grundkonstellation besonders kritisch hinschauen: Der Verfassungsschutz schafft sich durch seine Einstufungen selbst die Grundlage für seine Beobachtungsaktivitäten.
„It‘s not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don‘t know if that had anything to do with it, I really don‘t think so, based on what we know,“ Trump told reporters in a briefing at the White House after the shocking security incident.
Trump had earlier said, however, that „you never know“ if it could be linked to the Iran war, and said…
An Israeli victory in the war against Iran would likely give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a bump in the polls but may not guarantee him a win in the upcoming national elections, in the assessment of several veteran political analysts. But were the regime to fall, it would significantly boost his prospects.
Since the outbreak of the war over the weekend, the opposition has set aside its criticisms and rallied behind the government, which a majority of Israeli Jews have told pollsters they believe can handle the conflict effectively.
(June 24, 2025)
The attack required congressional authorization.
In a statement issued after the foreign-engineered unrest, Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said 3,117 people were killed during the riots, including 2,427 civilians and security personnel.
Many were bystanders or protesters shot by organized terrorist elements. Yet, even amid those casualties, Ghaderi pointed to a detail he considers critical to understanding the government’s approach during the riots.
“Until the end of Thursday, January 8,” he remarked, “despite the killing of a significant number of police officers, members of the popular Basij forces, and ordinary civilians by terrorists, no one was killed by police firearms.” Only later, when violence intensified further, did the posture change.
“Of course, on Friday, given the high level of violence carried out by the terrorists, the police, following orders from senior authorities, engaged in armed confrontation with them,” Ghaderi said.
Weiter nannte Wadephul die destabilisierende Rolle des Iran in der Region, die von der Revolutionsgarde verantwortet werde. Zudem stecke sie hinter Anschlagsversuchen in Deutschland und Europa. Sie habe Blut an ihren Händen, so der Bundesaußenminister.
“In June, we obliterated Iran’s nuclear capacity in Operation Midnight Hammer,” Trump stated, addressing recent US military operations. „People had been waiting for 22 years to do that… They were about a month away from having a nuclear weapon. We had to do it.“
„There‘s another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now,“ Trump added, sharing that he hopes Iran will „make a deal“ and “should have made a deal the first time.”
The arrival of the Lincoln CSG to the region follows a U.S. Air Force Central (AFCENT) announcement on Sunday that it will be conducting Agile Spartan, “a multi-day readiness exercise to demonstrate the ability to deploy, disperse, and sustain combat airpower across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.” AFCENT told us that Agile Spartan is “part of its regular exercise schedule and not in response to current tensions.” However, the optics of the timing are hard to avoid.
As of January 26, 2026, the Lincoln is expected to be somewhere between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Oman, but its exact distance from the Iranian coast remains a mystery.
Dazu gehört die neue Regelung zu einer Version des Staatstrojaners, die im Amtsdeutsch „Quellen-Telekommunikationsüberwachung“ heißt. Diese Form des Staatstrojaners wird durch den Gesetzentwurf erstmals für die Bundespolizei zur Abwehr von Gefahren eingeführt.
Die „Quellen-TKÜ“ lehnt zwar ihren Namen an die Überwachung laufender Telekommunikation an, ist aber praktisch ein Hacking-Werkzeug. Die dafür notwendige Schadsoftware wird unter Ausnutzung von Sicherheitslücken heimlich auf einem Endgerät aufgebracht und zeichnet die gewünschten Inhalte unbemerkt vom Nutzer auf.
Bereits kurz nach dem Anschlag auf das Berliner Stromnetz hatte Dobrindt zusätzliches Personal für die Nachrichtendienste und mehr digitale Befugnisse angekündigt. So solle jetzt in den Sicherheitsbehörden die Abwehr in diesem Bereich personell verstärkt werden, ohne dass dies zu Lasten der Abwehr von Gefahren aus anderen Extremismusbereichen gehe, so der Innenminister. Bei der digitalen Datenanalyse, der automatischen Gesichtserkennung und der Speicherung von IP-Adressen sollen Ermittler zudem mehr Befugnisse erhalten.
Although we haven’t seen that DHS Office of the General Counsel determination, DHS’s acting general counsel at the time was Joseph Mazzara.
Mazzara was most recently in the news for acknowledging that he was the person who gave DHS Secretary Kristi Noem legal advice about whether or not to turn around the Alien Enemies Act flights the night of March 15 after Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered the administration to do so. (They did not turn the flights around.)
Sometime less than two months later, per Lyons, Mazzara’s office took on the Fourth Amendment as well.
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.