Iran fires at Kuwait as Gaza and Lebanon tensions widen — SkimNews
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- Iran fired at Kuwait on Thursday as retaliation for US bombardments earlier this week, marking a direct extension of the US-Iran confrontation to a Gulf state.
- Israeli strikes killed three Palestinians in northern Gaza and Gaza City, including a 15-year-old; Shifa hospital officials said the victims were in a "safe area" west of the military's yellow line, contradicting the IDF's claim they were approaching troops.
- Israel's military claimed "operational control" of the strategic Ali Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, saying troops cleared Hezbollah fighters from two underground routes in an area believed to host an extensive Hezbollah facility overlooking Nabatiyeh.
- Iran held a funeral in Kuhestak, about 1,100 km southeast of Tehran, for victims of a US missile strike on a wedding; mourners carried Iranian-flag-wrapped caskets and the death toll rose to five.
- Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released an emigration plan targeting 250,000 Palestinians leaving Gaza in the first year, 1.1 million within three years, and nearly 1.9 million within seven years, with Israel offering to pay receiving countries.
- Palestinians in Gaza rejected the proposal as coerced, and rights groups warned that forcing or pressuring departures could amount to a potential war crime.
Why it matters: Iran's attack on Kuwait pulls the US-Iran conflict into the Gulf, while Israel's claim to a strategic southern Lebanese ridge and a seven-year plan to relocate up to 1.9 million Palestinians show the crisis expanding simultaneously on military, territorial, and demographic fronts. No single ceasefire track can contain a war widening this many directions at once.
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