On the fifth day of the war waged against Iran, a worrying stalemate is setting in. The Zionist entity, allied with the Americans, has continued its strikes on Iran, targeting military and civilian infrastructure in several cities. Lebanon is also shaken by massive bombings from Israeli aviation in the south of the country and in neighborhoods of the capital Beirut, killing around forty civilians.
To date, the toll of civilian losses in Iran stands at nearly 1,000 victims and thousands injured, including more than 160 schoolgirls deliberately targeted by a Zionist raid.
While the Strait of Hormuz is almost totally closed to maritime navigation (a new Maltese-flagged cargo ship was hit this Wednesday morning), an Iranian warship was sunk in international waters in the Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka. It was struck by a torpedo from a US submarine. More than a hundred people are missing, and bodies have been recovered after the frigate’s sinking.
In no way weakened by the daily strikes, Tehran has continued its retaliatory launches of missiles and drones against Israel and US bases installed in Gulf countries. Deaths and damage have been reported by Zionist media, while Tel Aviv bans any images, videos, or testimonies about these losses in the sites hit by Iranian strikes.
This Wednesday, an Iranian ballistic missile, likely heading toward a target in Cyprus, was destroyed in Turkish airspace. According to sources, this missile had been diverted from its course after entering Iraqi and Syrian airspace.
———Israeli Sabotage
In recent hours, a Machiavellian Zionist plan has been thwarted. Its objective: to push Gulf countries to align with the Zionist entity and the United States in a broad coalition against Iran. Sabotage operations against refineries and oil facilities in these countries were carried out by Mossad agents and their accomplices. According to credible sources, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have “arrested Israeli Mossad agents who were preparing attacks in these countries.” Tel Aviv’s goal is to create sharp tension and growing hostility between the Gulf monarchies and Iran, the first phase before a military conflagration across the entire region and a spiral of violence with incalculable consequences.
Tehran quickly denied targeting oil or civilian facilities in Gulf countries, while acknowledging strikes on US military bases.
In this regard, media sources have reported a disagreement between Gulf countries and US President Donald Trump. This disagreement is palpable, especially since local opinion in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, or Qatar accuses Trump of protecting only Israel, despite defense agreements signed with the United States. According to these sources, officials from these countries have estimated that the war launched by Trump risks eventually involving the monarchies, turning them into a battlefield of conflicts and hostilities.
Diplomatically, it is total paralysis. Asked about the position of Moscow and Beijing, which have called for an end to the war, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth assured that China and Russia do “not really constitute a factor” in the war. The Pentagon chief said he had no message for them. “They are not really a factor here, and our problem is not with them—it is with Iran’s nuclear ambitions,” he said.