PARIS, France, April 6, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The latest developments in the 
Middle East war:

- Trump waves off ceasefire -

The White House said US President Donald Trump had "not signed off" on a 
proposal for a 45-day ceasefire in the US-Israel war with Iran.

"This is one of many ideas, and POTUS (Trump) has not signed off on it. 
Operation Epic Fury continues," a White House official told AFP, adding that 
the president would speak about the conflict at a press conference scheduled 
for 1700 GMT on Monday.

Trump, in an expletive-laden social media post on Sunday, threatened to 
strike Iranian infrastructure if Tehran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

- Iran to pursue war -

Iran will continue the war with the United States and Israel for "as long as 
the political authorities see fit", its army spokesman said.

"The enemy must definitely regret it because, after this war, we need to 
reach a point of security and not witness another war", Mohammad Akraminia 
told the ISNA news agency.

- Iran gas sites hit -

Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, said his country's military struck 
Iran's largest petrochemical complex, which services the South Pars natural 
gas field, the largest natural gas reserve in the world.

Strikes also hit another petrochemical complex near the Iranian city of 
Shiraz, local authorities said.

- IAEA warning -

The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said attacks near Iran's 
Bushehr atomic power plant "pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and 
must stop".

Rafael Grossi said one recent strike hit just 75 metres (245 feet) from the 
Bushehr perimeter.

- Iran intel chief killed -

A dawn Israeli strike killed the intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary 
Guards, Major General Majid Khademi, Iran said.

The Revolutionary Guards said they were completing preparations to enforce 
new operating conditions in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's central military 
command warned of "much more devastating" retaliation if enemies hit civilian 
targets.

- Deadly strike in Israel -

Israeli officials said the bodies of four people killed in an Iranian strike 
the previous day on a residential building in the northern city of Haifa had 
been recovered.

- Kuwait attack -

An Iranian attack on a residential area in northern Kuwait wounded six 
people, the health ministry said.

The United Arab Emirates defence ministry also said its air defences 
responded to a missile and drone attack, with falling debris injuring one 
person in Abu Dhabi.

- Israel hits Beirut -

An Israeli strike hit Beirut's southern suburbs as Israel's army said it was 
targeting Hezbollah. Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 
people and wounded 39, Lebanese officials said.

- Hormuz passage -

A third Turkish-owned ship has passed through the war-torn Strait of Hormuz, 
Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said. In a new sign of activity in the 
strategic waterway, Japanese firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said an Indian-flagged 
LPG tanker owned by a subsidiary had also passed through the strait.

South Korea will meanwhile send five ships to the Saudi Red Sea port of Yanbu 
to help establish alternative oil supply routes avoid the Strait of Hormuz, a 
ruling MP said. Taiwan said it will also redirect ships to bring crude oil 
from Saudi Red Sea ports.

- Oil around $110 level -

Oil prices fluctuated on Monday, with North Sea Brent, the international 
benchmark, around $109 a a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate around $112 
around .