War in the Middle East: the latest developments

Here are the latest events related to the 37th day of the war in the Middle East on Sunday, entering its sixth week since the American-Israeli attack on Iran launched on February 28:

• Lebanon: seven dead, including six from the same family, in an Israeli strike in the south

  Seven people, including six members of the same family, were killed in an Israeli strike on Kfar Hatta on Sunday, a location more than 40 km from the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, a source from the Civil Defense told AFP.

• Iran: five Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli-American strikes

  American-Israeli strikes on Sunday killed five members of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, in the northwest of the country, as reported by the official news agency Irna, citing a statement from the Guards in Ardabil province.

• National internet blackout record in Iran, according to an NGO

  The national internet blackout imposed by authorities in Iran has now become the longest ever recorded in a country, surpassing all other similar incidents in severity, having reached its 37th consecutive day, according to the cybersecurity monitoring NGO Netblocks.

• Fire at a Bahraini oil company reservoir

  An Iranian drone attack on Sunday caused a fire in a reservoir owned by the public oil company in Bahrain, Bapco Energies, which was later brought under control, the company said in a statement.

• Lebanese president calls for negotiations to prevent a new Gaza

  Lebanese President Joseph Aoun renewed his call on Sunday for direct negotiations with Israel to prevent the southern part of the country, where the Israeli army is advancing and destroying villages, from turning into a new Gaza, ravaged by war.

• Five dead in Iran during the rescue of the American pilot

  Strikes killed five people in southwest Iran on Saturday night into Sunday, according to an Iranian media report, during the operation carried out by the United States to locate the missing American aviator after his plane crashed, which Tehran claims to have shot down.

• Fires at a petrochemical plant in Abu Dhabi

  Authorities in Abu Dhabi said Sunday they were battling fires at a petrochemical facility in Borouge, caused by debris falling after the interception of Iranian shots. No injuries were reported, according to the media office of the emirate.

• Hezbollah says it fired a missile at an Israeli ship

  Hezbollah announced Sunday that it had fired a cruise missile at an Israeli warship cruising off the coast of Lebanon, for the first time since the start of the war with Israel over a month ago.

• Two men hanged in Iran for ties to Israel

  Iranian authorities hanged two men on Sunday who were convicted of acting on behalf of Israel and the United States during the wave of anti-government protests earlier this year, the judiciary announced.

• American pilot “safe and sound”

  The second American pilot whose fighter jet crashed in Iran has been rescued and is “safe and sound,” Donald Trump announced on Sunday.

• United Arab Emirates attacked by missiles and drones

  The United Arab Emirates reported a missile and drone attack on Sunday, as Iran claimed to target the aluminum industry in the Gulf country.

• Indonesia: the three slain UN peacekeepers in Lebanon buried

  The three Indonesian peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon, where Israel is facing Hezbollah, were buried in their hometowns on Sunday: Farizal Rhomadhon, 28, who died on March 29, and Zulmi Aditya Iskandar, 33, and Muhammad Nur Ichwan, 26, who were killed the next day when an explosion hit a logistics convoy of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

• Trump gives Iran 48 hours before “unleashing hell,” Tehran rejects ultimatum

  “Remember when I gave Iran 10 days to CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT or REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. Time is running out – 48 hours before unleashing hell on them,” Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

  Iran rejected this new ultimatum, calling his threats “stupid.”