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The United Nations attributed the death of three Indonesian peacekeepers in Lebanon to an Israeli fire and a Hezbollah device, sending the two sides back to back.

Israel calls on all vessels to leave the southern coast of Lebanon as far as Tyre, opening a new maritime phase of the conflict.

Israel expresses its regret after a strike in Tehran that damaged a synagogue, admitting a blunder in an operation against a high military commander.

The UN recalls that targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime, while bridges, roads and health structures have been affected in Lebanon and that US/Israeli threats specifically target infrastructure in Iran.

Russia and China vetoed a Security Council resolution on the safety of navigation in the Strait of Ormuz. Yet heavily sweetened, the text supported by Bahrain and supported by Washington did not survive the refusal of Moscow and Beijing, who accuse the United States and Israel of having triggered the crisis with their strikes against Iran. This vote reveals a major diplomatic divide, as Donald Trump's ultimatum comes to an end and the UN appears more paralyzed than ever.

In Lebanon, the human score crossed a dramatic threshold with 1,530 deaths and 4,812 injuries since 2 March, according to the Ministry of Health. On 7 April alone, 33 deaths and 173 injuries were recorded, confirming the establishment of a larger, more deadly and lasting war.

In South Lebanon, a Vatican convoy escorted by the Finul had to turn back under fire in an area where the French contingent remained exposed. A French blue helmet was injured in this incident.

In Iran, the population is called upon to protect bridges and power plants from American threats to vital infrastructure.

JD Vance supports Viktor Orban in Budapest: a new episode of American interference in the European elections.

Trump threatens to wipe out a civilization in Iran, while strikes on Kharg cause oil to jump and revive the spectre of a war crime.

In Ain Saadé, the Lebanese army claims that the man seen leaving the targeted motorcycle building was a drug deliverer, not a fugitive suspect. This development aims to stop rumours, defuse security speculation and prevent an Israeli strike from causing a lasting internal fracture.

The Israeli army claims to have completed its advanced deployment in southern Lebanon. Presented as a strategic step, however, this announcement reveals a growing gap between Israeli communication and the reality of the ground. For if the IDF consolidates a defensive line against Hezbollah, there is no evidence that it has achieved all the political objectives set out in recent weeks, including the control of the entire southern Lebanese to the Litani.

Masnaa, Lebanon's vital axis: trade, civilians, sovereignty and diplomacy play on this threatened border post.

The Arab press describes a Lebanon under maximum pressure, between intensification of strikes, threat to the Masnaa passage, heavy loss of life and diplomatic battle for its vital access. This Lebanese press review shows how war spills over from the front to touch sovereignty, economy and internal cohesion.