Iran war: Trump says Gulf allies urged pause in Iran strikes

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has targeted a US early warning radar in Bahrain, in response to an attack on a telecommunications tower in Sirik on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump has said he held off on more strikes on Iran at Gulf allies’ request, just hours after he said he would not hesitate to launch new military strikes against Tehran.
The Gaza Board of Peace has called for the implementation of Trump’s peace plan following the Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital, which killed at least seven. Hamas has rejected the statement, accusing the board of adopting Israel’s narrative.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has warned that countries providing military or logistical support for US operations against Tehran would be considered participants in Washington’s aggression.

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US ambassador to UN heads to Lebanon as UNIFIL’s mandate nears expiry
US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz is set to arrive in Lebanon next week, with the future of peacekeeping forces hanging in the balance as the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) nears expiry.
Waltz attacked UNIFIL earlier this week, describing it as a “human shield for terrorists”, during the Israel Hayom Summit, an event organised by the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom in New York on Tuesday.
The US ambassador made clear during the event that his mission in Lebanon will be “to get rid of this human shield known as UNIFIL and change the peacekeeping mission that has been there for 20 years”.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a news conference on Tuesday that the US is considering a “civilian mission” to replace UNIFIL.
“It doesn’t have to be a military mission. It could be a civilian mission,” he said. The UNIFIL mandate ends on December 31, 2026, unless extended by the UN.
Mike Waltz, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to reporters at UN headquarters [File: Seth Wenig/AP Photo]
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US Navy removed commander of destroyer deployed in Iran war: USNI
The US Navy quietly removed the commander of the USS Michael Murphy on September 27 while the destroyer was deployed to the Middle East for the Iran war and naval blockade, USNI News, an outlet affiliated with the US Naval Institute, reported.
Commander Caitlin Cunningham was relieved due to a “loss of confidence”, a Navy spokesperson told the outlet, without providing further details.
The destroyer remained in the region after the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group departed in August, and left in mid-October. It is expected back in Pearl Harbor this week after a 346-day deployment, according to USNI News.
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Photos: Life at a makeshift camp for displaced Yemenis
People sit outside a tent at a makeshift camp for internally displaced people near Mukalla, Yemen November 3, 2026. [REUTERS]
A boy carries a jerrycan as he walks through a makeshift displacement camp near Mukalla, Yemen, on November 3, 2026. [Reuters]
Khawla Salman, a displaced Yemeni woman, sits with her children inside their tent at a makeshift camp near Mukalla, Yemen, on November 3, 2026. [Reuters]
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WATCH: Gaza surgeon films aftermath of Israeli strike
A British volunteer surgeon has documented the chaos and destruction inside Gaza’s Nasser hospital after a deadly Israeli strike. The bombing killed six people, including surgeon Rizq Abu Shuaira.
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Photos: Palestinians inspect damage inside Nasser Hospital following an Israeli airstrike
Palestinians inspect the damage inside Nasser Hospital following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2026. [AFP]
A hospital staff member walks among the debris as he inspects the damage inside Nasser Hospital following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2026. [AFP]
A Palestinian moves beds from a damaged area inside Nasser Hospital following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2026. [AFP]
Hospital staff members salvage medical equipment from a damaged area inside Nasser Hospital following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2026. [AFP]
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WATCH: Gaza’s Nasser Hospital hit by Israeli air strike
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Critic of Iran war and Israel seeks role as US Senate majority leader
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who announced he is running to be majority leader as a potential alternative to Senator Chuck Schumer, has repeatedly challenged Washington’s relationship with Middle Eastern partners.
Van Hollen, the son of a US diplomat, has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “chronic liar“. He also attempted to push forward legislation in Congress that would have required the Trump administration to report on the killing of nine Americans in the occupied West Bank and on Israel’s treatment of Palestinian children in military detention.
Van Hollen previously told Al Jazeera the US-Israel war on Iran “is making America and our allies less safe”.
This week, Van Hollen and 10 Senate colleagues urged congressional leaders to remove provisions from the annual defence policy bill that would expand weapons development and intelligence sharing with Israel.
US Senator Chris Van Hollen speaks through a megaphone during a sendoff event for US State Department workers in Washington, DC [File: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters]
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Iran’s IRGC says its forces targeted US radar in Bahrain
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has targeted a US early warning radar in Bahrain in response to an attack on a telecommunications tower in Iran’s Sirik, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
“This serves as a serious warning to the aggressor enemy to cease its aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormuz. Should these violations and acts of aggression recur, the IRGC Aerospace Force stands in full readiness to engage without limits,” Tasnim reported, citing the IRGC.
Iranian official sources, according to state news agency IRNA, said the southern port city of Sirik in Hormozgan province was hit by “enemy fire” on Thursday.