The UAE suspends all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran, citing regional escalations that threaten peace and security.

<p>Following the Israeli strike in Syria, a security source told <i>Kan 11 News</i> that Israel had recently sought to reach an understanding with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa through an indirect channel of communication. After the behind-the-scenes efforts failed, Israel provided the United States with intelligence indicating that Turkey was seeking to establish a presence at an airport in Syria, approximately 70 kilometers from the Israeli border. Israel argued that this constituted a violation of the understandings.</p><p>According to the source, after the talks failed and before Turkish forces arrived, Israel struck the Syrian base, where rehabilitation work had begun recently.</p>

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior lawyer Abdoulaye Seye. Netanyahu: The ICC has become a kangaroo court.

<p>Lebanon's <i>Al Mayadeen TV</i>, which is affiliated with the Hezbollah terrorist organization, reported that the Israel Air Force carried out strikes on the outskirts of the town of Qantara, in the Ali Taher ridge area, and in the outskirts of Kfar Roummane in southern Lebanon.</p>

US envoy Tom Barrack says Israeli strikes in Syria highlight the need for Israel, Syria and Turkey to establish a mechanism to prevent escalation.