Report: No Indications of Direct Coordination Between Iran, Hezbollah in Attacks on Israel

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
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Report: No Indications of Direct Coordination Between Iran, Hezbollah in Attacks on Israel

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 5, 2026. (AFP)

Israel's Channel 13 said on Thursday there are no clear indications of direct coordination between Iran and Hezbollah in their attacks on Israel.

Two days after Hezbollah joined the fighting, missiles from Iran and rockets from Lebanon were fired at the same time toward central and northern Israel, leading observers to believe the attacks were coordinated.

However, the channel said Israel has not yet received intelligence information that confirm a combined barrage by Hezbollah and Tehran in the war.

Channel 13 also quoted an Israeli military source as saying that Hezbollah has not yet used its full capabilities.

On the sixth day of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran launched missiles towards central Israel throughout the day. Air raids sirens sounded in the center of the country and loud explosions were heard with no casualties reported.

Meanwhile, sirens sounded at a public shelter in northern Israel following rocket fire from Lebanon, while drone intrusion alerts went off in the Arabah region.

Later, following fire from Iran, reports were received of interceptor debris falling in various communities across central Israel and in Jerusalem, causing no injuries.

On Thursday, a plane operated by national carrier El Al was forced to abort its landing at Ben-Gurion Airport after sirens sounded across central Israel during an Iranian missile attack. The plane was reportedly only a minute from touchdown when it climbed back into the air.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday they targeted Israel's Ben Gurion airport and an air force base in the area.

“The heavy Khorramshahr-4 missiles carrying one-ton warheads were launched at dawn today ... toward the heart of Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion airport and the base of the Israeli air force's 27th squadron located at the airport,” the Guards said in a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency.

In response, Israel said its forces destroyed missile launchers in Qom and air defenses in Isfahan.

Israel and the United States seek to control all of Iran's airspace, marking a shift toward more efficient and targeted destruction.

As the rate of Iranian ballistic missile fire on Israel slowed, the Israeli Army Home Front Command held a situational assessment and eased restrictions that were imposed on the Israeli public at the start of the conflict.

“Today, we have achieved a very important milestone by easing the Home Front Command guidelines, said an Israeli military source.

The source said gatherings of up to 50 people are now permitted, provided a shelter can be reached in time, and workplaces can operate under the same conditions. Educational activities remain suspended.

The source said the Israeli and US air forces are jointly operating to destroy Iran's missile launchers.



Türkiye Condemns Closing of 8 Turkish Schools in Greece

View of the island of Halki from a ferry sailing to the island of Rhodes, off the island of Halki, Greece, April 13, 2021. (Reuters)
View of the island of Halki from a ferry sailing to the island of Rhodes, off the island of Halki, Greece, April 13, 2021. (Reuters)
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Türkiye Condemns Closing of 8 Turkish Schools in Greece

View of the island of Halki from a ferry sailing to the island of Rhodes, off the island of Halki, Greece, April 13, 2021. (Reuters)
View of the island of Halki from a ferry sailing to the island of Rhodes, off the island of Halki, Greece, April 13, 2021. (Reuters)

Türkiye's foreign ministry on Sunday condemned a decision by Greece to close eight schools catering to the country's Turkish-speaking minority, accusing its neighbor of discrimination.

In a communique, the ministry condemned "systematic practices aimed at undermining the right to education of the Turkish minority in Western Thrace".

"We once again call on Greece to act in accordance with its contractual obligations regarding minority rights and fundamental rights," it added.

The number of Turkish-language schools left in the north-east region of Thrace -- near the border between the two countries -- is now 76.

Greek authorities have said they were closing schools, and not solely in Turkish-speaking areas, because of declining numbers of pupils.

According to 2021 statistics, some 120,000 Muslims of Turkish origin live in Thrace, where they enjoy specific rights in regards to religion and education under the Treaty of Lausanne, signed after the First World War.


5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Peru’s Andes Region, Killing at Least 5 People

This handout picture released by Peru's Defense Ministry shows a collapsed house on the outskirts of Huancayo, about 300 km east of Lima, on July 19, 2026, following a 5.5 magnitude quake. (Handout / Peruvian Ministry of Defense / AFP)
This handout picture released by Peru's Defense Ministry shows a collapsed house on the outskirts of Huancayo, about 300 km east of Lima, on July 19, 2026, following a 5.5 magnitude quake. (Handout / Peruvian Ministry of Defense / AFP)
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5.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Peru’s Andes Region, Killing at Least 5 People

This handout picture released by Peru's Defense Ministry shows a collapsed house on the outskirts of Huancayo, about 300 km east of Lima, on July 19, 2026, following a 5.5 magnitude quake. (Handout / Peruvian Ministry of Defense / AFP)
This handout picture released by Peru's Defense Ministry shows a collapsed house on the outskirts of Huancayo, about 300 km east of Lima, on July 19, 2026, following a 5.5 magnitude quake. (Handout / Peruvian Ministry of Defense / AFP)

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least five people, local authorities said on Sunday.

More than 20 people were injured, and 300 have been displaced so far.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported the quake struck on Saturday at 9:24 p.m. local time, with its epicenter located 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) west-southwest of the city of Sicaya, in Huancayo province. The incident took place at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles).

Peru’s National Civil Defense Institute said in a statement the total number of people missing is still unknown.

Several buildings collapsed or suffered structural damage, including the local church and convent.

Images broadcast by local media captured the anguish of victims’ relatives in one of the hardest-hit areas, the agricultural region of Chongo Bajo, where residents huddled under blankets outside severely damaged homes. Animals were also seen under the rubble.

In 2007, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the province of Pisco in the Ica region, leaving nearly 600 people dead.

Earthquakes are frequent in Peru, as the country is located in the so-called Pacific “Ring of Fire.”


UN Watchdog Calls for Restraint as Iran Says US Attacked Unfinished

Iranians walk past an anti-US banner in Tehran on July 19, 2026. (AFP)
Iranians walk past an anti-US banner in Tehran on July 19, 2026. (AFP)
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UN Watchdog Calls for Restraint as Iran Says US Attacked Unfinished

Iranians walk past an anti-US banner in Tehran on July 19, 2026. (AFP)
Iranians walk past an anti-US banner in Tehran on July 19, 2026. (AFP)

The UN's nuclear watchdog called for restraint on Sunday after Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said the United States had attacked an under-construction nuclear power plant in the country's southwest.

The US and Iran have been trading escalating attacks for days, and Washington carried out fresh airstrikes on Sunday to "punish" Iran for the deaths of two US service members in Jordan on Friday -- its first reported losses since the return to open hostilities in the Middle East war.

Tehran's Atomic Energy Organization said US forces "in an aggressive and brutal act contrary to international law, attacked the under-construction Darkhovin nuclear power plant... with a number of projectiles on Sunday", according to a statement carried by state TV.

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency said it was looking into the reports, noting the plant "is in the very early stages of construction and contained no nuclear material when last visited by the IAEA".

While the incident "is not believed to pose any radiological risk", IAEA director Rafael Grossi reiterated his "call for military restraint in the vicinity of all nuclear-related sites", the agency said, in a post on X.

Iran's nuclear program has long been a major point of contention between it and the West, including in negotiations aimed at ending the current war.

While foreign powers including the US and Israel suspect it of seeking a bomb, Tehran has always maintained its program is peaceful, though it insists on its right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes.