Trump warns US-Iran ceasefire on 'life support', Iran says ready for any aggression

This live blog follows updates for Day 74 of the US-Israel war on Iran. For a recap of Day 73, go here.

• UK, France ministers to hold Hormuz meeting 
• Trump rejects 'unacceptable' Iranian terms for ending war
• US plan ‘meant Iran’s surrender to Trump’s greed’: Iranian state media
• Trump says US-Iran ceasefire on 'life support'
• Trump to suspend US gas tax as Iran war spikes prices

UN condemns child death toll from Israel's West Bank operations

Published: May 12, 2026 | 09:50 GMT | by AFP

The United Nations condemned on Tuesday the toll from "escalating" Israeli military operations and settler attacks in the occupied West Bank on children, with 70 Palestinian children killed since the start of 2025.

"Children are paying an intolerable price for escalating military operations and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem," UN children's agency spokesman James Elder told reporters.

Since the start of 2025, when Israel began a large-scale military operation in the West Bank, "at least one Palestinian child has been killed on average every single week" there, adding that another 850 children had been injured during that period.

"Most of those killed or wounded were done by live ammunition," he said.

Israeli forces were responsible for a full 93% of the deaths, Elder said, highlighting that the scaled-up military operations had come amid "historic levels of settler attacks".

Israeli strike in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district leaves several injured

Published: May 12, 2026 | 09:05 GMT | by Web Desk

An Israeli drone dropped a bomb on a pickup truck in the town of Mansouri in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, causing multiple injuries, according to the National News Agency.

Earlier, Israeli air strikes in the same district killed at least six people and wounded seven others.

Israeli drone strike kills three in southern Lebanon’s Doueir

Published: May 12, 2026 | 08:35 GMT | by Web Desk

An Israeli drone strike hit a vehicle in Doueir’s town square in southern Lebanon, killing three people, Al Jazeera reported, citing Lebanon’s National News Agency.

The report said that the car was carrying a person wounded in an earlier attack to a hospital in Nabatieh when it was targeted.

The victims were identified as Ali Yassin, Abbas Hayek and Youssef Khreibani.

Israel strikes town in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh region

Published: May 12, 2026 | 08:20 GMT | by Web Desk

Israel carried out four consecutive air strikes on Jebchit, a town in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh region.

Al Jazeera reported that the air raids were followed by artillery shelling, including strikes near a mosque in the town, citing Lebanon’s National News Agency.

Earlier, Israeli warplanes killed at least six people and wounded seven others in the Tyre district.

Israel moves to develop suicide drones in response to Hezbollah

Published: May 12, 2026 | 07:48 GMT | by Web Desk

Israel is setting up a military facility to manufacture a new fleet of suicide drones, responding to the growing threat posed by Hezbollah’s explosive UAVs, according to a report citing Israel’s Army Radio.

The Israeli Army Radio said Hezbollah’s drones have created a serious strategic challenge for Israeli forces in southern Lebanon and along the northern border, and since the ceasefire, they have caused multiple military and civilian casualties.

Oil climbs but markets shrug off US-Iran deadlock

Published: May 12, 2026 | 07:08 GMT | by AFP

Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as US-Iran talks stalled, while markets were mixed as traders appeared to shrug off uncertainty over the 10-week-old war.

The impasse, which leaves the vital Strait of Hormuz mostly closed to oil tanker traffic, unnerved global energy markets.

The international benchmark Brent crude price jumped one percent to $105 a barrel during Tuesday morning trade in Asia, while benchmark US oil contract West Texas Intermediate (WTI) also rose one percent to $99 a barrel.

Precious metals also increased, with silver surging more than eight percent to $87 an ounce, capping weeks of rising prices.

But markets were mostly subdued, as analysts reported that traders are in wait-and-see mode as the 10-week war drags on.

UAE attacked Iran last month: WSJ

Published: May 12, 2026 | 02:00 GMT | by AFP

The United Arab Emirates carried out attacks on Iran early last month, sources told the Wall Street Journal, revealing previously unknown participation in the war by the Gulf country.

In an article on Monday, the American newspaper said the UAE's attacks targeted a refinery located on Iran's Lavan Island and took place "around the time" US President Donald Trump was "announcing a cease-fire in the war" after a five-week air strike campaign.

The US has quietly welcomed the Emirati strikes and any other Gulf states that want to join the fight, the paper reported, citing one unnamed source.

AFP has not been able to independently verify the reported Emirati attacks. The Journal did not specify a date or time.

However, the morning of April 8, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said: "missile and drone attacks on the Emirates and Kuwait have taken place a few hours after the targeting of Lavan island oil facilities in Iran."

Iran criticizes US-proposed UN Hormuz draft, warns of 'flawed' outcome

Published: May 12, 2026 | 00:40 GMT | by Web Desk

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi on Tuesday criticized reported US-led efforts to draft a UN Security Council resolution on the Strait of Hormuz, accusing Washington of trying to "shift the terms of the issue".

In a post on X, he said any proposal that ignored "aggression, siege, threats of force, and Iran’s legitimate rights" would be "flawed, biased, political, and doomed to failure".

He said "freedom of navigation" was a respected legal principle, but warned it could not be interpreted "selectively, politically, and detached from the United Nations Charter".