Here are the latest events in the Middle East war on Monday:
- Trump says war a 'short-term excursion' -
US President Donald Trump said that the war against Iran would be a "short-term excursion," while insisting the offensive would continue "until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated."
"We took a little excursion because we felt we had to do that to get rid of some people," Trump told a gathering of Republicans at his golf club in Doral, Florida. "We've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough."
- Iran's Pezeshkian talks with Erdogan -
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan after an incoming Iranian missile was intercepted in Turkey's airspace.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has always declared its readiness to reduce tension in the region; provided that the airspace, soil and waters of our neighbours are not used to attack the Iranian people," Pezeshkian said in a statement about the call.
- Iran targets Gulf energy installations -
Iran launched fresh strikes on energy installations in the Gulf, including a petroleum complex in Bahrain, as oil prices soared on fears over supply disruptions due to the Middle East war.
Bahrain's sprawling Al Ma'ameer oil facility was hit, causing a fire and damage, with the country's state-owned energy firm Bapco declaring force majeure -- the latest Gulf producer to activate the legal clause.
- Jets overhead as strikes hit Tehran -
The Israeli military said it launched a wave of "broad strikes" against "terror targets" in Tehran, the second of the day.
AFP journalists reported a powerful explosion in the Iranian capital at the same time as aircraft were heard overhead.
- US stocks end wild session higher -
Comments from Trump declaring the Middle East war "pretty much" over sent US stocks skyward at the end of Monday's session after surging oil prices weighed on stocks earlier in the day.
All three major indices moved suddenly higher after Trump's comments, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing 0.5 percent up at 47,740.80, a swing of 1,125 points from earlier in the day.
- Australia asylum to Iran women footballers -
Australia has granted asylum to some of Iran's visiting women's football team over fears they faced persecution at home for not singing the national anthem before a match.
The Iranian players' stance ahead of an Asian Cup tournament match in Australia last week was widely seen as an act of defiance against the Islamic republic. Five players escaped the team hotel on Australia's Gold Coast overnight.
- Lebanon toll rises -
The toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon rose to 486 people killed and 1,313 wounded, the Lebanese health ministry said.
The ministry had previously reported a death toll of 394. AFP could not independently verify the figures.
- Hezbollah vows resistance, self-defense -
The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad pledged to continue fighting Israel "whatever the cost", in remarks broadcast by Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV.
Defending his party, and blasting the Lebanese government, Raad said the group's goal is to "to drive the enemy out of our occupied land... And quite plainly, we have no other option to preserve honor, pride and dignity than the option of resistance."
- Iran warns strait unsafe -
Iran's security chief Ali Larijani said security in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a key transport route for global oil and gas supplies, cannot be restored as long as the war continues.
"It is unlikely that any security can be achieved in the Strait of Hormuz amid the fires ignited by the United States and Israel in the region," he said.
- EU eyes Hormuz mission -
EU chiefs said the bloc was ready to "enhance" its maritime operations in the Middle East to protect shipping routes after holding talks with regional leaders.
President Emmanuel Macron said France and its allies were working to put together a "purely defensive" mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for world fuel supplies.
- UAE says targeting 'unwarranted' -
The United Arab Emirates decried that it was being targeted "in a very unwarranted manner" in the war, stressing it would "not partake in any attacks against Iran", which has lashed out at Gulf countries seen as US allies.
"The UAE does not seek to be drawn into conflict or escalation," said Jamal Al Musharakh, the UAE's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
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