The Middle East

The President of the United States has stated that they knew the whereabouts of the pilot and that they have been working on the rescue arrangements until the operation is carried out.

Today, Saturday, the Israeli Army confirmed that it has carried out a number of attacks in southern Lebanon and Beirut against Palestinian Islamic Jihad militias and structures.

"As a result of the shockwave and shrapnel of this attack, one of the buildings adjacent to the power plant has been damaged and, unfortunately, one of the security department personnel has died," said one of the facility's employees.

However, the mediators have declared that the ceasefire negotiations are "stifling." Iran has offered a reward for capturing pilots and Israel is putting its emphasis on Lebanon.

Leon XIV has presided this Good Friday over the first Crucis of his term in the Elysée of Rome, proclaiming against war and abuse of power to thousands of believers, and saying that every ruler "shall answer to God for the use of the power received."

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said: "We are preparing for the worst scenarios, but we do not yet need to rationing critical products (kerosene or diesel)."

For the time being, the US authorities have not made statements on the matter; however, they have ensured that one of the crew members has been rescued from the first aircraft.

Israel has already killed 1,368 people in armed attacks on the country. The Israeli army will also begin demolishing homes in villages in southern Lebanon, following the expulsion of 600,000 people.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday threatened to launch attacks on Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, Boeing, Tesla and 14 other companies accused of "involvement in terrorist operations" against Iran.

The NGO has called for taxes to be imposed on these companies to finance the energy transition to extraordinary profits and to tax large pollutants.

For about a month now, Israel has been carrying out heavy attacks in Lebanon, not only by air, but also by land. In total, the Israeli army has killed more than 1,200 people and injured 3,700.

The measures taken include the exceptional postponement of tax debts, exemption from fractional IRPF payments and speeding up the processing of VAT refunds in order to provide greater funding for companies.

Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has stressed that special attention needs to be paid to the transport sector and has proposed a decalogue of activities to address the energy crisis.

The White House has said that opening the strait is not a priority of the military offensive. Trump has suggested to affected countries that they can buy oil from the US. Meanwhile, he has announced that the UK will send new defense systems and more troops.

Two Indonesian soldiers of the United Nations Interim Force of Lebanon (FINUL) were killed on Monday after being hit by a projectile against the car they were driving in Bahi Hay, Marjayun, in southern Lebanon. On Sunday another Indonesian 'blue helmet' was killed in another attack of unknown origin, according to FINUL.

The US ambassador to Israel has also broken his traditional support for the Israeli Government and said there was no reason to make such a decision. Italy, France, Portugal, Poland or the Palestinian Authority have also denounced the incident.

Demonstrations have begun at 7 p.m. local time (16:00 GMT) in several Israeli cities under the slogan "For All Our Lives", which have been called by several former MPs and peace organizations.

The news comes one day after it became known that the Pentagon is planning to send an additional 10,000 troops to the Middle East. It is now a month since the US and Israel first attacked Iran, and the conflict has become even worse, as the Houthi in Yemen have entered the war.