What no one confirms - while UN soldiers are dying in Lebanon

Tehran - Trump says there are talks with Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, and Qalibaf says there are none, and in a week we will see, Trump says, the pressure continues meanwhile as if no one had said anything, while Marco Rubio describes a leadership in Tehran that is not of one piece, different factions, some may want to negotiate, he does not say exactly who, too dangerous for those involved, and the military backing of the U.S. is not being scaled back, that is the only thing he states clearly.

In Lebanon, three UN soldiers are dead, two of them died near Bani Hayyan when their vehicle was destroyed by an explosion, two others were injured one seriously, earlier a base had already been hit, all those killed were from Indonesia, the rescue was delayed because there were no safe access routes, and Jean-Pierre Lacroix appeared before cameras and said these unacceptable incidents were condemned, who is responsible UNIFIL left open, whether he would call Israel’s operations an invasion he was asked, he said it looks like an expanded buffer zone, how large is difficult to say, then he left, and over a thousand dead are in the reports, women children medical personnel, thousands injured, more than a million people without homes, numbers that come daily until people have stopped really hearing them without noticing when that happened.

The United Nations Security Council is convening an emergency session at the request of France. The perpetrators are unclear, the incidents are being investigated, overall the number of UNIFIL soldiers killed rises to over 330 since 1978.

In Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu raises his hand for the death penalty, 62 of 120 votes, Itamar Ben-Gvir’s law of his far-right party Otzma Yehudit, 48 voted against the rest were absent or abstained, critics call it racist because in practice it exclusively affects Palestinians, Germany and other European countries had previously spoken out against it, it changed nothing.

An Iranian missile is intercepted in Turkish airspace, not the first, Saudi Arabia destroys two drones, Kuwait holds Iraqi militias responsible for attacks from Iraqi territory and explicitly keeps open the option to respond, Baghdad rejects this but itself speaks of security problems within its own country, the war is spreading in all directions quietly without announcement, while the G7 watch and the Czech Republic provides strategic oil reserves and Keir Starmer sits in London with Shell BP Maersk HSBC and Goldman Sachs, it is not about planning, it is about how much can still be absorbed.

The gasoline price in the United States has risen by one dollar per gallon, millions of people who need their car for work, delivery drivers, electricians, caregivers, real estate agents, pay this out of their own pocket. Jerome Powell spoke at Harvard in front of students, the central bank can do little, energy shocks come and go quickly, what concerns him is a series of them, at some point people begin to think differently about inflation, the S&P 500 fell slightly, oil at 107.72 dollars.

Karoline Leavitt was asked whether American landmines are being used in Iran, she said she had no comment, she was asked again, again no comment, Pope Leo XIV had said on Palm Sunday God does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, Leavitt referred to the Christian core values of the nation, Pete Hegseth had publicly prayed that every bullet may find its target, and no one resolves this contradiction, it simply stands there.

And then there is Somayeh Mir Abo Eshagh, 44 years old, a doctor, for 22 years with the Red Crescent whenever she was needed. An airstrike hit her on Friday during an operation, the second medic killed since the beginning of the war on February 28, 17 others injured, the Red Cross called her death unacceptable, nothing more came, then the next report came.

In Karaj: bags ready with documents cash technology in case systems fail, the network is largely shut down, information hardly gets through, in Tehran, explosions in residential areas, destroyed buildings, people who have to leave their homes, on the night of the Persian New Year residents shouted anti-regime slogans from balconies, security forces responded with shots into the air, and at the same time a text message campaign is running across the country, Iranians are being called on to volunteer for defense against a threatened U.S. ground operation, anyone willing to sacrifice their life is to register, whether the messages originate from a government authority is unclear, some come from the Revolutionary Guards, others do not.

Kharg Island, a few kilometers off the coast, almost all Iranian oil exports run through this single point, an attack there would massively hit revenues and at the same time be a different war, any military presence there would be immediately vulnerable, no one is talking about it out loud yet, but it is present in every room where people are talking right now.

Talks are in the air. No one confirms them. Everything continues, as it always continues when no one knows how to stop.