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The tenant of the White House, Donald Trump, suggested this Wednesday, September 2, change the name of the Strait of Hormuz to "Trump Strait", after ensuring that it is under the "control" of the United States. This crucial sea lane remains one of the biggest centers of dispute more than six months after the war launched by the US and Israel against Tehran. Hours earlier, the Islamic Republic accused Washington of a "war crime" for the attack that killed at least five people who were at a wedding and promised further retaliation.

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This minute by minute has been closed. Below, the main news from this Wednesday, September 2, regarding the various conflict fronts in the Middle East:

Oil closes 1% higher as US-Iran attacks threaten supply

Brent crude oil prices closed up 1% in a volatile session on Wednesday, boosted by renewed military attacks between the United States and Iran that have restricted global oil supplies.

The war between the United States and Iran has been going on for seven months, and the latest attacks represent the largest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July. US forces attacked Iran's southern coast, and Iran fired on US bases throughout the region.

Brent crude futures (LCOc1) closed up 98 cents, or 1%, at $95.63 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures (CLc1) rose 79 cents, or 0.9%, to close at $91.01.

Two young Palestinians killed in an attack by settlers escorted by Israeli forces

Two Palestinians, aged sixteen and nineteen, were shot dead this Wednesday during an attack by settlers accompanied by Israeli forces in the town of Al Mughayir, near Ramallah, the occupied capital of the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported.

This ministry indicated that the deceased are Omar Muhamad Naji Al Naasan (19 years old) and Jalil Rasem Jalil Shahada (16 years old).

Netanyahu contradicts Trump's plan: he promises that Israel will not withdraw from the 60% it occupies in Gaza

During a visit to Israeli troops remaining in the Palestinian enclave, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that his Army controls "60% of the Strip" and will not withdraw from there because "we have a lot left to do." The statement contradicts the roadmap determined by the so-called 'Peace Board', which links the disarmament of Hamas with the withdrawal of Israeli troops. Furthermore, the Israeli Defense Minister insisted on the plan to force the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.

Trump suggests changing the name of Hormuz to "Trump Strait"

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, suggested this Wednesday, September 2, change the name of the Strait of Hormuz to "Trump Strait", given that it is under the "control" of Washington. This vital sea route remains disputed and Tehran has warned that the United States faces a "new" war strategy after the most intense exchange of attacks between the two countries in weeks.

"Now that it is under US control, should we change the name of the Strait of Hormuz to 'TRUMP STRAIT,'" the White House tenant said on his Truth Social platform.

Report from Istanbul: Cargo ship sinks in Sea of ​​Marmara

Benjamin Netanyahu affirms that the Israeli Army will continue to control "60% of the Gaza Strip"

"I am here, in the Gaza Strip, with the Chief of Staff, the commander of the Southern Command and our brave commanders and soldiers. We control this territory. You can see Ashkelon there, you can see all our communities from any direction: Sderot, Netivot and the kibbutzim. We control the area. We will not withdraw. We will remain on this line, controlling 60% of the Strip. And there is still more to come, because we are eliminating the terrorists that we They threaten. We do this day after day," declared the Israeli premier.

Iran seizes ship carrying smuggled fuel in Gulf, state media says

Iranian border guards seized a ship with 382,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the northern Persian Gulf and arrested its 11 foreign crew members, state broadcaster IRIB reported this Wednesday, without specifying the nationality of those detained.

Iran, which has some of the lowest fuel prices in the world due to heavy subsidies and a sharp devaluation of its national currency, has been trying to curb widespread fuel smuggling by land to neighboring countries and by sea to Gulf states.

Israel ready to relocate Gaza population if US approves, defense minister says

The Israeli government has plans ready to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, but is waiting for the United States to determine their fate, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said.

"There is no real solution for Gaza without this migration," Katz said at a conference organized by the Israeli news website Ynet and the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

The Israeli government "is organized and prepared to relocate them, by sea, by air, by any means possible," he added.

The U.S. Embassy in Israel referred requests for comment to the State Department in Washington.

Iran attacked US targets in the Persian Gulf in the early hours of the morning, in response to the weekend attacks

Iran launched attacks against U.S. allies in the Gulf early Wednesday, following a night of U.S. bombing that Iranian officials said included a deadly bombing of a wedding celebration.

The recent violence ended a month of calm in clashes between the United States and Iran. The six-month-old war has sent oil prices soaring, shaken the global economy and posed growing political problems for U.S. President Donald Trump's Republican Party ahead of November's midterm elections.

Clashes between the United States and Iran have intensified since the US military attacked Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, alleging that Iran planned to use them to lay mines in the strait. Iran responded by launching missiles at US bases in Jordan, which were intercepted.

Israel stresses that it has "destroyed 70% of Gaza"

"We destroyed 70% of Gaza. We destroyed areas of southern Lebanon; we devastated dozens of villages that served as Hezbollah strongholds. We evacuated 200,000 residents. We conquered the refugee camps in the West Bank. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) remained inside. 40,000 residents were evacuated and did not return. The IDF (the Israeli Army) destroyed infrastructure, killed terrorists and even remain inside," declared the Defense Minister of the Jewish-majority state, Israel Katz.

US attack on an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf leaves three paramilitaries dead: Revolutionary Guard

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said three members of the Basij paramilitary force were killed in early morning attacks on an island in the Persian Gulf.

"Three Basij fighters (...) were killed in the attack carried out last night by American criminals on the island of Lavan," declared a local Revolutionary Guard commander, quoted by the Mehr news agency.

Israeli attack kills one person in southern Lebanon

An Israeli attack in southern Lebanon killed one person, official Lebanese media reported, while the Jewish-majority state said its attack was directed at Hezbollah in retaliation for an assault on its soldiers in the south.

"One person was killed and another was injured in an attack launched by an enemy drone" in the city of Nabatieh, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported, also reporting other Israeli attacks in the area.

The Israeli Army said the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group overnight "launched two explosive drones" at Israeli soldiers in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area, with no troop casualties reported. In response, the Israeli military said it had attacked the Shiite movement's infrastructure in the Nabatieh area.

Israel has recently increased its attacks against southern Lebanon, particularly in the Nabatieh area, where the strategic Ali al-Taher mountain range is located.

Lebanon's Health Ministry says Israeli bombing has killed at least 8,920 people since hostilities initially broke out in October 2023, after Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas over the Gaza conflict.

US Central Command denies attacking civilians after Iran reports attack on wedding

The US Central Command denied attacking civilians after Iranian media reported that at least five people were killed in a US attack on a wedding in a city in the Islamic Republic's south.

"The US Army never attacks civilians, unlike the Revolutionary Guard," Central Command told Reuters on Wednesday.

Iranian security chief warns of "new war strategy" against the US in response to the latest attacks against the Islamic Republic

Iran's security chief warned that the United States will face a "new strategy" from Tehran in the Middle East war after the most intense exchange of attacks between the two countries in weeks.

"You will soon see that Iran's new strategy on the battlefield, in diplomacy and in confronting the economic blockade will shatter its foundations," Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, published in X.

Iran accuses the US of "war crime" for lethal attack on people attending a wedding and warns of retaliation

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei called the US attack a "war crime" and said Iran "will respond to these savage crimes firmly."

"The truth about this illegal and deliberate war - and the true face of war crime - lies in Sirik, where a wedding ceremony was brutally bombed as part of the United States' desperate attempt to conceal its failure," Baghaei said on Platform X.

For his part, Iran's main negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, confirmed that the attack killed families with children and called the United States the "great Satan." "If a power acts like Satan, chooses targets like Satan, and kills like Satan, it is Satan. Does it protect a lesser Satan who does the same? It is THE Great Satan," Ghalibaf wrote on the X platform.

The recent exchange of attacks between the US and Iran in the Middle East, since last Sunday, have put an end to a fragile month-long truce between the two sides, which seems to indicate the resumption of a new cycle of escalation.

The US Central Command (Centcom) justified that its night attacks focused on "Iranian military targets", including air defense sites, radars and maritime infrastructure.

Five people killed and 68 injured at a wedding in Iran due to US attack

Iranian authorities say a US missile explosion killed at least five people and injured 68 who were attending a wedding in Kuhestak, a coastal city in southern Iran.

Iranian media reported that the wedding ceremony was taking place in a private home in Hormozgan province on Tuesday night when the US projectile hit.

Among the deceased were Amir-Ali Karimi, a four-year-old boy, and Mohammad Mollahi, 16.

"It's something terrible. I am extremely worried and shocked by what happened, really shocked," Ali Mollahi, the bride's father, told the Mehr news agency.

Live: Iran accuses the US of “war crime” after attack that killed five people at a wedding and warns of retaliation

Welcome to this minute by minute with the main news from the Middle East this Wednesday, September 2, as attacks between the United States and Iran escalate.

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