CAIRO, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict entered its 38th day on Monday. The United States and Iran are reportedly negotiating, via regional mediators, a potential 45-day ceasefire, even as U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure continue to escalate.
The following is an overview of the latest developments in the crisis affecting much of the region and beyond.
The United States
-- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration has reviewed a proposal for a 45-day ceasefire in the Iran war, describing it as a "very significant step."
"It's not good enough, but it's a very significant step," Trump told reporters at the White House, noting that intermediaries "are negotiating now." Meanwhile, he said that the Tuesday deadline he has set for Iran to make a deal is final.
-- The United States, Iran and regional mediators are discussing a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to "a permanent end to the war," Axios reported on Sunday, citing anonymous U.S., Israeli and regional sources.
The report said the mediators are discussing the terms of a two-phased deal: the first phase would involve a potential 45-day ceasefire, during which the parties would negotiate a permanent end to the war, while the second phase would focus on reaching an agreement to end the war.
Israel
-- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the country's air force attacked Iran's largest petrochemical facility in Assaluyeh County in the southern province of Bushehr.
-- The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it has so far rendered more than 85 percent of Iran's petrochemical export capacity inoperable after striking Iran's two biggest petrochemical complexes.
-- The Israeli military said it had carried out large-scale strikes on Tehran's Mehrabad Airport and Azmayesh Airport, targeting dozens of Iranian air force aircraft and helicopters.
-- The Israeli military said four bodies were found at a site of an Iranian missile strike in the northern city of Haifa. The victims had been trapped under the rubble of a multi-storey residential building that collapsed as a result of the strike on Sunday.
Iran
-- Iran has rejected a U.S.-proposed 15-point peace plan, calling instead for a permanent end to the conflict, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Tehran delivered its response via Pakistan in a 10-point document, citing past experiences as the reason it would not accept a ceasefire. The response outlines Iran's demands, including ending regional conflicts, establishing safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, reconstructing war-affected areas, and lifting international sanctions.
-- Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei extended condolences for a senior general of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), saying that "assassinations and crimes" against Iranian leadership will not halt the country's course.
-- The IRGC said Majid Khademi, head of its intelligence organization, has been killed in a U.S. and Israeli attack.
-- The IRGC said it hit precisely with cruise missiles an Israeli-owned container vessel, "SDN7." It said it also hit a U.S. amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), with more than 5,000 forces on board, forcing it to retreat to the southern Indian Ocean.
-- At least 13 people were killed after an airstrike hit a residential building in Eslamshahr, a city south of Tehran, the Fars news agency and Nour News reported. Also, overnight U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran province killed at least six children, all under the age of 10, said Tehran's emergency operations center.
-- A spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned that "if attacks on civilian targets are repeated, the next stages of our offensive and retaliatory operations will be much more devastating and widespread."
-- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi strongly condemned a U.S. and Israeli attack on the Sharif University of Technology in the capital Tehran, which severely damaged the building of its information technology center and a gas substation near the academic center's mosque.
-- Iran's army said Sunday it has targeted petrochemical industries and petroleum products storage facilities in southern Israel, as well as U.S. equipment depots, satellite communication units and troops in a base in Kuwait.
Lebanon
-- Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes overnight on several areas in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, killing at least 16 people and wounding several others, according to Lebanese official sources.
-- Five people were killed and at least seven others wounded on Monday in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon, authorities said, as cross-border hostilities continued between Israel and Hezbollah.
Iraq
-- Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said two of its sites in northern Iraq were hit by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, causing no casualties.
Bahrain
-- Bahrain's Public Prosecution said it had ordered the detention of suspects accused of collaborating with Iranian intelligence services and the IRGC. It said the suspects had been ordered by those groups to monitor and collect information about vital sites in the kingdom to target them.
Qatar
-- Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani spoke by phone Monday with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi to discuss the impact of the ongoing U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict, regional developments, and bilateral relations.
Al-Thani emphasized Qatar's opposition to the use of force against Iran, respect for Iran's sovereignty, and the need for an immediate end to the conflict to restore regional stability.
The Qatari prime minister also condemned Iran for targeting Qatar and other regional countries and rejected the targeting of civilian infrastructure on any side.
Kuwait
-- Kuwait's Ministry of Defence announced that the armed forces detected 14 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles, and 46 hostile drones within the country's airspace over the past 24 hours, all of which were dealt with in accordance with established procedures.
-- Six people sustained minor injuries after debris and shrapnel resulting from intercepting Iranian attacks fell in a residential area in northern Kuwait early Monday morning.
The United Arab Emirates
-- An Iranian drone attack hit a building of the du telecommunications company in Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates, with no injuries reported, the Fujairah Media Office said on Monday.
Egypt
-- Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty emphasized the necessity of "continued dialogue" to contain military escalation in the region during two separate phone calls with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Canadian counterpart Anita Anand.
Türkiye
-- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed Israel for undermining all attempts to end the Middle East conflict as he addressed the nation following a weekly cabinet meeting. ■
