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EN VIVO: Soldados de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel se movilizan por el sur de Líbano para exponer la infraestructura de Hezbollah

Las tropas de las FDI llevan a cabo acciones específicas y buscan impedir el fortalecimiento de la organización terrorista en la frontera, así como también reforzar la línea defensiva para los residentes del norte israelí
El régimen de Irán lanzó una nueva ola de ataques en Medio Oriente, tras la destrucción de un buque de guerra iraní en el Océano Índico por parte de la Armada de Estados Unidos. Teherán advirtió que Washington “lamentará amargamente” el precedente creado. Israel respondió con un bombardeo sobre la capital del país persa y con ataques selectivos en el Líbano contra el grupo terrorista Hezbollah.
Mientras las sirenas aéreas sonaron en Tel Aviv y Jerusalén durante la madrugada, el Senado de Estados Unidos rechazó una resolución que buscaba frenar la operación militar “Furia Épica” ordenada contra la república islámica por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump. La propuesta obtuvo 47 votos a favor y 53 en contra.
La guerra interrumpió el transporte marítimo y el suministro de petróleo y gas en la región, lo cual provocó un aumento del 15% en el precio del crudo Brent.
Estados Unidos e Israel han mantenido un ritmo intenso de bombardeos, que llevó a aplazar las ceremonias oficiales en Irán para despedir al depuesto líder supremo iraní, Ali Khamenei. El secretario de Guerra estadounidense, Pete Hegseth, indicó que las operaciones podrían extenderse varias semanas, sin plazo definido.
A continuación, la cobertura minuto a minuto:
Irán lanzó un ataque con drones en el aeropuerto de Najicheván, al suroeste de Azerbaiyán
Irán atacó este jueves con drones el aeropuerto del enclave de Najicheván, al suroeste de Azerbaiyán, a 10 kilómetros de la frontera con el país persa, y acusó a ese país del lanzamiento.
“Como resultado del ataque, el aeropuerto resultó dañado y dos civiles resultaron heridos. Bakú condena enérgicamente este incidente; estas acciones contravienen las normas y principios del derecho internacional y contribuyen a la escalada de tensiones en la región”, enfatizó el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Azerbaiyán.
El ministro de Defensa israelí habló con Hegseth: “Sigan hasta el final, estamos con ustedes”
El ministro de Defensa de Israel, Israel Katz, mantuvo anoche una conversación con el secretario de Guerra de Estados Unidos, Pete Hegseth, según informó su oficina.
En un comunicado, la oficina de Katz señaló que el ministro expresó sus condolencias por la muerte de seis militares estadounidenses en ataques iraníes y aseguró que Israel “está haciendo y seguirá haciendo todo lo posible para ayudar a proteger la seguridad de las tropas estadounidenses en la región”.
Katz pidió transmitir su agradecimiento al presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, por el apoyo brindado a Israel y destacó que la cooperación entre Trump y el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu frente a Irán “está cambiando la historia regional y global”.
El ministro israelí también agradeció a Hegseth “por su gran apoyo a Israel y por la amplia asistencia en la defensa de los ciudadanos del Estado de Israel contra la amenaza de los misiles iraníes”. En ese sentido, resaltó la estrecha y sin precedentes cooperación entre los ejércitos de ambos países para alcanzar los objetivos de la guerra.
Por su parte, Hegseth elogió la colaboración militar y las capacidades de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI), y transmitió a Katz: “Sigan hasta el final, estamos con ustedes”.
Italia enviará ayuda para defensa aérea a los países del Golfo
Italia enviará asistencia de defensa aérea a los países del Golfo afectados por los ataques de la república islámica, anunció la primera ministra Giorgia Meloni.
“Italia, al igual que el Reino Unido, Francia y Alemania, tiene la intención de enviar ayuda a los países del Golfo”, declaró Meloni en la radio RTL. “Estamos hablando claramente de defensa, de defensa aérea, no solo porque son naciones amigas, sino porque hay decenas de miles de italianos en esa zona y alrededor de 2.000 soldados italianos que debemos proteger”, agregó.
Consultada por la posible implicación en la guerra de las tres bases militares estadounidenses en Italia, la mandataria explicó que actualmente tienen autorización para “operaciones sin bombardeos” y que cualquier cambio en ese sentido requeriría revisión por parte de su gobierno y, probablemente, del parlamento italiano. “Hasta el momento no tenemos ninguna solicitud en ese sentido”, concluyó.
Durante la noche y madrugada de este jueves, las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) llevaron a cabo nuevos ataques en Beirut, Líbano, contra instalaciones utilizadas por el grupo terrorista Hezbollah, los cuales incluyeron una sede empleada por la unidad aérea de la organización.
Las consecuencias sanitarias en Israel del quinto día de la guerra en Medio Oriente
El Ministerio de Salud israelí informó que en las últimas 24 horas, 199 personas heridas han sido trasladadas a hospitales como consecuencia del conflicto con Irán.
De los pacientes atendidos, 14 se encuentran en condición moderada y 170 en buena condición. Trece personas han recibido tratamiento por ansiedad y dos están en evaluación médica.
Desde el inicio de los combates el sábado, un total de 1.473 personas han sido evacuadas a hospitales. Actualmente, 145 permanecen hospitalizadas o en urgencias, mientras que el resto ya recibió tratamiento y fue dado de alta.
Israelíes varados en Medio Oriente aterrizan en Tel Aviv

Los dos primeros vuelos de repatriación para israelíes varados en el extranjero debido a la guerra en Medio Oriente aterrizaron este jueves en Tel Aviv, según informó el Ministerio de Transporte de Israel.
Las aeronaves llegaron al Aeropuerto Ben Gurión en la mañana del jueves. La ministra de Transporte, Miri Regev, afirmó: “Estamos haciendo todo lo posible para que todos los israelíes regresen sanos y salvos a casa”.
Los soldados de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel se movilizan contra Hezbollah en Líbano
Las fuerzas de la Brigada “Montaña” (810), bajo el mando de la División 210, continúan operando en la zona del Monte Dov, en distintos puntos del sur del Líbano.
“Las tropas llevan a cabo acciones específicas para exponer infraestructura enemiga, impedir el fortalecimiento de la organización Hezbolá en la frontera y reforzar la línea defensiva para los residentes del norte de Israel», informaron las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) vía X.
Irán atacó a grupos kurdos en el norte de Irak
Las Fuerzas Armadas de Irán anunciaron este jueves el lanzamiento de un ataque con misiles contra posiciones de grupos kurdos en el Kurdistán iraquí, ampliando así el alcance del conflicto que entra en su sexto día.
“Hemos atacado los cuarteles de grupos kurdos opositores en el Kurdistán iraquí con tres misiles”, informó la Base Jatam al Anbiya, comando central unificado de las Fuerzas Armadas iraníes, según la agencia IRNA.
Australia desplegó “recursos militares” en Medio Oriente

El primer ministro australiano, Anthony Albanese, informó el jueves que Australia desplegó “activos militares” en Oriente Medio como parte de un plan de contingencia, en respuesta a la escalada de la guerra regional tras los ataques estadounidenses e israelíes contra Irán y la muerte del líder supremo Ali Khamenei.
Albanese comunicó al Parlamento que el gobierno envió seis equipos de respuesta a crisis a la región y que “ya hemos desplegado activos militares como parte de nuestra planificación de contingencia a principios de esta semana”. Agradeció a los australianos que se encuentran en una situación peligrosa colaborando en la asistencia a sus compatriotas.
El primer ministro no detalló en qué consisten los recursos militares, aunque el medio local SBS News señaló que se trata de aviones.
Australia estima que hay unos 115.000 ciudadanos australianos en la región. Por su parte, Nueva Zelanda también anunció el jueves el envío de dos aviones militares a Oriente Medio para preparar la evacuación de sus nacionales.
Un alto funcionario del grupo terrorista Hamas fue eliminado
Medios estatales libaneses informaron que un ataque israelí abatió a un funcionario del grupo terrorista Hamas, en el primer asesinato selectivo reportado de un miembro del grupo palestino desde el inicio de la guerra regional tras los ataques de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán.
Wassim Atallah al-Ali y su esposa murieron cuando un dron atacó su vivienda en Beddawi, un campo de refugiados palestinos cerca de Trípoli, según reportó la Agencia Nacional de Noticias (NNA). Al-Ali fue identificado como un alto funcionario de Hamas.
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$4.2M US torpedo detonates under Iranian warship in historic ‘No Mercy’ strike

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A multi-million-dollar U.S. Navy torpedo detonated underneath an Iranian warship in a nighttime submarine strike off Sri Lanka’s southern coast — an attack, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday in a Pentagon update, was the first of its kind since World War II.
The weapon, identified as a Mark 48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) torpedo, underscored the scale of force used, and signaled to Tehran that «the gloves really are off,» according to a former U.S. submarine commander.
«The Mark 48 is one of the most lethal anti-ship weapons in the U.S. inventory,» Thomas Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Fox News Digital.
The torpedo carries a 650-pound warhead and is designed not to strike a ship directly, Shugart said, but to detonate beneath it, creating a massive vapor bubble that breaks the vessel’s back and splits it in half.
A U.S. submarine sunk an Iranian warship in international waters in the Indian Ocean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday. (@DeptofWar / X)
«This torpedo detonated underneath the stern of the Iranian ship and lifted it up out of the water, and so it sank in a matter of minutes,» he added.
The torpedo costs approximately $4.2 million per unit, according to recent data, with Shugart likening the strike to rare submarine attacks in modern naval history.
In addition to World War II, he pointed to the 1982 Falklands War as one example of a submarine-launched torpedo sinking a major surface combatant.
«This was the second time ever that a nuclear-powered submarine has fired a torpedo and sunk a ship,» Shugart said.
«The only other time that happened was a British submarine called HMS Conqueror, which similarly sank an Argentine cruiser, the General Belgrano, during the Falklands War in 1982,» he added.
TRUMP SAYS US MISSION IN IRAN IS ‘AHEAD OF SCHEDULE,’ VOWS TO ‘EASILY PREVAIL’ OVER REGIME

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, at the completion of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
The naval submarine operation, he said, would have involved increased surveillance, forward naval deployments and targeted actions designed to demonstrate U.S. maritime dominance.
«It definitely seems to me like a message that the gloves really are off,» Shugart added.
«An American submarine sank an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,» Hegseth told reporters at the Wednesday briefing.
FORMER TOPGUN PILOT DECLARES IRAN MILITARY ‘OVER WITH’ AMID US AIR SUPERIORITY, BUT WARNS OF ANOTHER DANGER

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) returns to U.S. Naval Base in Guam, Aug. 19, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Naomi Johnson/U.S. Navy via AP)
Hesgeth described the strike as «a quiet death,» adding that it marked the first sinking of an enemy ship by torpedo since World War II.
«The U.S. Navy submarines are very highly mobile, very, very quiet, and our crews are extremely well-trained,» Shugart explained. «This was not a challenge for a U.S. Navy submarine to fire a torpedo.»
«To hunt down and sink an Iranian ship like that is not — that’s not a challenging task for a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine,» he said.
The targeted vessel, identified as the IRIS Dena, was the newest frigate in Iran’s naval fleet and was equipped with surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship missiles, torpedo launchers and other heavy weaponry.
According to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath, the country’s coast guard received a distress call at 5:08 a.m. local time Wednesday from the Iranian vessel reporting an explosion.
EX-CENTCOM CHIEF DETAILS ‘EXQUISITE INTELLIGENCE’ BEHIND IRAN STRIKES, SAYS NEXT STEPS HINGE ON ‘MISSILE MATH’

Healthcare workers unload the bodies of Iranian sailors from a vehicle who died when their IRIS Dena warship sank outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters, in Galle, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
«I’m not sure Iran has any operational submarines anymore, but if they were operational, their biggest submarines would be at least 20 or 30 years old,» Shugart said.
«They would be ex-Russian diesel-electric submarines, so they’re not nuclear-powered like the U.S. ones, with satellite communications and unlimited mobility.»
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«The U.S. submarines can operate at high speed for as long as they want with unlimited endurance, other than the food on board. They carry the most advanced weapons, the most advanced sensors.»
«This strike sent a message that if there are any Iranian warships left or any Iranian government-owned ships, they should expect no mercy,» he added.
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DHS defends McLaughlin against allegations husband’s company profited millions from ad contracts: ‘Baseless’

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EXCLUSIVE: Newly obtained financial statements shed light on claims that former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin’s husband’s company made millions from a DHS advertising campaign.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem faced intense questioning during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, and Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., specifically called out the agency for contracting a public relations firm headed by McLaughlin’s husband, Benjamin Yoho.
«I have personally reviewed the allegations against Ms. McLaughlin, and I find them to be baseless,» DHS General Counsel James Percival told Fox News Digital. «Nothing illegal or unethical occurred with respect to these contracts. Ms. McLaughlin was not involved in selecting any subcontractors.
«She is, however, a superstar in the public affairs world, so I am not surprised that she married a successful businessman whose services were attractive to these outside firms.»
Newly obtained financial statements address allegations that former Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin’s husband’s firm improperly profited from a multimillion-dollar DHS ad campaign. Lawmakers pressed Secretary Kristi Noem over the contracts during a heated Senate hearing. (Jack Gruber/USA Today)
Kennedy alleged that Yoho’s firm, The Strategy Group, «got most of the money» out of what the Louisiana Republican senator says was $220 million in «television advertisements that feature [Noem] prominently.»
«I’m sorry,» Kennedy said. «Safe America Media was a company formed 11 days before you picked them. And that the Strategy Group got most of the money. And the head of that is married to your former spokesperson.»
«It’s just hard for me to believe knowing the president as I do, that you said, ‘Mr. President, here’s some ads I’ve cut, and I’m going to spend $220 million running them,’ that he would have agreed to that,» Kennedy explained. «I don’t think Russ Vought at OMB [Office of Management and Budget] would have agreed to that.»
‘YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED!’: PROTESTER DRAGGED FROM KRISTI NOEM’S SENATE HEARING

Senate scrutiny intensified over a DHS advertising campaign after Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., questioned whether a firm linked to McLaughlin’s husband benefited unfairly. DHS officials and the company deny any wrongdoing or multimillion-dollar profits. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Strategy Group is a conservative advertising agency for which Yoho serves as CEO.
Figures obtained by Fox News Digital show a slightly lesser total advertising expenditure of approximately $185 million, with a total of roughly $146.5 million going to a campaign called «Save America.»
However, of the total that went to «Save America,» roughly $348,000 went to production costs, while the remaining $142 million went to «media buys.»
Sources at DHS say that media buys are the cost of actually buying the ads themselves, whether purchased from social media or for a TV ad.
Kennedy also alleged that the bidding process for the contracts never took place and that Safe America Media’s recent founding was a cause for concern and collusion between McLaughlin and her husband’s business.
WATCH THE MOST VIRAL MOMENTS AS KRISTI NOEM’S HEARING GOES OFF THE RAILS

Debate over DHS’ «Save America» ad campaign intensified as senators challenged its costs and contractor ties, even as agency officials touted the initiative as a historic success in promoting self-deportation. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
«Yes they did,» Noem responded during the hearing. «They went out to a competitive bid, and career officials at the department chose who would do those advertising commercials.»
The Strategy Group posted to X Tuesday that it never had a contract with the department. While it did receive several hundred thousand dollars for production costs associated with the advertising campaigns, The Strategy Group never made millions.
«The Strategy Group has never had a contract with DHS,» the post said. «We had a subcontract with Safe America [Media] for limited production services. Safe America paid us $226,137.17 total for 5 film shoots, 45 produced video advertisements and 6 produced radio advertisements.
DHS SPOKESWOMAN TRICIA MCLAUGHLIN TO LEAVE TRUMP ADMIN, SOURCE CONFIRMS

Critics raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest in a high-dollar DHS advertising effort, but department representatives say McLaughlin recused herself and that subcontracting decisions were made independently. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
«If you’re going to try to question our integrity, bring actual evidence — we did,» the post concluded.
Because these ads were purchased using public funds, all contract totals are publicly available.
Lauren Bis, who took up the role of assistant secretary once McLaughlin left office, told Fox News Digital Tuesday that scrutiny from Republicans and Democrats over the advertising spending was unjustified because the campaigns resulted in «the most successful ad campaign in U.S. history.»
«Sanctuary politicians are attacking this ad campaign because it has been successful in CLOSING our borders and getting more than 2.2 million illegal aliens to LEAVE the U.S.,» Bis said.
«The DHS domestic and international ad campaign was the most successful ad campaign in U.S. history. The results speak for themselves: 2.2 million illegal aliens self-deported, and we now have the most secure border in American history.»
KRISTI NOEM TO FACE SENATE GRILLING OVER MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTINGS AS DHS SHUTDOWN HITS WEEK 3

The Trump administration reaffirmed that all illegal immigrants are eligible for deportations as they focus on arresting violent criminals first. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Bis also compared the cost of arresting and deporting an illegal migrant to that of the minimal cost of an illegal migrant self-deporting. The department says the advertising campaign played a key role in marketing self-deportation.
A spokesperson at DHS also told Fox News Digital that contractors decide who they hire, fulfilling the terms of a contract, not the department itself.
«By law, DHS cannot and does not determine, control or weigh in on who contractors hire or use to fulfill the terms of the contract,» a DHS spokesperson told Fox. «Those decisions are made by the contractor alone. We have only become aware of these companies because of this inquiry and did not hire those companies.»
The spokesperson also noted that McLaughlin «recused herself» from interactions with subcontractors to avoid «any perceived appearance of impropriety.»
«Upon hearing who the subcontractors were for production of the ad, Ms. McLaughlin recused herself from any interaction or engagement with any subcontractors to avoid any perceived appearance of impropriety,» the spokesperson continued. «DHS Office of Public Affairs is the program officer. Ms. McLaughlin oversees the DHS Office of Public Affairs, which is simply the vehicle for this contract.»

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem takes her seat as she arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
McLaughlin told Fox News Digital the criticism of her and her family by senators at the hearing is a matter of public manipulation.
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«This is yet another example of politicians intentionally trying to dupe and manipulate the public to try to manufacture division and anger,» McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. «The ad spend and contracts are a matter of public record, and the process was done by the book.
«These politicians would rather smear private citizens and American small businesses than do any basic research.»
Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.
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