A comprehensive escalation in the Middle East. Raids on Tehran, Beirut and Trump's Pivotal Speech

 The war  in the Middle East has entered  a very dangerous phase on its 33rd day, as successive air strikes on the Iranian capital Tehran and the southern suburbs of Beirut have been carried out, coinciding with the expansion of the area of cross-border missiles, amid international anticipation for a pivotal speech,  according to US sources, to be delivered  by US President Donald Trump to determine the course of future military operations.

Night of Fire in Tehran and Isfahan

On the ground. According to field reports, violent explosions were heard in the north and east of the Iranian capital Tehran last night and early Wednesday,  and the raids, which were carried out in coordination with the United States, targeted strategic areas including "Nopnyad" and the 21st residential area.

In a remarkable development, AFP confirmed damage in the vicinity of the former US embassy building in Tehran, while images documented extensive destruction of shops and shattered windows in the surrounding areas.

Deep inside Iran, the shelling of steel factories in Isfahan has once again hit the steel mills, which observers saw as an attempt to paralyze the industrial infrastructure associated with the military effort. For its part, the Iranian military announced a broad missile response that included swarms of drones targeting what it described as "sovereign positions" within the Israeli occupation entity.

The Lebanese Front: The "Gaza Model" Moves to the North

At the Lebanese level, Israeli threats to change the geographical reality in southern Lebanon  have increased, with Israeli Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu threatening to expand the "buffer zone", while Israeli media reported that instructions were issued to booby-trap and blow up residential squares instead of inspecting them.

 Precise Israeli airstrikes targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in the heart of Beirut, and the party responded by intensifying the rocket barrages that hit the Galilee and Haifa, at a time when Israeli minister Yisrael Katz warned that the Lebanese border villages could face the fate of "Beit Hanoun and Rafah."

The expansion of the military arc and the rhetoric of "decisiveness"

The confrontation did not stop at the traditional borders, as the Israeli army announced the interception of a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis from Yemen towards the Negev region, reflecting the insistence of the "support fronts" to fully engage in the battle.

Politically, all eyes are on the White House, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the nation.

According to US media, this speech comes after statements by US Secretary of War Pete Higgseth, in which he described the coming days as "decisive", amid expectations that Trump will announce a timetable for ending military operations within weeks, relying on "imposing a military reality" without waiting for long negotiations with Tehran.