[HIGHLIGHTS] Serious escalation of tension: Iran intercepts a ship linked to Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu's government warns that there will be "consequences"

Commandos of the Revolutionary Guards boarded the container ship from a helicopter. There were 25 crew members on board, according to the Swiss-Italian shipowner MSC.

Israel warned that Iran, its archenemy, "will suffer the consequences" of any escalation. Fears of a regionalization of the conflict come as Qatar, Egypt and the United States, mediating a truce in Gaza, await a response to their latest proposal for a ceasefire.. The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it will continue its operations in central Gaza, after the withdrawal of its troops from the south of the territory. The U.S. Ministry of Defense, an ally of Israel, reported on Friday sending "additional means" to the area "to reinforce deterrence efforts and increase the protection of American forces" in the region, the U.N. says. The seizure of the ship occurs in a context of growing tensions in the Middle East, against the backdrop of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.