Fars News reported President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran is in an "all-out war" and will continue to resist. He said Iran will disappoint and foil enemy plots, is consulting with neighboring countries to meet some current needs, but will primarily rely on domestic capabilities and strengthen unity and cooperation.

Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson said Israel's offensive has destroyed most hospitals in Gaza; medical teams are operating under extreme conditions and there are severe shortages of medicines and equipment.

The euro slid to its weakest against the pound since June last year as France's deepening fiscal crisis and fresh regional political risk weighed. EUR/GBP fell about 0.4% to 0.8449, breaching this year’s July low. EUR/USD earlier hit a 17-month low and the euro underperformed most G10 currencies on Wednesday. France is facing rising bond-market stress after missing deficit targets, policy deadlock and the prospect of major policy shifts ahead of next year’s presidential election, hitting investor confidence. Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen urged the ECB to intervene to lower rapidly rising government funding costs. Turmoil has spilled into European government bonds after a large sell-off last week reminiscent of the euro-area debt crisis.