Places in this day's records
11 places · 2 events not on the map
Iran · Haret Hreik · Kfour · Manama · Marjayoun District · Nakhchivan · Sitra · Sri Lanka · 3 more
5 March 2026
14 events recorded (5 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
5 March 2026 in brief
Israel ordered residents of Beirut's southern suburbs to leave immediately and struck the area hours later; Lebanon's health ministry said 102 people had been killed since 2 March, and AP put the number displaced at more than 83,000 before the order. [1][2] In Iran, HRANA recorded 170 attacks in 19 provinces with nine civilians killed, and a state foundation put the death toll since the war began at 1,230, a figure AFP could not verify. [1][2] An Al Jazeera correspondent described the heaviest bombardment of Tehran so far, while UN peacekeepers reported ground fighting in south Lebanon as Israeli troops pushed across the border. [1][2] An Iranian missile hit a state refinery in Bahrain, and Azerbaijan said drones launched from Iran struck Nakhchivan airport, which Iran's foreign minister denied. [1][2] The US House rejected a war powers resolution by 219 to 212, and Trump said he intended to play a direct role in choosing Iran's next leader. [1]
New count
at least
1,230
killed, Iran
Iran Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs · by its own count
as of 5 Mar · 3 other counts this day
Said
Trump said he intended to play a direct role in choosing Iran's next leader and called Mojtaba Khamenei an unacceptable choice.
Government of the United States
5 Mar · to a mixed audience
Reported by Al Jazeera
Market
$88.59
Brent crude, per barrel
+25% on the average of the 30 days before the war ($70.95).
5 Mar · US Energy Information Administration
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Said: 2 statements, not counted as events
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Government of Israel: Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said Beirut's southern suburbs would come to look like Khan Younis in Gaza.
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Government of the United States: Trump said he intended to play a direct role in choosing Iran's next leader and called Mojtaba Khamenei an unacceptable choice.