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Day 37 · The US-Israel-Iran war

5 April 2026

8 events recorded (0 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.

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5 April 2026 in brief

An Iranian ballistic missile hit a residential building in Haifa, and four members of one family were found dead after an 18-hour rescue, according to rescue services and Rambam hospital. [1] Iran's government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said 322 health facilities, 763 schools and 83,351 homes had been damaged since 28 February, figures not independently verified. [1] An Israeli strike in Ain Saadeh, east of Beirut, killed Lebanese Forces local official Pierre Maawad, Lebanon's National News Agency reported, and Lebanon's health ministry put its toll since 2 March at 1,461 killed and 4,430 wounded. [1][2][3] US officials said special forces rescued the downed F-15E's second crew member inside Iran and that two US transport aircraft stuck at a remote site were deliberately destroyed, while Iran's armed forces claimed to have shot down US aircraft during the operation. [1] Kuwaiti authorities said an Iranian drone set fire to the Shuwaikh oil complex, and Trump threatened on Truth Social to strike Iranian power plants and bridges unless the Strait of Hormuz reopened. [1]

Written from the records it cites; every figure appears in a cited record.

Places in this day's records

Places in this day's records: Ain Saadeh, Baabda, Ghobeiry, Haifa, Iran, Isfahan province, Shuwaikh; 1 event not on the map. Ain Saadeh: 1 recordBaabda: 1 recordGhobeiry: 1 recordHaifa: 1 recordIran: 1 recordIranIsfahan province: 1 recordIsfahan provinceShuwaikh: 1 record

7 places · 1 event not on the map

Ain Saadeh · Baabda · Ghobeiry · Haifa · Iran · Isfahan province · Shuwaikh

New count

1,461

killed, Lebanon

Ministry of Public Health of Lebanon · by its own count
as of 5 Apr · 1 other count this day

Said

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said Israeli forces had killed more than 1,000 Hezbollah operatives since the group joined the war on 2 March, and that the number would keep rising. Hezbollah has issued no official count of its dead.

Israel Defense Forces
5 Apr · to a domestic audience
Reported by Heritage Florida Jewish News

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Said: 2 statements, not counted as events

Said

Israel Defense Forces: IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said Israeli forces had killed more than 1,000 Hezbollah operatives since the group joined the war on 2 March, and that the number would keep rising. Hezbollah has issued no official count of its dead.

Domestic audience · he

Said

Government of the United States: Trump wrote on Truth Social that Tuesday would be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day in Iran, threatening to strike Iranian power plants and bridges unless the Strait of Hormuz reopened.

Mixed audience · en