April 2026

Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on three southern villages killed nine people, including two children and five women, and a Hezbollah drone wounded 12 soldiers near Shomera in northern Israel, Haaretz reported. ^[1] The IDF said a soldier was killed by a drone in southern Lebanon and ordered residents of 15 villages near Nabatieh to leave ahead of strikes. ^[1] The UAE banned its citizens from travelling to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq, and Brent crude spiked to 126.41 dollars a barrel, a four-year high, before paring gains. ^[1][2] A senior US administration official said hostilities with Iran had terminated for War Powers purposes, while Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Iran would protect its nuclear and missile capabilities and keep the Strait of Hormuz under its control.

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A UN-backed food security analysis said 1.24 million people in Lebanon were expected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse from April to August. ^[1] The Lebanese army said a soldier and his brother were killed by an Israeli strike in Bint Jbeil, and the health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 2,576 killed. ^[1] Trump told Axios he would keep the naval blockade until a nuclear deal was reached, and Brent crude rose above 119 dollars a barrel, Al Jazeera said. ^[1] Defence Secretary Hegseth told his first public hearing on the war that the Pentagon put its cost at 25 billion dollars, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine cited 14 US military deaths.

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Two successive Israeli strikes on a building in Majdal Zoun killed five people, including three civil defence rescuers who had come to help the wounded, Lebanon's health ministry said, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called it a war crime. ^[1] The ministry said other Israeli strikes on the south killed four people and wounded 51, and put its toll since 2 March at 2,534 killed. ^[1] The UAE said it would leave OPEC on 1 May while most of its oil exports were blocked by Iran's restrictions on Hormuz, and Yemen's Houthis warned they could shut the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. ^[1][2] Gulf leaders met in Jeddah for the first time since the war began and said the strait must reopen, and UN Secretary-General Guterres warned the impasse risked the worst supply chain disruption since COVID-19. ^[1][2] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the blockade was pushing Iran's oil storage at Kharg Island near capacity, and Trump said Iran was in a state of collapse.

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The IDF said it struck more than 20 Hezbollah-linked sites in the Beqaa Valley and southern Lebanon, the first reported strikes in the east since the truce, and Lebanon's health ministry put its toll since 2 March at 2,521 killed and 7,804 wounded. ^[1][2][3] Bahrain's interior ministry stripped 69 people of citizenship, accusing them of supporting Iranian attacks, and Iran's foreign ministry called the move discriminatory. ^[1] Freightos said container rates from Shanghai to Jebel Ali had quadrupled since the war began. ^[1] Araghchi met President Putin in St Petersburg, and the Kremlin said Russia was ready to mediate, while CNN reported that Iran had submitted a plan to reopen Hormuz with nuclear talks deferred to a later phase. ^[1][2] Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem condemned Beirut's direct talks with Israel and set conditions for dialogue, including an end to Israeli attacks and Israeli withdrawal.

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Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on the south killed 14 people, including two women and two children, and wounded 37, the deadliest day since the truce, as Israel ordered residents of seven towns and villages to evacuate. ^[1] The IDF said a soldier was killed and six wounded in southern Lebanon by an explosive-laden Hezbollah drone, and Hezbollah called its strikes on Israeli forces a response to ceasefire violations. ^[1]

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Lebanon's National News Agency said two Israeli strikes in Yohmor al-Shaqif killed at least four people, three of whom the IDF said were Hezbollah members, after Netanyahu ordered the military to strike Hezbollah following rocket and drone launches at northern Israel. ^[1] Trump cancelled a planned trip by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks, saying Iran could call the US anytime. ^[1] Foreign Minister Araghchi shared Iran's terms for ending the war with Pakistan's army chief in Islamabad and left without meeting US officials, then met Oman's sultan, with both coastal states agreeing to expert talks on safe transit through Hormuz. ^[1][2]

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Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes killed six people in southern villages, putting its toll since 2 March at 2,491, while the IDF said it killed six Hezbollah members in Bint Jbeil, and AFP said it was unclear whether the counts overlapped. ^[1][2] UNIFIL said a second Indonesian peacekeeper died of wounds from a 29 March blast at his base, and a UN source told AFP that investigations indicated the fire came from an Israeli tank, which the IDF said it was investigating. ^[1] Kuwait's defence ministry said two drones launched from Iraq damaged two northern border posts, with no casualties. ^[1] Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US blockade of Iranian ports was going global, Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine said Iran had attacked five ships in the strait and seized two, and the US Treasury sanctioned the Chinese refiner Hengli and about 40 shipping firms and vessels over Iranian oil. ^[1][2] The UN human rights office said Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket fire into Israel may amount to serious violations of international humanitarian law. ^[1]

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UNDP administrator Alexander De Croo said the war could push more than 30 million people back into poverty even if fighting stopped immediately. ^[1] An Israeli strike on the Shoukin road in Nabatieh district killed three people, Lebanon's health ministry said, and the IDF said four rockets Hezbollah fired at Shtula were intercepted with no casualties. ^[1][2] Trump said he had ordered the US Navy to shoot and kill any boat laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and Lufthansa Group said it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights through October to save jet fuel. ^[1][2] Trump said the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire would be extended by three weeks after he hosted both countries' ambassadors at the White House. ^[1]

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Al-Akhbar correspondent Amal Khalil was killed when an Israeli strike hit a house in al-Tiri in southern Lebanon, and the health ministry said two strikes there killed two people, while the Israeli military said it struck militants, denied targeting journalists and said the case was under review. ^[1] UKMTO said an IRGC gunboat fired on a container ship north-east of Oman, heavily damaging its bridge with all crew safe, and the IRGC Navy said it seized the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas, the first Iranian ship seizures of the war. ^[1] White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the seizures did not violate the ceasefire because the ships were not US or Israeli, and parliament speaker Ghalibaf said reopening Hormuz was impossible given the US blockade. Iranian forces said they destroyed a Jaish al-Adl cell in Sistan and Baluchestan, and the Wall Street Journal reported the US halted a shipment of nearly 500 million dollars to Iraq to press Baghdad over Iran-aligned groups. ^[1][2] The US Senate rejected a fifth war powers resolution on Iran by 46 to 51. ^[1]

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A second French UNIFIL peacekeeper died of wounds from the 18 April attack near Ghandouriyeh, Al Jazeera reported. ^[1] Iran reopened Tehran's Imam Khomeini and Mehrabad airports after weeks of war-related closures, aviation authorities said. ^[1] The Pentagon said US forces boarded the sanctioned tanker Tifani without incident, and IRGC General Majid Mousavi warned Gulf neighbours that allowed attacks from their facilities to say goodbye to oil production if the war resumed. ^[1][2] Trump said the US would extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request while keeping the blockade of Iranian ports, and a White House official said Vice President Vance's trip to Islamabad was on hold. ^[1]

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An Israeli strike on Qaqaiyat al-Jisr in Nabatieh district wounded six people during the truce, Lebanon's health ministry said, putting its toll since 2 March at 2,387 killed and 7,602 wounded. ^[1] The UAE State Security Service said it had arrested 27 alleged members of a secret organisation that it linked to Iran's Velayat-e Faqih doctrine. ^[1] Brent crude rose 5.62 percent to 95.46 dollars a barrel after the Touska seizure and renewed Hormuz restrictions, Reuters reported. ^[1]

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The IDF said a reservist was killed and nine soldiers hurt when a bulldozer ran over an explosive device in Kafr Kila in southern Lebanon. ^[1] US Central Command said a US destroyer disabled the Iranian-flagged container ship Touska as it tried to breach the blockade and Marines took custody of it, the first Iranian cargo vessel captured since the blockade began. ^[1] Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya joint command called the seizure armed piracy and a ceasefire violation, and Tasnim reported drones were launched at US vessels, with no damage reported. ^[1] IRNA said US demands and the blockade left no realistic basis for a second round of talks, while Trump said a US delegation would be in Islamabad, and Iran's judiciary outlet said two men convicted of working with Mossad were executed. ^[1][2]

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Tens of thousands of displaced families headed back towards southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported, as a preliminary Lebanese government assessment found nearly 40,000 homes destroyed or damaged and residents closest to the border were largely unable to return. ^[1] The head of Iran's Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs put the number killed in the conflict at 3,468. ^[1] A French UNIFIL peacekeeper was killed and three wounded by small-arms fire near Ghandouriyeh, France's armed forces minister said, in an attack UNIFIL said pointed to non-state actors, allegedly Hezbollah, which Hezbollah denied, and the IDF said a reservist was killed by an explosive device in Jebbayn. ^[1][2] The Israeli army said it had set what it called a Yellow Line in southern Lebanon and struck a cell that approached it, actions it said were not restricted by the ceasefire. ^[1] Iran's central military command said Hormuz had returned to strict control by the armed forces, citing the US blockade, and UKMTO said two IRGC gunboats fired on a tanker, identified as the India-flagged Sanmar Herald, after which India summoned Iran's ambassador. ^[1][2]

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WHO recorded an attack in Kounine, Lebanon, affecting health transport, health workers and supplies, with two people injured. ^[1] Foreign Minister Araghchi said the Strait of Hormuz was completely open to commercial vessels for the rest of the ceasefire, but Trump said the US blockade of Iranian ports would stay until a deal was complete, and parliament speaker Ghalibaf said the strait would not remain open if it continued. ^[1] The cruise ship Celestyal Discovery became the first passenger vessel to cross the strait since February, and US Central Command said 21 ships had complied with orders to turn back to Iran since the blockade began. ^[1] France and Britain hosted a summit of 49 countries on a defensive mission for Hormuz, and Iran's foreign ministry said its enriched uranium would not be transferred anywhere, after Trump said Iran had agreed to remove it. ^[1]

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In the last hours before a truce, an Israeli strike on Ghaziyeh in southern Lebanon killed at least eight people and wounded 33, Lebanon's National News Agency said, and a strike destroyed the Qasmieh bridge near Tyre, which Human Rights Watch said should be investigated as a potential war crime. ^[1][2] Rocket fire from Lebanon wounded three people in Karmiel and Nahariya, Magen David Adom said, and Israel's health ministry put the number admitted to hospital with war injuries at 7,791. ^[1][2] Trump announced a 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire starting that evening, and Netanyahu said Israeli forces would stay in a security zone in southern Lebanon. ^[1] IEA chief Fatih Birol told AP that Europe had maybe six weeks of jet fuel left if Hormuz stayed blocked. ^[1] The US House rejected a war powers resolution on Iran by 213 to 214, and Pakistan's army chief met parliament speaker Ghalibaf in Tehran to push for a second round of US-Iran talks. ^[1][2]

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Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes killed 43 people and wounded 140, bringing the toll since 2 March to 2,167 killed, including 172 children, and the Times of Israel reported at least three paramedics killed in Mayfadoun. ^[1] Hezbollah fired about 40 rockets at northern Israel, lightly wounding a man near Tamra, Magen David Adom said, and two remote-controlled bombs in Tehran slightly injured three people, IRNA reported. ^[1][2] US Central Command said no ship had got past its blockade of Iran's ports and six merchant ships had turned back, and Ali Abdollahi of Iran's central military command said Iran would then not allow trade through the Gulf, the Sea of Oman or the Red Sea. ^[1] Regional officials told AP that mediators aimed to extend the ceasefire due to expire on 22 April, and Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir arrived in Tehran, while a senior Israeli official said there was no ceasefire in Lebanon. ^[1]

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The IDF said 10 paratroopers were wounded, three seriously, in a clash with Hezbollah fighters in Bint Jbeil, and Israeli strikes hit Srifa and an area near Tyre. ^[1] Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors met at the US State Department with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the highest-level meeting between the two countries to date, the Times of Israel reported. ^[1] CNN reported, citing satellite imagery, that Iran was clearing debris from the entrances of underground missile facilities struck by the US and Israel. ^[1]

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Israeli strikes killed at least five people in southern Lebanon, and the health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 2,055, while UNIFIL said an Israeli tank twice rammed peacekeeping vehicles and Hezbollah said it fired rockets at Kiryat Shmona. ^[1] A US naval blockade of Iranian ports took effect, US Central Command said, and Lloyd's List said shipping through the Strait of Hormuz immediately halted, while Iran called the blockade piracy. ^[1] Bahrain handed Iraq's charge d'affaires a protest over drone attacks launched from Iraq at Gulf states, and Baghdad rejected the use of its territory for such attacks. ^[1] Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran had been inches from a memorandum of understanding in Islamabad when it met shifting goalposts and a blockade, and Trump said Iran's navy had been obliterated, with 158 ships destroyed.

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The head of Iran's Legal Medicine Organization put the number killed in Iran in the war at 3,375, according to AFP. ^[1] Israel kept striking southern Lebanon while Beirut saw a pause, Al Jazeera reported, and demonstrators in Beirut protested against direct talks with Israel. ^[1] Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said the East-West pipeline was back at full capacity of about 7 million barrels a day after repairs, and IMF PortWatch data cited by EconoFact showed Hormuz port arrivals averaging 12 ships a day that week, 88% below the pre-war week. ^[1][2] The US-Iran talks in Islamabad ended after 21 hours without a deal, with Vice President Vance saying Iran chose not to accept US terms and parliament speaker Ghalibaf saying the US had failed to earn his delegation's trust. ^[1]

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Israeli strikes killed at least 18 people across southern Lebanon, including three emergency workers, and Lebanon's health ministry put its toll since 2 March at 2,020 killed and 6,436 wounded. ^[1] Face-to-face US-Iran talks began in Islamabad, with Vice President Vance leading the US side and Ghalibaf and Araghchi leading Iran's, the highest-level direct talks between the two since 1979. ^[1] US Central Command said two destroyers entered the Strait of Hormuz to begin clearing sea mines, which a spokesman for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters denied. ^[1] Three loaded supertankers exited the strait by a route bypassing Iran's Larak Island, Reuters reported, and the IMO's secretary-general said about 20,000 seafarers were stuck in the Gulf. ^[1]

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An Israeli strike on a government building in Nabatieh killed at least 13 security personnel, President Joseph Aoun said, and Lebanon's health ministry put its toll since 2 March at 1,953 killed. ^[1] UNICEF said more than one million people in Lebanon had been displaced, about 390,000 of them children, and Iran's health ministry put civilian deaths in Iran at 3,300, figures relayed by the UN. ^[1][2] Hezbollah said it fired missiles at Israel's naval base at Ashdod, and the IDF said a missile launched from Lebanon was intercepted with no reported injuries. ^[1] Lloyd's List Intelligence said more than 600 vessels, including 325 tankers, were still stranded in the Gulf, and TotalEnergies shut a major refinery on Saudi Arabia's east coast after war damage. ^[1][2] Iran's delegation, led by parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Islamabad, and Ghalibaf demanded a Lebanon truce and the release of blocked Iranian assets. ^[1]

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Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said attacks had killed one Saudi citizen and wounded seven and cut East-West Pipeline throughput by about 700,000 barrels a day, AP reported. ^[1] WHO chief Tedros said an Israeli evacuation order covered Beirut's Rafik Hariri hospital and about 450 patients, as rockets fired from Lebanon at northern Israel caused no injuries, Magen David Adom said. ^[1] Kuwait said drones hit a National Guard site and blamed Iran and its proxies, which the IRGC denied, and the US embassy said an Iran-aligned Iraqi militia carried out drone attacks near its diplomatic support centre in Baghdad. ^[1][2] Kpler data showed four tankers and three bulk carriers crossed the Strait of Hormuz, against well over 100 a day in peacetime, and Trump said Iran was doing a very poor job of letting oil through. ^[1] Netanyahu approved direct negotiations with Lebanon but said there was no ceasefire there and strikes on Hezbollah would continue, AP reported. ^[1]

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Hours after the US-Iran truce, Israel carried out more than 100 air strikes across Lebanon, and Lebanon's civil defence counted at least 254 killed and 1,165 wounded that day, a toll the government later put at 303. ^[1] More than 1.2 million people had been displaced in Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported, citing Lebanese figures, and Israel renewed a displacement order covering an area more than 40 km from the border. ^[1] Hengaw's final war report counted at least 7,650 people killed in Iran up to the ceasefire, including 1,030 civilians. ^[1][2] Iranian state TV said an oil refinery on Lavan Island was attacked, and Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia reported missile and drone attacks after the truce, with Kuwait's defence ministry saying it dealt with 28 drones. ^[1][2] Netanyahu said the ceasefire did not include Lebanon, while Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif said it applied everywhere including Lebanon, and the IRGC warned fighting would resume if Israel did not halt its attacks there.

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Overnight strikes killed at least 15 people across Iran, local media said, including nine in a residential area of Shahriar, west of Tehran, according to local officials. ^[1] Iran's health ministry said 2,362 civilians had been killed and 32,314 people injured in Iran, while HRANA documented 3,636 deaths, including 1,701 civilians. ^[1][2][3][4] A missile struck a house in Basra's Khor al-Zubair area, killing five, Shafaq News reported, and a strike in Tehran destroyed the Rafi-Nia synagogue, which the IDF said was damaged in a strike on an Iranian commander. ^[1][2] An overnight attack set fire to SABIC plants in Saudi Arabia's Jubail industrial area, AFP reported, and Russia and China vetoed a Bahraini UN Security Council draft on protecting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. ^[1][2] Pakistan announced a two-week US-Iran ceasefire shortly before Trump's deadline, and Netanyahu's office welcomed the pause in strikes on Iran but said the truce did not include Lebanon. ^[1]

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Strikes in Iran killed at least 34 people, Iranian officials said, including 23 in Baharestan county near Tehran according to Fars as cited by Al Jazeera, while Iran International, also citing Fars, reported 13 killed there. ^[1] Iranian missile volleys caused injuries at more than 20 sites in central Israel, and an Iranian drone struck Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, injuring 15 Americans, two US officials told CBS News. ^[1][2] The IDF said it killed IRGC intelligence chief Majid Khademi in a strike in Tehran, and strikes damaged Sharif University of Technology and petrochemical units at Asaluyeh, Iranian media reported. ^[1][2] Iran rejected the US 15-point plan and sent 10 counter-demands through Pakistani mediators, IRNA reported, and Trump called the counteroffer a significant step but not good enough, setting a deadline for the evening of 7 April. ^[1] Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei called Trump's threats to strike power plants and bridges incitement to war crimes.

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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]

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A projectile struck close to the Bushehr nuclear power plant, killing a member of its physical protection staff, Iran told the IAEA, which said no increase in radiation levels was reported. ^[1] The UAE defence ministry put the war's toll in the country at 13 killed and 217 injured. ^[1][2] Strikes hit the Mahshahr and Bandar Imam petrochemical zones in Khuzestan, wounding at least five people, Iranian media reported. ^[1] Submunitions from Iranian cluster missiles damaged homes in Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan, and emergency services reported more than 10 impact sites across the Tel Aviv area, with no injuries immediately reported. ^[1] The IRGC said it hit a vessel it called linked to Israel in the Strait of Hormuz with a drone, a claim Ynet said could not be independently verified. ^[1]

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Iran's health ministry put the number of children killed in Iran since the war began at 216 and women killed at 251, figures relayed by the UN. ^[1][2] Debris from an intercepted attack killed a worker and injured four at Abu Dhabi's Habshan gas facilities and injured at least 12 people in Ajban, Abu Dhabi's media office said. ^[1] Drones set fires at Kuwait's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery with no employees hurt, KUNA reported, and Kuwaiti authorities said a power and desalination plant was also struck and blamed Iran, which denied attacking desalination plants. ^[1] US officials said Iran shot down a US F-15E over Iran and one of its two crew members was rescued, and an Iranian cluster missile damaged buildings in Kiryat Ata near Haifa, where a 79-year-old man was lightly hurt. ^[1][2] An unnamed source told Fars that Iran had rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire, with no US comment on the report. ^[1]

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Two strikes destroyed an unfinished bridge in Karaj, near Tehran, and Alborz deputy governor Ghodratollah Seif said eight people were killed and 95 wounded, a toll AFP could not verify. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli attacks killed 27 people and wounded 105 in 24 hours, bringing its toll since 2 March to 1,345 killed. ^[1] An Iranian missile warhead caused significant damage to a drone maker's factory in Petah Tikva, and a tanker was hit by a projectile off Doha, with damage but no casualties reported. ^[1][2] The IRGC said it attacked an Amazon cloud computing centre in Bahrain, a claim not confirmed by Bahrain, while Dubai's government media office called reports of a strike on an Oracle data centre there fake news. ^[1] About 40 countries at a UK-led meeting called for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen immediately, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran's trust for any negotiations with the US was at zero. ^[1]

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Iranian missile barrages on central Israel wounded at least 13 people, Israeli emergency services said, and Sheba Medical Center said an 11-year-old girl hit by shrapnel in Bnei Brak was critically wounded. ^[1] In Tehran, a strike on the home of former foreign minister Kamal Kharazi killed his wife and seriously wounded him, Türkiye Today reported, and Israel said it completed a wide wave of strikes on infrastructure in the city. ^[1][2] Iraq's defence ministry said an air strike on the Habbaniyah base in Anbar killed seven fighters and wounded 13, and drones set fire to a motor oil warehouse on the Erbil-Khabat road with no one hurt, CBS News reported. ^[1][2] Kuwait's Civil Aviation Authority said drones struck fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport and blamed Iran, while a tanker north of Qatar's Ras Laffan was hit by two projectiles and all its crew were safe, CBS News reported. ^[1][2] President Trump said in an evening address that the US would hit Iran extremely hard over the next two to three weeks and could strike its power plants without a deal, and Iran's foreign ministry called his claim that Iran had asked for a ceasefire false and baseless.

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