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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran volition “increase significantly” successful the coming week. Katz spoke Saturday, hours aft U.S. President Donald Trump said helium was considering “winding down” subject operations successful the Mideast adjacent arsenic the United States announced it was sending much warships and Marines to the portion and Iran threatened to onslaught tourer sites worldwide.
The mixed U.S. messages came aft different ascent successful lipid prices plunged the U.S. banal market, and was followed by a Trump medication announcement that it volition assistance sanctions connected Iranian lipid loaded connected ships, a determination aimed astatine wrangling soaring substance prices.
The war, meanwhile, has shown nary signs of abating.
Iran said its Natanz atomic installation was deed successful an airstrike Saturday but that determination has been nary radiation leakage. Israel said Iran continued to occurrence missiles astatine it aboriginal Saturday, portion Saudi Arabia said it downed 20 drones successful conscionable a mates of hours successful the country’s eastbound region, which is location to large lipid installations. The defence ministry said determination were nary injuries oregon damage.
The decease toll has risen to much than 1,300 radical successful Iran, much than 1,000 radical successful Lebanon, 15 successful Israel and 13 U.S. subject members successful the region. Millions of radical successful Lebanon and Iran person been displaced.
Here is the latest:
Sirens dependable successful Bahrain
Authorities successful Bahrain accidental sirens person sounded Saturday, signaling a imaginable attack.
Iran’s quality to endanger navigation successful Strait of Hormuz is degraded, US subject person says
The caput of U.S. Central Command says successful his latest video update connected the warfare that U.S. forces “remain connected program to destruct Iran’s quality to task meaningful powerfulness extracurricular its borders.”
Adm. Brad Cooper besides elaborate steps taken to undermine Iran’s power of the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway captious to planetary commerce specified arsenic lipid shipments.
He says successful a station connected X that earlier successful the week, aggregate 5,000-pound bombs were dropped connected an underground installation on Iran’s coastline that was utilized to store anti-ship cruise missiles, mobile rocket launchers and different instrumentality “that presented a unsafe hazard to planetary shipping.”
Cooper says quality enactment sites and rocket radar relays utilized to show vessel movements were destroyed.
“Iran’s quality to endanger state of navigation successful and astir the Strait of Hormuz is degraded arsenic a effect and we volition not halt pursuing these targets,” helium says successful the video.
Cooper besides said that “we person built the astir extended aerial defence umbrella successful the satellite implicit the Middle East close now.”
22 countries impulse Iran to cease attacks, reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Countries including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea and Australia person besides condemned Iran’s attacks connected commercialized vessels arsenic good arsenic lipid and state facilities successful the region.
“The effects of Iran’s actions volition beryllium felt by radical successful each parts of the world, particularly the astir vulnerable,” they said successful a associated connection Saturday.
Iranians clasp Eid al-Fitr prayers successful Tehran’s expansive mosque
Thousands of Iranian worshipers connected Saturday converged connected Tehran’s expansive mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the extremity of the beatified period of Ramadan.
Associated Press footage showed worshippers lining up astatine Imam Khomeini Mosalla and successful its immense courtyard for the prayers arsenic Israel and the United States continued motorboat monolithic airstrikes against Iran.
“It’s truly a achy feeling,” Masoud Alibenam, 50 said its “really a achy feeling” that the Eid prayers are being offered without Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was killed successful the archetypal days of the war. “The person (Khamenei) is nary longer here, and we are offering the prayers successful his absence.”
Worshippers besides held ceremonial services for Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini, spokesperson for the Revolutionary Guard, who was killed successful an Israeli onslaught Friday. The ceremonial procession of Amir Hossein Bidi, a pro-government taste activistic besides was held aft Eid prayers.
36 Iranian drones and missiles launched astatine Jordan successful war’s 3rd week
Jordan’s subject said connected Saturday this week’s attacks, which progressive astatine slightest 14 missiles, near a kid injured.
That brought the full fig of wounded to 24 since war’s Feb. 28 start.
Over the past 3 weeks, a full of 240 missiles and drones person been fired astatine Jordan, the subject said.
What is the Diego Garcia aerial base?
The Diego Garcia aerial basal is location to astir 2,500 mostly American unit and has supported U.S. subject operations from Vietnam to Iraq, Afghanistan and strikes connected Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Diego Garcia is portion of the Chagos Islands, a distant archipelago successful the mediate of the Indian Ocean disconnected the extremity of India. The islands person been nether British power since 1814.
They are astatine the halfway of a U.K. spat with President Donald Trump implicit Britain’s plans to manus sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. Britain would past lease backmost the Diego Garcia base.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says that volition safeguard the aboriginal of the base, which is presently susceptible to ineligible challenge. The Trump medication initially welcomed the deal, but successful January Trump called it “an enactment of GREAT STUPIDITY.”
Attack connected Diego Garcia raises questions astir scope of Iran's missiles
Iran presently has a self-imposed bounds connected its ballistic rocket program, limiting their scope to 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles).
That puts each of the Mideast and immoderate of Eastern Europe successful range, but Diego Garcia would beryllium acold beyond it.
However, U.S. officials agelong person alleged Iran’s abstraction programme could let it to physique intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Britain condemns Iran's “reckless attacks” connected Diego Garcia aerial base
Britain has condemned “Iran’s reckless attacks” aft its subject fired missiles astatine the U.K.-U.S. aerial basal connected the land of Diego Garcia successful the Indian Ocean.
U.K. officials person not fixed details of the attempted strike, which was unsuccessful. It’s unclear however adjacent the missiles came to the base, which is astir 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran.
The Ministry of Defense said Saturday that Iran’s “lashing retired crossed the portion and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a menace to British interests and British allies.”
Britain has not participated successful U.S-Israeli attacks connected Iran, but has allowed American bombers to usage U.K. bases to onslaught Iran’s rocket sites.
On Friday, the British authorities said U.S. bombers tin besides usage U.K. bases, including Diego Garcia, successful operations to forestall Iran attacking ships successful the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran targeted the basal earlier that U.K. statement.
Israel says attacks connected Iran volition beryllium ramped up, warfare volition continue
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran volition “increase significantly” successful the coming week.
Katz spoke Saturday, hours aft U.S. President Donald Trump said helium was considering “winding down” subject operations successful the Mideast.
“This week, the strength of the attacks that the IDF and the U.S. subject volition transportation retired against the Iranian violent authorities and against the infrastructures connected which it relies volition summation significantly,” Katz said successful a video statement.
UN Atomic bureau says nary reported summation successful radiation levels astatine Natanz atomic facility
The International Atomic Energy Agency said successful a societal media station Saturday that Iran has informed it of the onslaught connected its Natanz atomic facility.
The IAEA said it was looking into the report, adding that “no summation successful off-site radiation levels reported.”
Russia says it remains Iran's loyal person and reliable partner
Russian President Vladimir Putin said successful a connection Saturday congratulating Iranians connected the caller twelvemonth festival Nowruz that helium wished them to “overcome these terrible trials with dignity.” The Kremlin property work besides quoted Putin arsenic sayin that “Moscow remains Tehran’s loyal person and reliable partner.”
UAE reports rocket and drone attacks
The United Arab Emirates' Defense Ministry said Saturday that it has responded to 3 ballistic missiles and 8 drones.
Iran says airstrike targets its Natanz atomic facility
Iran's authoritative quality bureau Mizan said Saturday's airstrike connected the country's Natanz atomic installation did not effect successful immoderate radiation leakage.
Natanz, Iran’s main enrichment site, was deed successful the archetypal week of the warfare and respective buildings appeared damaged, according to outer images.
The United Nations’ atomic watchdog said that “no radiological consequence” was expected from that earlier strike.
The atomic facility, located astir 220 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of Tehran, had been targeted by Israeli airstrikes successful the 12-day warfare betwixt Iran and Israel successful June 2025, and by the United States.
Israel says Iranian rocket fragments onslaught a kindergarten successful cardinal Israel, nary casualties
Israeli service spokesperson Nadav Shoshani connected Saturday posted a video connected X showing a damaged gathering that helium said was a kindergarten.
He said it was deed by fragments of an Iranian missile. There are nary reports of casualties.
Iraq says onslaught connected its quality office has killed an officer
In a statement, the National Intelligence Service described Saturday's drone onslaught arsenic a “terrorist attack” and vowed to bring those liable to justice.
Earlier Saturday, Gen. Saad Maan, caput of the Iraqi Security Media Cell said the drone targeted Service's office successful Baghdad’s Mansour area.
No radical instantly claimed work for the attack.
South Korea says it’s talking with Tehran connected securing vigor routes
South Korea says it’s besides successful talks with Iran aft Iran’s overseas curate said Teheran whitethorn let Japanese vessels to walk the Strait of Hormuz.
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday successful a connection it was having “multifaceted” talks with Iran and different related nations to find ways to “protect our citizens and unafraid vigor transport routes.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Kyodo quality bureau Friday that Tehran is acceptable to facilitate the transition of Japanese vessels done the Strait of Hormuz and that negotiations with Tokyo are ongoing.
Iran's president says his state doesn't person “any dispute” with its neighbors
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian posted connected societal media Saturday that the "only beneficiary of our differences is the Zionist entity,” referring to Israel.
Iran holds ceremonial services for quality minister, Revolutionary Guard spokesperson
Iran held a ceremonial work Saturday for Minister of Intelligence Esmail Khatib successful the beatified metropolis of Qom, a halfway of Shiite Muslim shrines and scholarship, the Islamic Republic’s state-run media reported.
Khatib was killed successful an Israeli onslaught past week. He was 1 of the apical Iranian officials killed successful the warfare including the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
A ceremonial procession was besides held Saturday for Revolutionary Guard spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini, who was killed a time earlier successful an Israeli strike, according to Iran’s state-run media.
Iran’s authorities TV and different semiofficial outlets aired footage showing ceremonial prayers they said were for Naini.
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