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Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel's Iran fuel strikes, sources say  Axios

The U.S. reported another soldier death. Saudi Arabia reported its first deaths in the war, saying a military projectile killed two people of Indian and Bangladeshi nationality. Iran’s president is vowing to expand attacks on U.S. targets across the region on the nin  facebook.com

Iran says targeted Tel Aviv, Negev desert in Israel, US bases in region Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday said they targeted with missiles the coastal city of Tel Aviv and the Negev desert in Israel, as well as US air bases in the region. "The 29th wave of Operation Honest Promise 4 was launched with new-generation missiles of the aerospace force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps towards Tel Aviv, the Negev desert and terrorist American air bases in the region," they said in a statement carried by Iranian media outlets.

US service member dies from injuries sustained in Iran's attack on Saudi Arabia, death toll rises to 7  Anadolu Ajansı

Trump Asserts Control Over Iran Leadership Rising US Casualties  Oz Arab Media

The US and Israel continue to strike Iran, hitting oil storage depots and refining facilities in Tehran.

US military announces death of 7th service member in Iran war The US military on Sunday announced that a service member in Saudi Arabia had died after being wounded in an Iranian attack, the seventh American combat death since the war began. US Central Command, which oversees American military forces in the Middle East, said in a statement that the service member died Saturday "from injuries received during the Iranian regime's initial attacks across the Middle East." CENTCOM Update March 8, 2026

The United Nations' top court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its controversial military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, further increasing international pressure on Israel over its war against Hamas.

Pentagon Announces Seventh U.S. Death in War With Iran  The New York Times

US and Israel attack Iran: Information is power, and now everyone has it.

As war takes its toll in Iran, some still hope for regime change  CBC

Regime lines up Khamenei’s son for the top job in a country reeling from the US-Israeli onslaught and virtually at war with its Gulf neighbours The Assembly of Experts of Iran has settled on the son of the Ayotollah Ali Khamenei as its next supreme leader, his supporters claim, with the announcement delayed by a dispute over voting procedures. If it is decided that the assembly does not have to meet in person to vote, its secretariat could simply declare that a consensus had been reached. Continue reading...

Concord rally urges Congress to halt military attacks on Iran  Concord Monitor

Mojtaba Khamenei has succeeded his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in joint US-Israel attacks.

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Israeli strike kills three Palestinians in Gaza City, medics say An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinians in Gaza City on Sunday, said Mohamed Abu Selmia, head of the Al Shifa Hospital, the deadliest incident in Gaza since Israel and the US launched their war against Iran a week ago. Medics said the three men were near Al-Azhar University in western Gaza City, and included a paramedic, Mohammad Hamduna, and two others named as Mohammad Abu Shedeq and Ahmed Lafi. The strike hit near crowded tent camps where displaced Palestinians in Gaza were sheltering, and wounded several other people in the area, the medics added. Israeli forces have killed several Palestinians over the past week. Palestinians carry the body of a victim following an Israeli strike on Gaza City on 8 March, 2026. (AFP)

Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape Middle East crisis – live updates Iran threatens to attack oil facilties across Gulf after Israeli strikes Thick black smoke was still rising in the sky, soot covered the streets and cars, balconies filled with black gunk, and the toxic air had filled the lungs as Tehran woke up after a night of airstrikes on the city’s oil depots on Sunday. In messages and voice notes sent to the Guardian, people described the situation in their homes and on the streets, some calling it “apocalyptic”. With the sun blotted out, disoriented people in Iran’s capital had to turn on their lights to see through the gloom. Continue reading...

In central Beirut's Ramada hotel, a few metres away from Lebanon's landmark Pigeon Rocks, no one expected an Israeli strike to disturb the relative safety of this touristy area. The rock formation, which comprises a natural arch and neighbouring sea stack, decorates the area of Raouche, facing a large banner that reads "beautiful romantic scenery". They stood witness to Israel's first attack on central Beirut since the start of its new war against Hezbollah.

Tehran indicates Khamenei's son will be named supreme leader as Israel expands Iran strikes Iran on Sunday indicated it had chosen Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as his successor, after Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran overnight and the conflict widened after Bahrain said an Iranian attack had damaged one of its desalination plants. "The name of Khamenei will continue," said Ayatollah Hosseinali Eshkevari, a member of the clerical council charged with electing a new leader, in a video published in Iranian media. "The vote has been cast and will be announced soon," Eshkevari said, without providing further details. The council's secretary, Hosseini Bushehri, would announce the successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - who was killed earlier in the conflict - Ahmad Alamolhoda, another cleric, told state media. US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Washington should have a say in the selection. "If he doesn't get approval from us he's not going to last long," he told ABC News. This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's supreme leader, shows Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei in Tehran, 3 October, 2024. (AFP)

Great Britain has only two days of gas stored, as Iran war disrupts supplies  The Guardian