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Iran War, March 12, 2026: U.S. Military Plane Crashes in Iraq  WSJ

Rocket strike damages 300 homes in Galilee, Israeli media reports  About 300 homes were damaged in the Galilee region of northern Israel after a rocket strike, where at least 50 people have been wounded, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.  Emergency crews were deployed to assess the damage and assist residents affected by the blast. Authorities said the strike caused widespread destruction to residential buildings in the area.

Live updates: Iran war news; attacks in Israel, nations move to counter oil price surge  CNN

No need for ground troops in Iran, US Senator Lindsey Graham says US Senator Lindsey Graham on Friday said that there was no ‘need’ for ground troops to be deployed to Iran, adding that war will continue for weeks. “I don’t see this conflict ending today,” the Republican Senator told reporters in Washington, DC. “I think the mission is to make sure they cannot regenerate, that they’re going to be beyond capable of building missiles to hit us, and they’ll never go back to the nuclear business,” he said. “There are weeks more of this coming, then we’ll make an assessment,” added Graham.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said that he thinks new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose father, the former supreme leader, was killed on the first day of the U.S. and Israel's war on Iran, is alive but "damaged." Khamenei has not been seen by Iranians since his selection on Sunday by a clerical assembly, and his first comments were read out by a television presenter on Thursday.

The Hormuz Minefield  Foreign Affairs

As American and Israeli strikes pound the Islamic Republic and Iran attacks Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure with no sign of an end to the war, oil prices have soared back above $100 a barrel

Hebrew media outlets say the 17-year-old was fatally struck by a car in Rehovot after receiving early warning of attack, though sirens didn't ultimately sound in the central city The post Teen girl fatally run over, reportedly while rushing to shelter amid Iran missile attack appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Report: 50 wounded after missile hits northern Israel's Galilee Missile strike on a building in the Galilee region of northern Israel injured at least 50 people, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.  Emergency services were dispatched to the site as rescue teams treated the wounded and searched the damaged structure. Authorities said the casualties resulted from a rocket impact on the building, though further details about the source of the strike were not immediately confirmed.

Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 12, 2026  Institute for the Study of War

US eases Russia oil sanctions as Iran war pushes up energy prices  BBC

A French soldier was killed in an attack in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, confirming the first French military death in the Middle East war. Since US-Israeli strikes on Iran last month engulfed the Middle East in war, multiple attacks attributed to pro-Iranian factions have targeted the region where foreign forces are based as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition.

Medics say most casualties in northern town of Zarzir were struck by broken glass or suffered acute anxiety * Michigan shul attacker ID'd as naturalized US citizen from Lebanon who reportedly lost relatives in Israeli strike The post Woman moderately wounded by shrapnel, numerous others lightly hurt amid Iran missile attacks appeared first on The Times of Israel.

'You can lead someone to water, you cannot make him drink,' says PM in first press conference since war's outset; scoffs that IRGC 'puppet' Mojtaba Khamenei can’t ‘show his face in public’ The post Netanyahu says he doesn’t know if Iranians will oust regime, threatens new supreme leader appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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The pace of Iran’s retaliatory strikes against the US and Israel appears to be slowing 13 days into the war, with most attacks successfully intercepted by American-made air defence systems, statistics and experts say.  facebook.com

Israeli opposition leader: ‘No choice’ but to go to war with Iran  NBC News

Ramming and shooting incident at Detroit-area congregation follows multiple attacks in Canada, a foiled plot in Azerbaijan, a blast in Belgium and vandalization in Maryland The post Michigan shul is at least the 7th Diaspora synagogue targeted so far this month appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Dollar poised for second weekly gain with no end in sight for Iran war  Reuters