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War expands to central Beirut as Israeli strike kills Iranians in luxury hotel  BBC

Israel's military says it targeted Quds Force operatives after a return to war with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, but Iran says they were diplomats.

Rising gas prices from Iran war imperil Trump's Republican majority in Congress  Reuters

No sirens sounded in areas where long-range projectiles fired from Lebanon ultimately hit; IDF stresses 'not a new threat' The post IDF: ‘Isolated failure’ allowed Hezbollah missiles to strike satellite station, Ramle appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Majorities of Americans don’t support the war but now fear an attack on U.S. soil, a recent poll finds

British Airways will also pause repatriation flights from Muscat, Oman due to ‘reduced demand’

Democrats demand investigation of claims US-Israeli war on Iran is biblical prophecy MEE staff on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 16:39 Commanders told troops Trump was 'anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran' US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the US-Israeli war on Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on 2 March 2026 (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Off Nearly 30 Democrats in Congress are demanding an internal investigation into hundreds of complaints by US troops that the US-Israeli war on Iran has been framed to them as a biblical prophecy to hasten the return of Jesus Christ.  Their letter to the Department of War's inspector general was obtained by the news site Military.com on Friday, and is signed by several progressives, including Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and Washington state Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also signed the letter. Commanders had invoked "religious prophecy and apocalyptic theology to justify the United States’ military actions in Iran", it said.  “If accurate, these outrageous statements - justifying a war based on interpretations of biblical prophecies, and informing troops that they are risking their lives to advance a specific religious vision - raises not only glaring Constitutional concerns, but potential violations of Department of Defense regulations regarding religious neutrality and breaches of professional obligations and standards expected of military leadership,” the lawmakers wrote, referring to the Department of War by its previous name.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); They further asked if such statements are "part of a broader political climate in which Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and senior civilian officials have publicly framed Middle East policy in explicitly religious terms".  US troops were told Iran war 'anointed by Jesus' to bring on Armageddon, watchdog says Read More » Hegseth himself famously wears a tattoo of a crusader's cross on his chest, as well as the word "kafir" in Arabic on his arm - a term used in Islam to refer to unbelievers in the oneness of God. His donning of Christian nationalist symbols was a source of controversy well before his Senate hearing last year to confirm him to the top civilian role at the Pentagon. This was among other scandals involving sexual assault, alcoholism, and racism.  Vice President JD Vance had to step in and become the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, making it 51-50 in Hegseth's favour.  Last week, Hegseth told the CBS News programme "60 Minutes" that he thinks soldiers should pray before battle. "They need a connection with their almighty God," he said. "We're fighting religious fanatics who seek a nuclear capability in order for some religious Armageddon; but from my perspective, obviously I'm a man of faith who encourages our troops to lean into their faith, rely on God." Risks The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), an organisation dedicated to ensuring that all members of the US military are guaranteed religious freedom, told Middle East Eye last week that it had received more than 200 complaints from personnel serving in the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and space force.  Michael L Weinstein, founder of MRFF and a veteran of the US Air Force and Reagan White House, told MEE that his organisation was continuing to be inundated with complaints from serving US military personnel who had been told that they should be excited to be part of the war on Iran, as it would bring about "Armageddon" and the return of Jesus Christ.  “This is not just one rogue commander,” Weinstein said, pointing to the growing influence of Christian nationalists and fundamentalists in the US military. "Public statements by administration officials and allies invoking biblical claims about Israel and the region - along with rhetoric suggesting a prophetic or religious dimension to geopolitical conflicts - risks emboldening similar messaging within military ranks," Democrats wrote in their letter, likely in reference to widely-panned comments made by US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee last month, saying Israel has the right to take "all" of the Middle East.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Those enlisted in the US military swear an oath to the Constitution, which separates the church and state, and not to any religious authority or to the president.  Democrats are now demanding to know where such communications originated within the chain of command; whether they constitute violations of religious neutrality; what the scope and geographic distribution of complaints received within the Pentagon are; whether soldiers had fears of retaliation within their units; and if training in the military always adheres to the rule of religious neutrality.  War on Iran News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

Israel has released video it says shows the moment a missile fired by Hezbollah struck a satellite and radar station.

White House denies US military escorted tanker in Hormuz after deleted post  Al Jazeera

Polls show what Americans think about the war in Iran  PBS

War in Waves: What Do the Numbers Reveal About Iran’s Strikes on Israel?  Palestine Chronicle

Iran war: Israel's president Herzog calls 'cost' for business the price for Middle East peace  CNBC

Donald Trump signaling Iran war exit, Israel might not be ready  The Jerusalem Post

Trump Hears the Markets’ Fears About Iran War  Bloomberg

At least 150 US troops wounded so far in war on Iran Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that at least 150 US troops have so far been wounded in the US-Israeli war on Iran.  The figure has not been previously reported and is far higher than the Pentagon's publicly disclosed figure of eight seriously wounded US forces.

US and Iran dig in and ramp up threats as war rages with no end in sight  The Boston Globe

What Americans think about the war in Iran, according to recent polls  AP News

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among more than 100 signatories to letter urging PM not to get drawn further into the conflict Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is among three of Iran’s former political prisoners and more than 100 Iranians living in the UK who have urged the British prime minister not to get drawn further into the Iran conflict. They are all signatories in a letter to Keir Starmer saying the way the war is being conducted is strengthening the regime in Tehran. Continue reading...

A UK warship Tuesday left port in southern England en route to the eastern Mediterranean to "bolster British defences in the region" amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Royal Navy said. The HMS Dragon's departure from its base in Portsmouth follows criticism from opposition politicians and the Cypriot government for a perceived slow reaction to a drone attack on Britain's Akrotiri base in southern Cyprus on March 1. An Iranian-made drone hit the runway of the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Akrotiri.