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BEIRUT, March 17 (Reuters) - Five Lebanese soldiers were wounded, two critically, in an Israeli air strike in the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army said on Tuesday, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. The soldiers, struck while travelling by car and motorcycle, were taken to hospital, it said in a post on X. The strike comes amid intensifying Israeli attacks across Lebanon, which have killed more than 880 people and displaced over a million, according to Lebanese authorities.

GENEVA, March 17 (Reuters) - A U.N. inquiry has started investigating a fatal strike on a primary school on the first day of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, one of its members told reporters on Tuesday. The attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School consisted of two missile strikes in quick succession that killed 168 children, mostly girls, Iranian officials said in Geneva on Monday.

Israel says Iran’s security chief Larijani has been killed  Al Jazeera

A building in the northern Israeli city of Nahariyya caught fire on Monday after a rocket attack launched from Lebanon.

Iran’s leadership hit again: Two senior security chiefs killed, Israel says  Scripps News

The conflict has produced a flood of fabricated imagery, much of it coming from tens of thousands of pro-Iranian TikTok accounts, highlighting a growing challenge in the deepfake era The post Netanyahu dead? Tel Aviv flattened? AI-generated videos are dominating the Iran war appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Trump’s War Story Blown Up by Damning Intel Leak  The Daily Beast

Ali Larijani last seen walking in Tehran rally days before reported death Iran’s national security chief Ali Larijani, whom Israel claims was killed in strikes on Tehran, appeared publicly just days earlier at the annual al-Quds Day rally in the Iranian capital. Footage from Friday showed Larijani marching through central Tehran alongside other senior officials and crowds marking the annual pro-Palestine demonstration. Speaking to Iranian state media during the event, Larijani dismissed the bombing that struck during the rally as a sign of weakness. “These attacks are out of fear, out of desperation. One who is strong wouldn’t bomb demonstrations at all. It’s clear that it has failed,” he said. “Trump doesn’t understand that the Iranian people are a brave nation, a strong nation, a determined nation. The more he presses, the stronger the nation’s determination will become,” he said. مسيرة يوم القدس | شارع الثورة | طهران | ٢٢ آذار ٢٠٢٦ | بعد ١٣ يوماً من استشهاد سماحة آية الله العظمى الشهيد السيد علي خامنئي pic.twitter.com/yg99r2SGkg March 13, 2026

The Iran war is exacting a heavy toll on Gulf oil and gas exporters – and creating risk and opportunity in North Africa  Chatham House

If confirmed, death would make Larijani the most senior Iranian figure to be killed since Ali Khamenei on first day of war Middle East crisis – live updates Israel says it has killed the Iranian national security chief, Ali Larijani, in overnight strikes, a claim that if confirmed would make him the most senior Iranian figure to die in the war since the supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed on its first day. Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said a separate strike killed the Basij paramilitary force commander, Gholamreza Soleimani, along with other senior Basij figures. Continue reading...

Pivotal Iran leader Ali Larijani killed in airstrike, Israel says  The Guardian

US-Israel-Iran War Update: Is Ali Larijani Alive or Dead? Death Rumours Surge After Israel Strikes, Iran Yet to Confirm Status  The Sunday Guardian

Israel said Tuesday it had killed Iran's powerful national security chief, Ali Larijani, in what would be a huge blow to the Islamic republic as fresh strikes rocked the Middle East from Tehran to Baghdad. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Larijani was "eliminated last night", although this has not been confirmed by Iran. Earlier Tuesday, Israel's military said Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij paramilitary force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed Monday in a strike on Tehran.

When Israeli and US strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the Middle East war, Iran's security chief Ali Larijani became even more powerful than he had been for decades. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Larijani had been killed, though Iran's authorities have not confirmed his death. Larijani had since the start of the war played a far more visible role than the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since he was appointed to replace his slain father.

The Iran war already has a winner  Vox

German Investor Outlook Sinks as Iran War Threatens Recovery  Bloomberg.com

Europe Has Helped the U.S. Protect Shipping. The Strait of Hormuz Is Different.  The New York Times

Conservative influencer Carrie Prejean Boller pronounces commander-in-chief’s movement ‘deader than dead’ as split over Iran conflict grows

Ray Dalio warns a brutal ‘final battle’ for the Strait of Hormuz is coming—and losing could end the American empire  Fortune

Centre Assures Steps To Tackle LPG Crisis, Court Closes Plea By Distributors  NDTV