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Middle East crisis live: US says nearly 2,000 targets hit in Iran war; Iran insists it has ‘complete control’ of Strait of Hormuz

4 mars 2026 à 07:09

US military says first 24 hours of war was nearly double the scale of 2003 ‘shock-and-awe’ operation in Iraq; Revolutionary Guards again claim control of crucial of strait after Trump offers navy escort for tankers

Lebanese state media said that four people were killed and six more were wounded in an Israeli strike on a building in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon on Wednesday.

“The initial toll is four killed and six wounded, and work is underway to rescue families from under the rubble,” Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said.

Iran war live updates: Trump says US may escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz; IDF launches strikes on Iran

The Guardian

Par : Kate Lamb (now) · Nadeem Badshah, Lucy Campbell, Tom Ambrose, Vivian Ho and Adam Fulton (earlier)

4 mars 2026 à 02:43

US president orders Washington to provide insurance for commercial shipping in the crucial strait; Israeli military says it has launched a ‘broad wave’ of strikes

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has claimed the US attacked Iran after learning that Israel was going to strike, which would have meant retaliation against US forces.

“We knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties,” he told reporters

The Air Force is now attacking Tehran and Beirut simultaneously

The Air Force has now begun a wave of extensive strikes against the Iranian terror regime and the Hezbollah terror organization.