Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war:
Ambassador refuses
Iran’s ambassador will not leave Lebanon despite being declared persona non grata and ordered to quit the country by Sunday, an Iranian diplomatic source has told AFP.
University hit
A university in Iran’s central city of Isfahan said it was hit by US-Israeli airstrikes for the second time since the war erupted.
Kuwait attack
Kuwait’s defence ministry said 10 service members were injured in an attack on a military camp, as Iran continues targeting positions in the region.
Lebanon toll rises
Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes had killed 1,238 people in the country since the start of the latest war with Hezbollah on March 2.
Israeli expansion
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered his military to “further expand” a security zone in Lebanon.
30 days offline
Iran’s nationwide internet blackout has now lasted 30 days, leaving millions cut off from information and communication since the war began.
Iran missile unit
The Israeli military said it had attacked a key production facility in Tehran used by Iran’s defence ministry to manufacture components for ballistic missiles.
Shrapnel impact
Israeli TV showed thick black smoke billowing into the sky from the Ramat Hovav industrial zone in the Negev desert in southern Israel.
The military said it may have been caused by missile shrapnel, shortly after it detected a new barrage fired from Iran.
Pakistan talks
Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey started talks on the war, with Islamabad acting as a go-between between the United States and Iran.
The four-way meeting between the Muslim nations was convened “to review the evolving regional situation and discuss issues of mutual interest”, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a brief statement.
US ‘planning ground attack’
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the United States was “secretly planning a ground attack” despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts on ending the war.
Aircraft carrier threat
Iran’s navy chief Shahram Irani said the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier would be targeted by the Islamic republic if it comes within range.
Journalists’ funeral
Lebanon held a funeral for three journalists killed by an Israeli strike the previous day in the south of the country.
The Israeli military said it carried out the attack to assassinate Ali Shoeib, a veteran correspondent for Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV, whom it accused, without providing evidence, of working as a Hezbollah operative.
Qatari TV office hit
Qatari news channel Al Araby said an Israeli missile hit a building housing its office in Tehran, causing damage and, according to the Iranian Red Crescent, wounding 10 people.
Latin Patriarch stopped
Israeli police stopped the Vatican’s top man in the Holy Land, Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from celebrating Palm Sunday in the city’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later asserted on X there was “no malicious intent” and the Catholic cardinal was blocked from entering the church “out of special concern for his safety”.
Attacks on Iran port
US-Israeli strikes hit the Iranian port city of Bandar Khamir near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing five people, Iranian state media reported.
AFP was not able to verify the toll or the site of the strike.
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