US-Israel-Iran War Live Updates: US Deploys 3,500 Marines And Sailors To Middle East; Houthis Fire Second Missile At Israel

The United States has significantly increased its military presence in the Middle East as tensions with Iran continue to escalate, with around 3,500 marines and sailors arriving in the region aboard the USS Tripoli, US Central Command confirmed.

The forces, which reached the CENTCOM area of responsibility on March 27, are part of a broader deployment to expand Washington’s military options amid the ongoing conflict with Iran.

US officials have not publicly disclosed specific missions for the newly arrived troops, but the buildup reflects efforts to bolster regional security and readiness as the situation continues to unfold. ,

Houthis fired a second missile at Israel on Saturday, which was intercepted, according to an Israeli security official.

Israel conducted airstrikes on multiple towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Lebanese state media, amid ongoing exchanges of attacks between Israel and Hezbollah. 

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported a “series of strikes” at dawn on Majdal Selm, followed by “successive strikes” on Kafra, Hanniyeh, Touline, and Adloun. Additional Israeli strikes reportedly hit Nabatiyeh, damaging residential and commercial buildings as well as a fuel station.,

The Israeli military announced on Saturday that it had struck an industrial complex in Tehran used for the research and development of naval weapons.

"The IDF struck the headquarters of the Iranian terrorist regime's Marine Industries Organisation," AFP quoted the military.

"This headquarters is responsible for the research, development, and production of a wide range of naval weaponry, including surface and sub-surface vessels, manned and unmanned equipment, as well as engines and weapons," the statement added.,

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Saturday killed three journalists, according to Iran’s media outlets and a Lebanese military source, while Israel claimed one of the victims was a Hezbollah member.

The incident occurred amid ongoing Israeli raids in the region, with Hezbollah reporting that it had targeted Israeli forces entering border villages.

The number of American troops injured in the ongoing Iran conflict has surpassed 300, with over two dozen wounded this week alone following attacks on a Saudi air base, AP reports. 

On Friday, Iran launched six ballistic missiles and 29 drones targeting Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan air base, leaving at least 15 personnel injured, five of them seriously, according to sources briefed on the situation. Earlier reports from US officials had stated that at least 10 American troops were wounded, including two with serious injuries. ,

The United States Central Command released a video on Saturday allegedly showing strikes on Iranian naval ships, stating, “For decades, Iranian naval vessels have threatened and harassed global shipping in regional waters, but those days are over.”,

For decades, Iranian naval vessels have threatened and harassed global shipping in regional waters, but those days are over. pic.twitter.com/J4WUwpfU24, — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 28, 2026

US President Donald Trump created an awkward moment for Saudi officials by seemingly mocking Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his speech at a recent Saudi-backed investment forum. Trump suggested that officials should tell the Crown Prince to “be nice” to him and made a provocative remark implying that the Saudi leader had underestimated him.

“He did not think this was going to happen. He didn’t think he would be kissing my a**; he really didn’t. And now he has to be nice to me. He better be nice to me,” Trump said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Crown Prince HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday to discuss the ongoing conflict in West Asia, which has been continuing for over a month.

During the conversation, PM Modi reiterated that India strongly condemns attacks on energy infrastructure in the region. Sharing details of the call on X, the PM said, “spoke with Crown Prince and PM of Saudi Arabia, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman and discussed the ongoing conflict in West Asia. I reiterated India’s condemnation of attacks on regional energy infrastructure.”

“We agreed on the need to ensure freedom of navigation and keep shipping lines open and secure. Thanked him for his continued support for the welfare of the Indian community in Saudi Arabia,” the PM added.

An Israeli airstrike on a media vehicle in southern Lebanon killed at least two journalists on Saturday, according to reports from Al-Manar TV.

Hezbollah-run Al-Manar TV said its correspondent Ali Shoeib was among those killed, while Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV reported that its journalist Fatima Ftouni also died in the same strike.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has rejected Iran’s claim that it destroyed a Ukrainian air-defence depot in Dubai.,

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed that missiles had “destroyed” a Ukrainian air defence depot in Dubai, according to a report by Fars News Agency.

The President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, urged regional nations not to allow adversaries to use their territory for conflict, saying peace, security, and development depend on keeping such activities out.

“To the countries of the region, I say: if you seek development and security, do not allow our common enemies to orchestrate the war from your territories,” Pezeshkian said.,

We have said many times that Iran doesn't carry out preemptive attacks, but we will retaliate strongly if our infrastructure or economic centers are targeted.
To the countries of the region:
If you want development and security, don't let our enemies run the war from your lands., — Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) March 28, 2026

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif held talks on Saturday. Sharif briefed on outreach to US and Gulf states, according to Pakistan PM Office.

Spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, claimed on Saturday that the "life has returned to normal in Kharg" island, as quoted by Iranian state media Fars News Agency.

According to the news agency, Rezaei said that the Khrag Island is in "complete security". He also said that the armed forces of Iran are in "full readiness" and any kind of "aggression" against the island will be met with a "decisive" and "irreversible" response.

Pakistan will host Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt for talks from Sunday on the Iran war, Reuters reported.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Saturday said that they targeted US support vessel at 'considerable' distance from Oman's Salalah port.

The Abu Dhabi media office has reported a third fire at Khalifa Economic Zone in Abu Dhabi. “Authorities further confirmed an additional injury as a result of the incident, to a Pakistani national, bringing the total number of injured individuals to six, with injuries ranging from minor to moderate,” the statement noted on X.

Kuwait’s Kuwait News Agency (KNA) on Saturday reported that multiple drone attacks have struck Kuwait International Airport, causing “significant” damage to its radar systems.

More than two dozen US troops have been wounded in Iranian attacks on a Saudi air base in the past week, according two people who have been briefed on the matter. Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan air base in a Friday attack that injured at least 15 troops, including five seriously.

Spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Ebrahim Rezaei, claimed on Saturday that the "life has returned to normal in Kharg" island, as quoted by Iranian state media Fars News Agency.

According to the news agency, Rezaei said that the Khrag Island is in "complete security". He also said that the armed forces of Iran are in "full readiness" and any kind of "aggression" against the island will be met with a "decisive" and "irreversible" response.

"Kharg Island is in complete security. The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are in full readiness, and any aggression against Kharg Island will be met with a decisive and irreversible response for the aggressors," he said as quoted by Fars News Agency.

Yemen's Houthis, who launched missiles toward Israel on Saturday, said attack on Tel Aviv comes after continued targeting of infrastructure in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Palestinian territories.

Two more merchant vessels carrying petroleum products for India are crossing Strait of Hormuz. Indian Navy warships are on standby to provide support to them, sources told ANI.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has claimed the targeting of six tactical vessels operated by the US military in the Persian Gulf waters. "In continuation of the 84th wave of Operation True Promise 4, the IRGC naval units conducted a hybrid operation against US and Israeli terrorists deployed in al-Shoyoukh port as well as Dubai's coasts and port, hitting downhearted American troops and their tactical hardware precisely," the public relations department of the IRGC said in a statement.

A siren has been sounded in Bahrain amid escalating tensions. Bahrain’s interior ministry wrote on X, "The siren has been sounded. Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place."

Oman's Salalah Port came under drones attack on Saturday, leaving one worker injured, state news agency reported.

The Yemeni Armed Forces have declared readiness for direct military intervention if "American-Israeli aggression" against Iran and the "Axis of Resistance"groups continues to escalate.

"We confirm that our hands are on the trigger for direct military intervention," spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said as quoted by Press TV in a statement on Friday.

Thailand has reached an agreement with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Announcing the development, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said, "An agreement has been reached to allow Thai oil tankers to transit safely through the Strait of Hormuz."

The Think Tank Institute for the Study of War analysis says Iran could fire large missile salvos at Israel to impose psychological effects on Israeli civilians by consistently forcing them to take shelter and keeping the country under constant alert.

United States President Donald Trump on Friday said Cuba could be the next target following US attacks on Venezuela and Iran. "Cuba is next, by the way, but pretend I didn't say that please," Trump said.

Five people ‌were injured and two fires broke out in Abu Dhabi on Saturday as ⁠a result of debris falling from a ballistic missile interception, Reuters reported.,

US President Donald Trump sharply criticised NATO, calling its lack of response during the Iran conflict a "tremendous mistake" and questioning the future of US commitment to the alliance.

Addressing the Future Investment Initiative Priority Summit in Florida, he said, "I think that NATO made a terrible mistake when they wouldn't send a small amount of military armament, when they wouldn't send just even acknowledge what we were doing for the world and taking on Iran."

One person was reported dead and several others were injured by an Iranian ballistic missile fired at central Israel on Friday (local time), the sixth attack by Iran on the country throughout the day, The Times of Israel reported.

The Israeli military said on Saturday it had identified the launch of a missile from Yemen. This marks the first time a missile has been launched from Yemen since the war started.,

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran was struck for the third time in 10 days. The IAEA stated that neither was there any damage to operating reactor nor was any radiation release reported.

Abu Dhabi Media Office on Saturday said authorities are dealing with two fires caused by debris falling after the interception of missiles near Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD).

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has asserted that Tehran remains firm in its commitment to defend its sovereignty against " unprovoked American-Israeli aggression", during a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, according to Iranian State Media Press TV.

According to Al Jazeera reports, alarm srens were activated twice in past hour in Bahrain amid strikes.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday said that Iran had reported new strikes on key facilities, including the heavy water production plant at Khondab. The agency noted that there is no radiation risk from the strike.

Over 10 explosions were reported at the US bases in Bahrain as Iran continued retaliatory strikes across the Gulf on Saturday.

Explosions were heard in the Syrian capital Damascus and nearby areas on Saturday as Israeli air defences intercepted Iranian missiles in Syrian airspace, Syrian state Television reported.,

The White House praised a call between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Iran crisis. "President Trump has a great relationship with Prime Minister Modi, and this was a productive conversation," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told IANS.

According to Israel’s ambulance service Magen David Adom, one person has been killed, and several others injured as a result of impacts in Tel Aviv from an Iranian ballistic missile attack.

Israeli Military on Saturday said it identified missiles launched from Iran Towards Israel.

Twelve American service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia amid the conflict in the region on Friday, Reuters reported.

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Friday warned that Tehran would exact a “heavy price” on Israel following airstrikes targeting key infrastructure, including two of Iran’s largest steel plants and sensitive nuclear facilities.

Araghchi claimed the attacks, allegedly coordinated with the United States, struck major industrial assets such as steel factories, a power plant, and civilian nuclear sites.,

Israel has hit 2 of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites among other infrastructure. Israel claims it acted in coordination with the U.S.

Attack contradicts POTUS extended deadline for diplomacy.

Iran will exact HEAVY price for Israeli crimes, — Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) March 27, 2026

Iranian Media has reported that at least 13 individuals have been killed in two US-Israeli Strikes on Residential Areas in the western province of Kermanshah.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has claimed that they struck ‘US‑Israeli’ forces on Kuwait’s Bubiyan Island, according to the State TV Report.

Marco Rubio, United States Secretary of State, said on Friday that the United States expects its military operation in Iran to wrap up within “weeks, not months,” following his meeting with G7 foreign ministers in France.

He also warned that Iran could consider introducing a toll system for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns over global shipping and energy supplies.

Iranian state media reported that the country’s nuclear facilities were targeted in strikes on Friday, just hours after Israel warned it would “escalate and expand” its military campaign against Tehran.

According to IRNA, the attacks hit a heavy-water facility as well as a yellowcake production plant, where uranium ore is processed into a concentrated form after impurities are removed.,

A hacker group linked to Iran claimed on Friday that it had gained access to the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel. The group, identifying itself as the Handala Hack Team, allegedly released personal photographs and documents online, asserting that Patel had become one of their latest targets.

On its website, the group stated that Patel had been “successfully hacked,” and proceeded to publish a series of private images, reported Reuters. These reportedly included photos of him smoking cigars, riding in a vintage convertible, and taking a mirror selfie while holding a large bottle of rum.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with the chief ministers of all states, barring those which are going to polls, and reviewed their preparedness and plans in the wake of the West Asia conflict. This is the first time that the prime minister is holding a meeting with the chief ministers on the West Asia conflict.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Friday declared that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed and any attempt to cross the waterway will be dealt with a harsh response. The IRGC, in a statement today, refuted the Trump administration's claims, asserting that the shipping route remains under a blockade. 

"The Strait of Hormuz has been closed, and any movement through the strait will be met with a harsh response," the IRGC Navy declared in its statement.

Addressing the session virtually, Araghchi mentioned that the targeting of the Iranian school is a "war crime" and a "crime against humanity" that requires unequivocal and unconditional condemnation by all.

"This brutal attack is merely the visible tip of a much larger iceberg; one that hides beneath its surface far worse atrocities, including the normalisation of the most egregious violations of human rights and humanitarian law, and the audacity to commit heinous crimes in a climate of complete impunity. At a time when the American and Israeli aggressors, as they claim, have the most advanced technologies and the most precise military and data systems, no one can believe that the attack on this school was anything other than a deliberate and premeditated act," he stated.,

ब्रेकिंग न्यूज़ 🇮🇷 ईरान के विदेश मंत्री #araghchi ने #मीनाब के शजारेह तैय्येबे स्कूल पर हुए हमले के संबंध में संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार परिषद के आपातकालीन सत्र में भाषण दिया। pic.twitter.com/C9S3rmB8ZJ, — world update hindi (@middle_East_up) March 27, 2026

"This tragedy cannot be justified, cannot be covered up, and must not be met with silence and indifference. The attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab was neither a mere accident nor a miscalculation. The contradictory statements made by the United States to justify this crime cannot absolve them of their responsibility," he said.

The brutal attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls' School in Iran's Minab cannot be justified, covered up, and must not be met with silence and indifference, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi told the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during an urgent debate held on Friday afternoon.

In his speech at the emergency session, the Iranian Foreign Minister stated that his country is in the midst of an "illegal war" right now, which has been imposed on it by "two bullying" nuclear-armed regimes, the United States and Israel.,

ब्रेकिंग न्यूज़ 🇮🇷 ईरान के विदेश मंत्री #araghchi ने #मीनाब के शजारेह तैय्येबे स्कूल पर हुए हमले के संबंध में संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार परिषद के आपातकालीन सत्र में भाषण दिया। pic.twitter.com/C9S3rmB8ZJ, — world update hindi (@middle_East_up) March 27, 2026

"This war of aggression is clearly unjustified and extremely brutal. They launched this aggression on February 28 while Iran and the United States were engaged in a diplomatic process to resolve alleged US concerns about Iran's nuclear programme. For the second time in nine months, they have betrayed diplomacy by disrupting and destroying the negotiating table," said Araghchi.

Iran War Live Updates: People have come out to protest the impact the Israeli-US war on Iran has had on fuel prices and the disruption to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran War Live Updates: Kuwaiti authorities are reporting another attack on the country’s infrastructure, this one targeting Mubarak Al Kabeer port on its Bubiyan Island.

According to Kuwait’s Ministry of Public Works, the port infrastructure was attacked by “hostile drones and cruise missiles”. It said there were material damages, but no casualties.

Iran War Live Updates: Pakistan has issued a sharp warning to Israel following reports of a joint US-Israeli strike that took place close to its embassy in Tehran, heightening concerns over the safety of its diplomatic personnel. The government-linked Pakistan Strategic Forum released a strongly worded statement cautioning against any harm to its officials abroad.

Iran War Live Updates: Iranian authorities have arrested at least 15 people in Isfahan province for allegedly sending sensitive information to media networks that Tehran deems hostile.

Iran War Live Updates: Explosions were reported near the Embassy of Pakistan and the ambassador’s residence in Tehran as the Iranian capital faced its 28th straight day of airstrikes, diplomatic sources said on Friday, GeoTv reported.

All Pakistani diplomats were reported safe, though the blasts left them shaken. The incident comes as Pakistan, along with Turkey and Egypt, continues diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire between the United States and Iran.

The explosions occurred around 8 pm on Thursday near both the embassy and the ambassador’s residence in Tehran’s Pasdaran district, with sources suggesting a nearby Iranian military base may have been the intended target. A senior diplomat said the embassy compound remained unharmed despite the intensity of the blasts.

Iran War Live Updates: Qatar’s emergency services have just issued a heightened security alert, sending screeching messages on phones across the country — the first in a week.

Iran War Live Updates: Kuwait Port Authority says drone attacks targeted Shuwaikh Port, near Kuwait City, this morning.

In a statement, the authority said the attack caused “material damage” but no casualties.

Iran War Live Updates: Sri Lanka imports 60 percent of its energy needs, much of it through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has halted most traffic through during the war. Sri Lanka also has no storage capacity beyond one month’s consumption needs, Al Jazeera reported.

Iran War Live Updates: Vietnamese airlines are imposing major cuts on domestic and international flights in April due to the rising cost of jet fuel, according to a report on Friday in Nhan Dan, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam.,

Iran War Live Updates: The Israeli military said residents of Sajd village in southern Lebanon should leave immediately as Israeli forces will “act against it forcefully”.

Residents must evacuate the village – believed to be located in the Jezzine district of Nabatieh Governorate – and “move north of the Zahrani River”, the military said.

Iran War Live Updates: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leadership summit, scheduled for May, will proceed as planned, but with a shortened “bare-bones” programme focused on the fallout from the Iran war. ,

Iran War Live Updates: A Pakistani and an Indian national were killed by falling debris in the United Arab Emirates this week, their respective embassies confirmed on Thursday, after a ballistic missile was intercepted. This once again, underscores the region’s heavy reliance on a large South Asian migrant workforce who often work in precarious conditions, CNN reported.

Iran War Live Updates: The Saudi Ministry of Defence said the drones were detected and destroyed in the kingdom’s eastern region, which is home to key oil facilities and has been constantly targeted by Iran since the outbreak of war.,

Iran War Live Updates: Israel’s security cabinet has approved the legalization of 30 additional wildcat outposts across the West Bank, according to Ynet, citing unnamed officials. The decision was reportedly taken during a meeting in which IDF chief of staff Eyal Zamir warned of a growing manpower crunch, with the expansion of settlements deep in the territory expected to further strain security forces.

Iran War Live Updates: A US-Israeli air strike targeting three residential houses in the Iranian city of Qom has killed six people, according to a local media report.,

Iran War Live Updates: The five demands that Iran has, and is not about to compromise on, include sovereignty, future sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, compensation for the destruction that has been visited on Iranian cities and the killing of Iranian people, and so on.

Iran War Live Updates: The day after the funeral of two fellow medics killed in an Israeli strike, medics working in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh fear for their own lives while they continue to rescue others, CNN reported.

Iran War Live Updates: The Israeli military says its latest wave of attacks targeted the “heart” of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Iran War Live Updates: The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 ‌additional ⁠ground ⁠troops to the Middle East to give President Donald Trump ⁠more military ‌options even as ⁠he weighs
peace talks with Tehran, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, ‌citing Department of Defense officials ⁠with knowledge of the planning.

Iran War Live Updates: Israel's military said its forces conducted strikes on "infrastructure" targets in Tehran. A brief military statement said Israeli forces "completed a wide-scale wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran".,

Iran War Live Updates:  A US-Israeli air strike has hit a residential building in the Iranian city of Urmia, the capital of West Azerbaijan province, in what was reported to be a direct missile attack, Al Jazeera reported.

Hamed Saffari, the director-general of crisis management for West Azerbaijan, told the IRNA news agency that “four residential buildings were completely destroyed” and confirmed that the strike “left a number of citizens killed and injured”.

Iran War Live Updates: Several alerts have been reported in  parts of Northern Isrtael along the border with Lebanon and into Lebanon itself, as Israeli forces continue their push north and fight with Hezbollah groups.

Israeli authorities reckon that by Thursday evening, a total of 100 rockets had been fired during the day from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, with dozens more rockets being fired inside Lebanon itself at groups of Israeli troops moving forward.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed Iran's "present" to US. Trump said that Iran has allowed 10 "boats of oil" to successfully cross the Strait of Hormuz.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Iranians were "lousy fighters but great negotiators" amid peace talks to end the West Asia conflict, insisting that US military operations are 'extremely' ahead of schedule.

"We estimated it would take approximately four to six weeks to achieve our mission. Twenty-six days in we’re extremely, really, a lot ahead of schedule," Trump told his first cabinet meeting since the start of the conflict.

Russia on Thursday dismissed a media report that it is sending drones to Iran amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Dismissing the claims, the Kremlin said, stating that the 'media were printing a lot of lies and people should pay no attention to them'.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday said that indirect talks between the United States and Iran are taking place, using Islamabad as an intermediary, news agency AFP reported.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that Iranian negotiators were 'begging' Washington for a deal, even though Tehran publicly insists it is only reviewing a US proposal.

In a post on Truth Social, the US President said, "The Iranian negotiators are very different and 'strange'. They are 'begging' us to make a deal, which they should be doing since they have been militarily obliterated, with zero chance of a comeback, and yet they publicly state that they are only “looking at our proposal.” WRONG!!!"

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "We continue to forcefully strike the targets of the Iranian terrorist regime. Last night, we eliminated the Commander of the IRGC Navy. This man had a great deal of blood on his hands; he was also the one who led the closure of the Strait of Hormuz."

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday attended a G7 foreign ministers' meeting in France, addressing pressing global challenges such as the West Asia conflict, the situation in Ukraine, and the reform of UN peacekeeping missions.

The Abu Dhabi media office on Thursday said that two individuals, one Indian and one Pakistani, died after debris fell following the successful interception of a ballistic missile by the city’s air defences.

In a post on X, the Abu Dhabi media office wrote, “In the context of the ongoing follow-up to the previously announced incident resulting from the fall of debris following the successful interception of a ballistic missile by air defenses, which resulted in the deaths of two individuals of Pakistani and Indian nationality.”

After being stranded near the Strait of Hormuz for nearly 23 days due to the ongoing Middle East conflict, the Indian-flagged LPG tanker Jag Vasant is expected to arrive at Vadinar port in Gujarat by midnight today.

Two people were killed, and three others were injured on Thursday after debris from missiles intercepted by the air defence system fell onto a street in Abu Dhabi, news agency PTI reported, citing local media.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Iran was desperate to strike a deal to end nearly four weeks of war. However, Iran’s foreign minister said the country is only reviewing a US ceasefire proposal and had no intention of holding talks to wind down the war, highlighting a sharp contradiction in public statements from the two sides.

Speaking at an event in Washington, Trump said Iranian leaders "are negotiating, by the way, and they want to make a deal so badly, but they're afraid to say it because they will be killed by their own people. They're also afraid they'll be killed by us".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak to chief ministers tomorrow via video conferencing to review the preparedness amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Iranian lawmaker Mohammadreza Rezaei Kouchi on Thursday said that a draft proposal to collect transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz has been prepared and will be sent to the Parliament’s research centre next week for legal review.

A Turkish-operated oil tanker, Altura, that had departed from Russia was struck by a drone on Thursday in the Black Sea. The attack caused a massive explosion in the sea near Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait. Turkey's Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu confirmed the attack, stating that it was possibly targeted by an unmanned surface vehicle.

Iran War Live Updates: Israel’s army says it has detected another wave of incoming Iranian missiles, the fifth salvo since early this morning.

Iran War Live Updates: The pictures below showcases the saddening aftermath of an Iranian strike.

This site of a strike in Kafr Qassem, Israel, after Iranian missile barrages were launched at Israel (Reuters)

Iran War Live Updates:  Israeli troops are now in most of the southern villages that lie along the border with Israel and in some locations they have advanced into Lebanese territory up to six kilometres.

Now, Hezbollah is continuing to fire rockets and missiles across the border, causing damage at times, but most of those rockets are being intercepted. But Hezbollah, too, is saying it is targeting Israeli troops and Israeli tanks inside Lebanon as those troops advance.

Iran War Live Updates: The authorities in Abu Dhabi have warned the public against sharing any unverified information. “The public is advised to obtain information only from official sources and to avoid spreading rumours or unverified information,” it said in a post on X after two people were killed in a missile interception incident.

Iran War Live Updates: Two people have been killed in Abu Dhabi after a missile interception, its media office said.,

Iran War Live Updates: The Omani national carrier says flights to Dubai, Doha, Bahrain and Kuwait will remain cancelled until April 15 due to the ongoing airspace closures.

Services to Iraq’s Baghdad and Denmark’s Copenhagen also remain suspended until then, it said, but flights to Jordan’s Amman and Saudi Arabia’s Dammam will resume on April 1.

Iran War Live Updates: Injuries have been reported after a series of impacts took place in central Israel, possibly from cluster munitions, following Iran’s latest missile barrage.

The Arutz Sheva news outlet reported three people were injured in the city of Kfar Qasim, east of Tel Aviv.

Israel’s emergency medical service said it was sending medics to affected areas.

Iran War Live Updates: Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry, on Thursday, announced the interception and destruction of a drone in the Eastern Province.

Iran War Live Updates: Donald Trump, on Thursday, attended a fund raising event of the Republican Party. There, he said that the Republicans are going to win the midterm elections happening later this year.

But polls suggest something different.

A recent survey by Reuters says that Trump’s popularity right now is around 36 percent, and the main reason is the war in Iran, the price of oil and the price of gas in this country that has gone up around a dollar since this war started.

Iran War Live Updates: Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of Abu Dhabi state oil company ADNOC, has described any restriction of passage through the Strait of Hormuz by Iran as “economic terrorism”. “When Iran holds Hormuz hostage, every nation pays the ransom, at the gas pump, at the grocery store, at the pharmacy,” Al Jaber said in a speech in the US. “No country can be allowed to destabilize the global economy in this way. Not now. Not ever,” he said.

Iran War Live Updates: In an effort to lessen the effects of the price spike brought on by the conflict with Iran, Japan has begun to release another portion of its strategic oil reserves, a Japanese official told the AFP news agency.

"The national stockpile was released to oil refiners at 10:59 am [01:59 GMT]," stated Kaname Morimoto, a ministry of economy, trade, and industry official.


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Iran War Live Updates: Missile and drone launches at Persian Gulf countries continued unabated on Thursday morning, NewYork Times reported. The United Arab Emirates' officials said that their air defenses were reacting to Iranian drones and rockets. The Kuwait National Guard and Saudi Arabia's military ministry claimed to have intercepted drones, however they did not specify their origin. The interior ministry of Bahrain claimed that "Iranian aggression" was the source of the fire, however it provided no information regarding the attack or the targeted institution.

Iran War Live Updates: Two teenage boys were killed in a US-Israeli attack on a residential area in the village of Kafri in the county of Shiraz on Wednesday evening, IRNa reported.The deceased were identified as Ilya and Amir Hossein Sharafi.

Iran War Live Updates: The deployment might provide US President  Donald Trump with more military options following the delivery of a 15-point plan to the Iranians via Pakistan, New York Times reported.

Iran War Live Updates: According to the commander of the US military's Central Command, the US has attacked more than two-thirds of Iran's munitions facilities. US Navy Adm. The remarks were delivered by Brad Cooper in a video that Central Command issued early on Thursday.

"More than two-thirds of Iran's missile, drone, and naval production facilities and shipyards have been damaged or destroyed today—and we're not done yet," Cooper declared. "We are headed toward the total eradication of Iran's larger military manufacturing apparatus." The Associated Press's analysis of satellite images revealed Israeli and American raids on shipyards and missile sites, despite Planet Labs PBC's two-week wait.

Iran War Live Updates: The Russian state news agency Tass reported on Wednesday that Russia intended to conduct "several rounds of personnel evacuations" from Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, according to Alexei Likhachev, president of Rosatom, the Russian atomic energy business. Russia's worry is indicated by the personnel evacuations. A similar event happened there last week, and on Tuesday a projectile struck the grounds of the Iranian plant that Russia assists in running. According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri S. Peskov, Moscow was in constant communication with the International Atomic Energy Agency over the matter, Tass pointed out.

Iran War Live Updates: According to Bahrain's Ministry of Interior, civil defense teams successfully put out a fire at a facility in the Muharraq district without causing any injuries. Sirens also sounded in the United Arab Emirates, while Saudi Arabia claimed to have intercepted over a dozen in the Eastern Province, which is home to most of its oil facilities.

Iran War Live Updates: According to the Israeli military forces, the attacks targetted the city of Ishfahan in Central Iran, Al Jazeera reported