Iran is responding to the strikes by launching missile and drone attacks on Israel and Gulf states hosting US bases.

Israel said it deployed more forces in Lebanon to protect its people, but its military chief said the goal is more ambitious: to disarm Hezbollah. Israel made plans for the incursion well in advance.

While Israel had managed to drop 2,500 bombs on the Islamic Republic's forces already by Monday night, a pace which, within a couple of days, could exceed all the bombs dropped on in June 2025.

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The June 2025 conflict with Iran depleted Israeli and U.S. stocks of antiballistic missiles. If there is another war, the pressure will be on to destroy Iranian missiles before they can be launched.

Israeli forces operating in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday shot and killed a terrorist who crossed the Yellow Line and approached troops, the Israel Defense Forces said. Separately, the army

The UK will send helicopters with counter drone capabilities and air defence destroyer HMS Dragon to protect British military personnel in Cyprus, the Prime Minister has said as the widening war between Iran and the US and its allies continues into its fourth day.

By Maya Gebeily, Maayan Lubell and Jana Choukeir BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 3 (Reuters) - Lebanon was pulled deeper into the war in the Middle East on Tuesday as the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah launched missiles at Israel for a second consecutive day and Israel sent troops into the south and carried out waves of airstrikes.

US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel’s military said it has begun a ‘broad wave of attacks’ across Iran, hitting missile launch sites and air defence systems. Meanwhile, Iran’s Assembly of Experts has reportedly chosen Ali Khamenei’s son,

The death occurred after a joint U.S. and Israeli aerial bombardment that targeted Iranian military and governmental sites.

Witnesses told Reuters that the Lebanese army had pulled out of at least seven forward operating positions along the border