Donald Trump has declared that he would only accept Tehran\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d<\/a> and Israel has traded fresh attacks with Iran and Lebanon.<\/p>\n The US president\u2019s comments on social media on Friday came hours after Iran\u2019s president announced that unnamed countries had begun mediation efforts, briefly raising the possibility, however faint, of a diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n If you are just catching up on the latest, here is a summary of what you need to know.<\/p>\n US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said US firepower was \u201cabout to surge dramatically\u201d against Iran, while the Israeli military said it was moving to a new phase of its offensive.<\/p>\n Explosions could be heard in Israel on Friday as its defences activated to shoot down incoming Iranian fire.<\/p>\n The United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia all reported fresh drone and missile attacks.<\/p>\n Israel expanded the war in Lebanon<\/a>, pounding Beirut on Friday after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the city\u2019s southern suburbs.<\/p>\n Israel launched a new wave of attacks on Iran, saying 50 of its warplanes had hit a bunker still being used by Iran\u2019s leadership beneath slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\u2019s destroyed Tehran compound.<\/p>\n Russia has been sharing intelligence with Iran about US targets in the region, according to news reports. In response US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said the US was \u201cnot concerned\u201d and was \u201ctracking everything\u201d and factoring it into battle plans.<\/p>\n At least 1,332 people have been killed in Iran since the US-Israel first launched strikes on 28 February, Iravani said, citing the Iranian Red Crescent Society.<\/p>\n The Lebanese health ministry has reported 123 people killed and 683 wounded after Israeli attacks. About 300,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon in the past four days, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.37 EST<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Blasts heard in Dubai and Manama<\/p>\n Explosions have been heard in Dubai and Manama on Saturday.<\/p>\n Two blasts were heard in Dubai and one in Manama, Bahrain\u2019s capital, where a warning siren sounded, AFP has just reported.<\/p>\n Bahrain\u2019s interior ministry posted on X<\/a>:<\/p>\n double quotation markCitizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place.<\/p>\n The blasts came as Iran<\/a> has continued its retaliatory strikes against Gulf countries that host US forces.<\/p>\n Dubai authorities earlier reportedly said that a \u201cminor incident\u201d that resulted from the fall of debris after an interception had been contained.<\/p>\n Smoke rises after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers, which houses the Israeli embassy, in Manama on Friday. Photograph: ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.23 EST<\/p>\n Blast in Jerusalem after missile alert \u2013 report<\/p>\n An explosion was heard in Jerusalem on Saturday after air raid sirens warned of an incoming Iranian missile attack, AFP is reporting.<\/p>\n The Israeli military said earlier that air defences were \u201coperating to intercept the threat\u201d, before giving the all-clear.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.20 EST<\/p>\n A blast has been reported in Jerusalem after an Iranian missile alert.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll bring you more on this as it comes to hand.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.06 EST<\/p>\n US approves $151m arms sale to Israel<\/p>\n The US state department has approved the sale of $151.8m worth of munitions to Israel<\/a> on Friday amid the escalating Middle East war.<\/p>\n The sale of 12,000 requested 1,000-pound (470km) bomb bodies was approved by the state department\u2019s bureau of political-military affairs, according to a press release on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe proposed sale will improve Israel\u2019s capability to meet current and future threats, strengthen its homeland defense, and serve as a deterrent to regional threats,\u201d the bureau said in a statement cited by the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Opening summary<\/p>\n Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran<\/a> as the conflict continues to expand as it enters its second week.<\/p>\n Donald Trump has declared that he would only accept Tehran\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d<\/a> and Israel has traded fresh attacks with Iran and Lebanon.<\/p>\n The US president\u2019s comments on social media on Friday came hours after Iran\u2019s president announced that unnamed countries had begun mediation efforts, briefly raising the possibility, however faint, of a diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n If you are just catching up on the latest, here is a summary of what you need to know.<\/p>\n US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said US firepower was \u201cabout to surge dramatically\u201d against Iran, while the Israeli military said it was moving to a new phase of its offensive.<\/p>\n Explosions could be heard in Israel on Friday as its defences activated to shoot down incoming Iranian fire.<\/p>\n The United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia all reported fresh drone and missile attacks.<\/p>\n![\"Smoke](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4101.jpg\")
Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli airstrike on the Dahieh suburb of southern Beirut on Friday. Photograph: Wael Hamzeh\/EPA<\/p>\n