Residents of the Lebanese capital were awoken by the sounds of about a dozen blasts at 3am on Monday, as Israel<\/a> struck three locations in Beirut\u2019s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs.<\/p>\n The explosions rocked windows around the capital and were heard from miles away. People in southern Lebanon heard warplanes and bombs being dropped as airstrikes were carried out over wide swathes of the south of the country, collapsing buildings in the villages near Tyre, southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n Israel carried out the heavy airstrikes on Beirut after the Iran-backed group launched missiles and drones towards Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran\u2019s supreme leader, <\/a>Ali Khamenei<\/a>.<\/p>\n An Israeli military spokesperson issued evacuation orders for 55 different villages and towns across Lebanon, asking people to get at least 1,000 metres away from them as they are near \u201cHezbollah operatives and facilities\u201d.<\/p>\n Streams of people began to flee the Beirut suburb of Dahieh by car and by foot, and lines of cars began to form outside petrol stations in the southern city of Tyre as residents began to head northwards. The highways from Dahieh to the capital city were gridlocked with scooters and cars driving over rubble and debris from the earlier strikes.<\/p>\n In the south, people drove northwards on both sides of the highway to escape the traffic.<\/p>\n Videos showed the tops of buildings in Dahieh engulfed in flames, while burnt out husks of cars lay at the feet of the crumpled buildings. As they scrambled to flee, witnesses reported seeing rocket barrages flying from south Lebanon towards Israel.<\/p>\n See the full report here:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.52 EST<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 31 \u2013 report<\/p>\n Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 31 people and wounded 149, AFP is citing a Lebanese ministry as saying.<\/p>\n More on this soon.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.49 EST<\/p>\n Iran launches another attack wave on Israel and Gulf states<\/p>\n Loud explosions were heard across the Gulf cities of Dubai, Doha and Manama as well as in Jerusalem on Monday as Tehran pressed into a third day of strikes against Israel<\/a> and Gulf neighbours in response to the US-Israeli attacks.<\/p>\n Agence France-Presse reported several loud blasts being heard in the Qatari and Bahraini capitals, as well as in the United Arab Emirates\u2019 most populous city.<\/p>\n The Israeli air force said on X<\/a> a short while ago that missiles had been launched from Iran towards Israel and defence systems were operating to intercept them.<\/p>\n The post also said it had directed the public via mobile phones in relevant areas to go to \u201cprotected spaces\u201d and stay until further notice.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.48 EST<\/p>\n Explosions have been heard over Jerusalem after an Iranian missile alert.<\/p>\n Blasts were also heard in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, Doha in Qatar and Manama in Bahrain, news agency reports are saying.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll bring you more on these as it comes to light.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.34 EST<\/p>\n Israeli general says strikes on Lebanon will intensify<\/p>\n A senior Israeli general said on Monday the military would intensify its attacks on Lebanon, after launching strikes in response to rocket fire claimed by Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.<\/p>\n \u201cHezbollah chose the Iranian regime over the State of Lebanon and initiated an attack on our civilians … they will pay a heavy price,\u201d said Rafi Milo, head of the Israeli military\u2019s northern command.<\/p>\n \u201cThe strikes continue, their intensity will increase,\u201d AFP quoted him as saying in a military statement.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.19 EST<\/p>\n The suspected drone attack on the UK\u2019s RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus came just hours after Britain agreed to let the US use British military bases<\/a> to attack Iranian missile sites.<\/p>\n The UK has so far not been involved in the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, but in a recorded statement on Sunday evening the prime minister, Keir Starmer, said Iran\u2019s approach was becoming more reckless and putting British lives at risk, leading to the decision to allow the US to use two of its military bases.<\/p>\n The suspected drone strike caused limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot authorities and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.<\/p>\n A security alert put out to residents in the vicinity of Akrotiri by the British base\u2019s administration advised residents to shelter in place until further notice following the impact.<\/p>\n Police check vehicles on the road leading to RAF Akrotiri military base in Cyprus on Monday after the strike. Photograph: Yiannis Kourtoglou\/Reuters<\/p>\n An MoD spokesperson said:<\/p>\n double quotation markOur armed forces are responding to a suspected drone strike at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus<\/a> at midnight local time. Our force protection in the region is at the highest level and the base has responded to defend our people.<\/p>\n Britain retains sovereignty over the territory of two bases on Cyprus, which is a member of the EU. RAF Akrotiri covers a sprawling, square-shaped peninsula on the southern tip of the eastern Mediterranean island. The last time it was directly attacked was by Libyan militants in the mid-1980s.<\/p>\n You can read the full report here:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a000.11 EST<\/p>\n Kuwait has intercepted drones approaching the country and no injuries have been reported, the official Kuwait News Agency has said, citing the civil defence chief.<\/p>\n Brig Gen Mohammad Al-Mansouri said the reported audible explosions in some residential areas were from the drones being intercepted at dawn on Monday.<\/p>\n The report also said he assured the public that \u201cthe situation in the country remains stable\u201d and that there was no cause for concern as authorities continued to monitor regional developments.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Iran’s security chief says it ‘won’t negotiate’ with US<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s security chief has declared: \u201cWe will not negotiate with the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n The social media post<\/a> from Ali Larijani \u2013 who was a close loyalist and adviser to the country\u2019s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei \u2013 came in response to reports that Iran is trying to revive negotiations with Washington.<\/p>\n Donald Trump said earlier that Iran\u2019s new leadership wanted to talk to him and that he had agreed, according to an interview with the Atlantic.<\/p>\n \u201cThey want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,\u201d the US president said. \u201cThey should have done it sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>At least 10 killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut \u2013 report<\/p>\n Israeli strikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut have left at least 10 people dead, according to a medical source quoted by Reuters just now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.57 EST<\/p>\n The Lebanese president, Joseph Aoun, has said rocket attacks on Israel on Monday hurt his government\u2019s efforts to spare Lebanon from a regional war.<\/p>\n \u201cThe launching of missiles from Lebanese territory this morning targets all the efforts and endeavours made by the Lebanese state to keep Lebanon away from the dangerous military confrontations taking place in the region,\u201d Aoun said in a statement, cited by AFP.<\/p>\n The Iran-backed Hezbollah had earlier claimed responsibility for launching rocket and drone attacks on Israel on Monday in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth will hold a press conference on Monday morning about the joint US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, the first by a senior Trump-administration official since strikes began on Saturday.<\/p>\n The press conference would be held at 8am local time (1300 GMT), the Pentagon said. Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, would also take part.<\/p>\n Hegseth will visit Congress on Tuesday with secretary of state Marco Rubio to brief lawmakers on the progress of the military operation, the White House said on Sunday.<\/p>\n Democrats in opposition have complained that they were not consulted before the operation began.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a023.05 EST<\/p>\n ABC News\u2019s chief Washington correspondent, Jonathan Karl, has said Donald Trump told him the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran<\/a>, \u201cbut they were killed in the initial attack\u201d.<\/p>\n Karl said Trump told him:<\/p>\n double quotation markThe attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates \u2026 It\u2019s not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead.<\/p>\n Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack.<\/p>\n “The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates,” Trump told me. “It’s not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because\u2026<\/p>\n![\"Israel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772431089_7_1920.jpg\")
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People leave in their cars after Israeli strikes on Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs on Monday. Photograph: Ahmad Al Kerdi\/Reuters<\/p>\n