Reside: US warns bombardment to ‘surge dramatically’ as Israel strikes Iran, Lebanon

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Issued on: 06/03/2026 - 04:35 Modified: 06/03/2026 - 04:55

Smoke rises after Israeli assaults within the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, March 6, 2026 © Mohamed Azakir, Reuters Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon early Friday because the US apparently struck an Iranian drone service at sea, intensifying its marketing campaign concentrating on the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships. Learn our liveblog for the newest developments.

06/03/2026 - 04:55 Trump urges Iranian Kurds to assault Iran as warfare widens US President Donald Trump inspired Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq to launch assaults towards Iran because the Center East battle widened.

On the opportunity of the Iranian Kurdish forces getting into Iran, Trump advised Reuters on Thursday: "I believe it is great that they need to try this, I would be all for it."

Two Iranian drone assaults focused an Iranian opposition camp in Iraqi Kurdistan on Thursday, safety sources stated.

Iranian Kurdish militias have consulted with the USA in latest days about whether or not, and the way, to assault Iran's safety forces within the western a part of the nation, in response to three sources with data of the matter.

06/03/2026 - 04:44 Lebanese state media says Israel launched air strikes on southern Lebanon Lebanese state media stated Friday that Israel had launched air strikes on a number of cities in southern Lebanon.

"Enemy warplanes launched nighttime strikes on the cities of Srifa, Aita al-Shaab, Touline, Sawana and Majdal Selm," the official Nationwide Information Company (NNA) reported.

One other strike focused the japanese Lebanese city of Dours at daybreak, the NNA stated.

06/03/2026 - 04:26 Hezbollah claims duty for strikes on Israeli military Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claimed duty on Friday for a wave of strikes concentrating on Israeli forces, in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Lebanon the day earlier than.

The Iran-backed group stated in three separate statements on Telegram that its fighters had launched rockets and artillery shells at border positions early Friday, hours after firing rockets at Israeli barracks within the occupied Golan Heights and at a navy base within the Haifa port.

There have been no stories of casualties.

06/03/2026 - 04:25 Iran Guards launch missiles at Israel's Tel Aviv, Iran state media stories Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards introduced a wave of missile launches on the Israeli business hub of Tel Aviv on Friday, in response to Iran's state information company IRNA.

"Missiles headed towards Tel Aviv," IRNA stated, reporting a Guards assertion on "a mixed missile and drone assault... concentrating on areas within the coronary heart of Tel Aviv".

The Israeli army stated it had begun hanging what it described as infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahiyeh, after earlier telling residents to depart their houses forward of the bombardment. Contemporary waves of explosions, most from interceptions, additionally rocked Dubai, Doha and Manama. NATO stated it has strengthened its "ballistic missile defence posture" as Iran steps up its retaliatory strikes throughout the Center East with a missile launched at alliance-member Turkey earlier than being shot down. (FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)