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Issued on: 18/03/2026 - 02:30 Modified: 18/03/2026 - 03:11

An condo broken by a missile strike is seen in Ramat Gan, within the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel on March 18, 2026. © Ilia Yefimovich, AFP Iran's Supreme Nationwide Safety Council late on Tuesday confirmed Israeli claims that the nation's safety chief Ali Larijani had been killed. Israel had beforehand introduced that the highest Iranian official was killed in an in a single day air strike. Learn our liveblog to see how the day's occasions unfolded.

18/03/2026 - 03:11 At the least 6 useless, 24 wounded in Israeli strikes on central Beirut Lebanon's well being ministry mentioned that two Israeli strikes on central Beirut early Wednesday killed no less than six folks and wounded 24 others, noting the toll was preliminary.

"Human stays have been additionally recovered from the positioning and their identities can be decided after DNA testing," the ministry assertion mentioned.

18/03/2026 - 03:10 Iranian projectile hits close to Australian army HQ in UAE, no accidents An Iranian projectile hit close to Australia's army headquarters for the Center East within the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday however brought on no accidents, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned. It landed at 2:15 am native time (10:15 am GMT Tuesday) close to the Al Minhad base.

"I can affirm that no Australian personnel have been injured, and everybody is completely secure," Albanese instructed reporters.

18/03/2026 - 03:09 Two killed close to Tel Aviv after Iranian missile launches Two folks have been killed close to Tel Aviv throughout an Iranian missile barrage, Israeli medics mentioned on Wednesday, as safety companies reported that falling munitions had hit a number of websites.

The deaths introduced the toll from missiles fired on Israel to 14 and got here after one other day of one other day of heavy Israeli bombardments of targets in Iran and Lebanon.

The Magen David Adom emergency responders mentioned the fatalities occurred in Ramat Gan, a metropolis close to the Israeli industrial hub of Tel Aviv.

18/03/2026 - 02:35 US hit Iran missile websites close to strait of Hormuz with 'bunker buster' bombs The US army mentioned it had hit Iranian missile websites close to the strategic Strait of Hormuz with a number of the strongest bombs within the US arsenal.

"US forces efficiently employed a number of 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile websites alongside Iran's shoreline close to the Strait of Hormuz," Central Command mentioned in a press release on X. "The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these websites posed a danger to worldwide transport within the strait."

The bombing raid comes after Iran closed off the strategic waterway, via which one-fifth of the world's oil flows, in retaliation for the warfare on the nation by the US and Israel.

The bomb – which in line with an Air Power Occasions report in 2022 value an estimated $288,000 every – are nonetheless much less highly effective than the 30,000-pound (13,600-kg) bombs dropped by the US in opposition to Iranian nuclear websites final 12 months.

18/03/2026 - 02:22 Israeli strike hits central Beirut Lebanese media mentioned Israeli strikes hit central Beirut and the town's southern suburbs early Wednesday, in raids that got here with out warning.

Native media reported one strike hit an condo within the central Zuqaq al-Blat neighbourhood, the place the Israeli army final week hit a Beirut department of the Hezbollah-linked monetary agency Al-Qard Al-Hassan. The realm is near the federal government's headquarters and several other embassies. In final week's strike there, the Israeli army had launched an evacuation warning prematurely.

One other strike hit the central Basta district, the place Israel had struck throughout a 2024 warfare between Israel and Hezbollah, in line with media stories.

Yesterday's key developments: Iran confirms an in a single day Israeli strike killed the nation's safety chief, Ali Larijani.

Tens of hundreds of thousands extra folks will face acute starvation if the Iran warfare continues via to June, in line with evaluation from the World Meals Programme.

President Emmanuel Macron mentioned France would by no means participate in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and that France was carrying on with work to arrange a coalition that would present freedom of navigation as soon as hostilities ended.