Iran war live: US, Israel attack ignites worst trade disruption in 80 years

US President Donald Trump denied being “desperate” to make a deal with Iran as he mixed threats with diplomacy in a push to wrap up his war in the Middle East.

Holding his first cabinet meeting since the start of the US-Israeli attack, Trump insisted Iran is “begging” for a deal despite Tehran’s denials.

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• Loud booms could be heard across Israel as it was repeatedly targeted by barrages from Iran. Its Magen David Adom emergency service said a man in his 30s was killed in the area of Nahariya, the country’s northernmost coastal city.
• In the United Arab Emirates, two people were reported killed by shrapnel from a missile interception over Abu Dhabi.
• Since the war began, more than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran, Deputy Health Minister Ali Jafarian told Al Jazeera.
• At least 18 people have died in Israel, while three Israeli soldiers have also been killed in Lebanon.
• At least 13 American troops have been killed and dozens wounded.
• More than a dozen civilians in the occupied West Bank and Gulf Arab states have also died.

Iran’s military headquarters says it targeted “various types of Israeli military vessels in the eastern Mediterranean” as well as “the fuel tanks of Israeli fighter jets in the port of Haifa”.

“We are determined to powerfully target the source of all aggression and evil, with the grace of God,” Revolutionary Guard spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Ebrahim Zolfaghari was cited as stating in state media.

Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of driving the country into a “security catastrophe” as the war intensifies.

Speaking on the 27th day of Israel’s war on Iran and Lebanon, Lapid said the military is overstretched and lacks the resources to sustain operations across multiple fronts.

“Our pilots, our fighters are currently writing glorious chapters in the history of the State of Israel … But the [Israeli army] is being pushed to the limit, beyond its limits,” he said, warning the government has left “the army wounded, abandoned on the battlefield.”

“The government is sending the army to fight a war on several fronts without a strategy, without the necessary resources and with far too few soldiers,” he added.

Iran has set out its conditions for ending the war, rejecting a US list of 15 demands.

Tehran says the proposal does not reflect reality, while US President Donald Trump has threatened to “unleash hell” if his terms are not accepted.

What are the red lines for both sides?

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Lebanon’s deputy prime minister, Tarek Mitri, has accused Israel of committing war crimes during its ongoing bombardment, warning parts of the country risk being devastated in the same way as Gaza.

“[Bezalel] Smotrich, the finance minister, has said we will turn southern Lebanon into Khan Younis, which is the southern part of Gaza. We have real fears that this is the case,” he told Sky News UK.

Mitri said authorities are documenting systematic violations of international humanitarian law, including the targeting of emergency workers.

“There is no doubt that Israel is committing war crimes. It’s violating the Geneva Accord,” he said.

At least 42 paramedics have been killed since Israel escalated its war on Lebanon on March 2.

Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have killed more than 1,116 people.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says intermediary countries are “passing messages and progress has been made” in talks with Iran.

“There’s a growing amount of energy that’s been flowing through the straits, not as much as should be flowing, but some of it has picked up,” he told reporters.

“There’s been some progress in regards to the exchange of messages, but that’s an ongoing and fluid process, and not one we’re going to negotiate or talk about in the media.”

Rubio said the Strait of Hormuz “can be open tomorrow if Iran stops threatening global shipping”.

“For all these countries that care about international law, they should be doing something about it,” he added.

The richest one percent are cashing in on war, while you’ll be stuck with higher bills.

As oil and gas profits surge during global conflict, rich Americans are seeing the biggest gains.

At the same time, rising energy costs mean things are about to get more expensive for everyone else.

Watch below for our breakdown of the situation:

The richest 1% are cashing in on the war on Iran, while you’ll be stuck with higher bills.

tabish.talib breaks down the economic impact of the conflict. pic.twitter.com/UIYyPQAgHk

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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has condemned “the discovery of a terrorist cell in Kuwait” in a call with its leader Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

Kuwait has announced several arrests allegedly linked to Hezbollah in recent weeks.

Salam “expressed his regret that two of the accused belong to Hezbollah”, according to the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry.

Hezbollah earlier denied it has any presence in Kuwait, a day after the Gulf country announced more arrests of people allegedly linked to the Iran-backed group.

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry has said Lebanese authorities are ready “to cooperate in the investigations”.

Let’s get you up to speed:

• Israel’s attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 1,116 people, the country’s health ministry said.
• US envoy Steve Witkoff says there are “strong signs” Iran could be convinced to make a peace deal, confirming that Washington had passed a 15-point plan to Tehran through mediator Pakistan.
• Iran has allowed 10 oil tankers to pass through the strategic Strait of Hormuz as a “present”, to show it is serious about negotiations to end the war, the US president says.
• The Israeli army again issued a displacement threat for all residents of Lebanon who live south of the Zahrani River.
• US Central Command said in a post on X that Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy, was killed. Iran has not confirmed the news.
• The price of the international benchmark, Brent North Sea crude, jumped by 5.2 percent to $107.54 per barrel.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had a phone call with his Kazakh counterpart, Yermek Kosherbayev, discussing the war, Tasnim news agency has reported.

Kosherbayev expressed concern about the current situation, urging an end to the war, and said his country is ready to play a role in helping to restore stability and security to the region.

Araghchi, for his part, said that “The action of the Zionist [Israeli] regime and the United States in targeting the Anzali port has severely endangered security and stability in the Caspian Sea, and it is necessary for the littoral states to have a unified and decisive reaction against this criminal and destabilising act”.

A plan submitted by Donald Trump’s Board of Peace Director-General Nickolay Mladenov for the disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian groups in Gaza has been seen by Al Jazeera.

The proposal would see disarmament – one of the components of the October ceasefire to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza – implemented gradually over an eight-month, multiphase process.

It would see disarmament in exchange for Israel fulfilling its own obligations, including allowing reconstruction materials into Gaza to begin the work of rebuilding the enclave after Israel’s devastation of the territory since October 2023.

Israel would also allow an increase in humanitarian aid entering Gaza, and the plan envisions the transfer of the administration of the Palestinian territory to a national committee.

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Support for Israel in the United States has plummeted since the start of the genocide in Gaza across the political spectrum and all ages.

Even before the war launched on Iran, support for Israel among US citizens dramatically decreased, according to a Gallup poll, marking an unprecedented shift in decades of overwhelming, unconditional backing.

About 36 percent said they remain more favourable to the Israelis, while 41 percent of Americans said said they sympathise more with Palestinians now.

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Support for Israel has plummeted in the U.S. – but can it have real consequences? @Dena explains. pic.twitter.com/0irpo07mIf

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The ⁠World Bank Group says ⁠it will support client ⁠governments as they deal with challenges brought on by the ‌war across the Middle East, including major increases in energy costs, by leveraging fast-disbursing policy financing instruments.

“We are ready to respond at scale – combining immediate financial relief with policy expertise and private sector support for the recovery of jobs and growth”, the ⁠development lender said ⁠in a statement

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, has commended Hezbollah for conducting “87 operations in a single night”.

“Before the outbreak of the war, I said in an interview that Hezbollah is more vibrant with life than ever before,” he said on X, adding that the group’s “lightning-quick operations and the continuous precision strikes that have inflicted severe losses” on Israel’s equipment and forces prove “the truth of the promises of the martyred Sayyid”, an apparent reference to assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.