Dubai, Mar 14 (AP) President Donald Trump said US forces “obliterated” military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, home to the main terminal that handles the country’s oil exports. The speaker of the Iranian parliament had warned that such strikes would provoke a new level of retaliation.
Meanwhile, an American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship were sent to the Middle East nearly two weeks into the US-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic.
Iran has continued to launch widespread missile and drone attacks on Israel and neighbouring Gulf states, and has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s traded oil passes, even as US and Israeli warplanes pummel military and other targets across Iran.
Here is the latest: 2 tankers are loading oil from Iran’s Kharg Island, a vessel-tracker says ——————————————————————————– According to TankerTrackers, two tankers were loading oil on Kharg on Saturday, hours after the US said it struck Iranian military facilities there.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says 26 paramedics have been killed by Israeli strikes ——————————————————————————————- Another 51 paramedics and medical workers have been wounded since the latest round of Israel-Hezbollah fighting began on March 2.
The latest strike on Friday night in the southern village of Burj Qalaouiyah hit a health care centre, killing 12 people and seriously wounding one. A search is ongoing for four people who are still under the rubble, the ministry said.
The ministry said that Israel has been intentionally targeting medical workers, adding that claims by Israel’s military spokesman that ambulances are being used for military purposes are pretexts to justify the attacks.
Earlier Saturday, the Israeli military’s Arabic spokesman said Hezbollah is widely using ambulances for military purposes. He said the militant group should stop, or the Israeli military will act.
UAE reports drone and missile attacks ——————————————– Nine ballistic missiles and 33 drones were fired Saturday toward the United Arab Emirates, the Defence Ministry said.
It said the total number of projectiles fired at the country since Feb. 28 included 1,600 drones, 294 ballistic missiles and 15 cruise missiles. The attacks have killed six people and wounded 141 others, it said.
Iranian lawmaker says Ukraine’s drone support makes it a legitimate war target —————————————————————————————— In a post on X Saturday, Ebrahim Azizi, the head of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, said that by providing drone support to Israel, Ukraine has “effectively become involved in the war.” He said the entire country became a target for Iran.
Iran says US and Israeli strikes damaged about 43,000 residential and commercial units —————————————————————————————————- Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said the damaged structures included 36,469 residential units and 6,179 commercial facilities, according to state-run IRNA news agency.
Iran hasn’t provided any information about military losses and damage.
Mohajerani, meanwhile, said the war has taken a heavy toll on women, with 223 women and girls killed and 2,129 others wounded since Feb. 28. She didn’t provide an overall death toll, but previously, authorities have said that 1,230 people have been killed. (AP) SKS SKS
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