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BREAKING | Hezbollah announces in a statement that its fighters lured invading Israeli forces into a well-prepared ambush on the southern outskirts of Khiam while they attempted to retrieve their dead, striking them with appropriate weapons and directly hitting a Merkava tank, the third destroyed in the ongoing clash, which was seen burning.
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❗️A source in Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) tells Al Jazeera that 5 were killed and more than 18 wounded in two airstrikes targeting the headquarters of the PMF’s 40th Brigade northwest of Kirkuk.
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❗️Lebanese sources are reporting fierce battles between Lebanese resistance fighters and invading Israeli occupation forces in Khiam, southern Lebanon, where a Merkava tank has allegedly been targeted.
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⭕️ Hezbollah announces 21 operations against Israeli forces and sites on 9 March
Border clashes:
Hezbollah fighters said they targeted an Israeli bulldozer and two military vehicles at Qaba hill on the southeastern outskirts of Markaba with guided missiles, claiming confirmed hits.
The group also reported repeated attacks on Israeli forces attempting to advance toward Khellet al-Mahafir near Odaisseh and toward Aitaroun, using artillery fire to repel them. Hezbollah said one infiltrating Israeli force advancing toward Odaisseh was later engaged with rocket salvos, machine-gun fire, and rocket-propelled grenades, forcing it to retreat back toward Khellet al-Mahafir.
Additional rocket fire targeted Israeli troops advancing from Aqaba hill near Markaba, from the Barsima neighborhood in Rab Thalathin, and in Wadi Hunin opposite Markaba, while another salvo struck Israeli soldiers at the Baghdadi position opposite Mays al-Jabal.
Separately, Hezbollah said it confronted a renewed Israeli helicopter-borne infiltration near Nabi Chit after detecting around 15 Israeli helicopters approaching from the Syrian direction and flying over Janta, Yahfoufa, Nabi Chit, Arsal, and Ras Baalbek. According to the group, several helicopters inserted an infantry force in the Serghaya plain, which was then engaged by Hezbollah fighters using appropriate weapons.
Drone attacks:
Hezbollah said it launched a suicide drone attack on the headquarters of the Israeli army’s 146th Division in Ga’aton, east of Nahariya.
Rocket/missile strikes:
The group reported rocket salvos against Kiryat Shmona twice after issuing warnings to residents, as well as a separate rocket attack on Nahariya following a warning.
Hezbollah also said it fired rockets at several Israeli military positions and troop concentrations, including Khellet al-Mahafir near Odaisseh, Qaba hill near Markaba, the Abbad position opposite Houla, and the Manara position opposite Houla.
Strategic military targets:
• Zeev air defense base in Haifa with a qualitative rocket salvo
• A satellite communications station in the Valley of Elah (Beit Shemesh), belonging to the Israeli army’s communications and cyber defense branch and located 160 km from the Lebanese border
• Ramla base, the Home Front Command headquarters southeast of Tel Aviv, located 135 km from the Lebanese-Palestinian border, with a salvo of qualitative rockets
❗️A drone attack targeted an Iranian opposition group northeast of Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
(Reuters, citing security sources)
BREAKING | Iranian state television reports several people were wounded following US-Israeli attacks targeting an industrial city east of Tehran.
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Despite Gulf countries denying involvement and saying the US is not using their territory to attack Iran, photos published by US CENTCOM show US ground forces launching HIMARS rockets toward Iran from the desert in the Gulf region.
Another video filmed in Kuwait shows empty US ammunition containers believed to have been used in strikes against Iran.
❗️Spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces:
"Our message to the enemy is this: high-volume fire will continue to rain down upon you. The panic of the Zionists while fleeing 'Ben Gurion' airport reflects the reality of the dire and pathetic state of the incompetent regime. Moment by moment, the world will close in on you, and fleeing to cramped, dark shelters will become an even greater habit for you.
The blood in our veins has found a new current. We are eager to battle the invaders of our land. We possess a firm, iron-clad will, and we protect the integrity of this land with our very lives. We will deal with you harshly, and a grim fate awaits you. God is invincible and the master of retribution."
"We've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough."
• US President Trump
❗️Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi 'thanks' US Central Command (CENTCOM) for admitting it is using neighboring countries’ territory to deploy HIMARS systems against Iran, including in the targeting of a desalination plant, warning that Tehran’s missiles could destroy those systems “wherever they are” in retaliation.
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⭕️ Iran's IRGC announced the 33rd wave of Operation True Promise 4, saying it launched a large volley of solid-fuel Kheibar Shekan missiles with one-ton warheads against US and [Israeli] targets.
According to the statement, more than 10 missiles struck Tel Aviv, and the US Navy’s 5th Fleet base in Bahrain was also targeted, and the missiles hit their designated targets.
The IRGC added that despite strict censorship imposed by the Israeli army, footage of missile impacts and penetrations of the Iron Dome system has begun circulating on social media.
⭕️ Iran's IRGC said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed an advanced Orbiter-4 reconnaissance drone over Isfahan.
"The sky of Isfahan has become a nightmare for the enemy's drones."
According to the statement, 7 enemy drones have now been downed over Isfahan alone, and Iranian forces vowed to continue military operations “until the enemy is brought to its knees.”
⭕️ A short while ago, Lebanon's Hezbollah issued its 21st statement of the day, announcing that its fighters targeted the Al-Manara position opposite the border town of Houla with a rocket salvo.
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❗️According to Iranian media, President Pezeshkian informed Turkish President Erdogan that Tehran is ready to form a joint team to investigate allegations that Iran launched missile attacks on Turkiye.
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VIDEO | Scenes of an Iranian missile in the sky after Israel's failure to intercept it.
There are reports of impacts amid severe censorship.
🇮🇶 Islamic Resistance in Iraq reports that over the past 24 hours, its fighters have carried out 37 operations, in which dozens of drones and missiles were used against enemy bases in Iraq and the region.
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VIDEO | Iraqi resistance group Saraya Awliya al-Dam publishes footage of its fighters launching a swarm of drones at the US Victoria Base at Baghdad Airport.
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❗️About 30 rockets/missiles have been launched from Lebanon and Iran towards northern Israeli sites since midnight.
(Israel's Channel 12)
BREAKING | Syria’s Army Operations Command, cited by SANA, has claimed that artillery shells fell on Syrian territory near the town of Serghaya west of Damascus, alleging they were fired from Lebanese territory.
According to the Syrian side, “Hezbollah militias” were responsible for launching the shells toward Syrian Arab Army positions near Serghaya, adding that reinforcements from the group had been observed arriving along the Syrian–Lebanese border. Syrian officials said they are monitoring the situation, coordinating with the Lebanese army, and studying possible responses, warning that the Syrian army “will not tolerate any attack targeting Syria.”
❗️Iranian fragmentation missile makes its way toward its target in the north after Israel failed to intercept it.
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VIDEO | Footage of extremely violent attacks on Tehran, with reports that the US and Israel are attacking electricity infrastructure.
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❗️Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon, Ali Shoeib:
"Israeli occupation tanks are carrying out ground movements along several axes in southern Lebanon. A large number of tanks advanced from the towns of Odaisseh and Rab al-Thalathine toward the town of Taybeh, and from the Maroun al-Ras plain toward the Khanouq neighborhood in Aitaroun, with helicopters participating and firing heavy machine-gun bursts toward the town. Similar movements are also reported along the Ramyeh–Qawzah–al-Salhani axis.
At the same time, rocket barrages continue to be launched toward these advancing forces, while explosions and heavy gunfire can be heard across several border areas."
BREAKING | Israel announces the start of yet another "broad wave of strikes" in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
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❗️Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister to state television:
"Some countries, including China, Russia, and France, have contacted Iran regarding a potential ceasefire, adding that Tehran’s primary condition is that no further aggression be carried out."
VIDEO | Footage reportedly shows a drone strike on a US target in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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⭕️ Saudi Arabia claims drones intercepted near major Shaybah oil field
Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry spokesperson announced that nine drones were intercepted and destroyed over the Empty Quarter while heading toward the Shaybah oil field.
Shaybah is one of the largest oil fields in the world and a key pillar of Saudi Aramco’s production, with proven reserves estimated at 14–14.8 billion barrels and a maximum production capacity of about one million barrels per day of high-quality extra-light crude. Located deep in the Rub’ al-Khali desert near the UAE border, the field functions as a fully integrated industrial complex with more than 145 wells, processing facilities, its own airport, and a 645-km pipeline linking it to eastern Saudi export infrastructure.
⭕️ Israel's Channel 12 reports, citing a senior Israeli Air Force official, that around 80% of the air force’s strikes are currently focused on Iran, while 20% are directed against Hezbollah — this is the operational distribution so far.
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❗️Early Israeli reports of direct hits in the central area. Details to follow.
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