US-Israel war on Iran dramatically expands across Middle East
US allies in Gulf states come under attack from Iranian missiles and drones as three US fighter jets mistakenly shot down by KuwaitUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesThe war in the Middle East triggered by the joint US and Israeli attack on Iran expanded dramatically on Monday, with casualties...
<p>US allies in Gulf states come under attack from Iranian missiles and drones as three US fighter jets mistakenly shot down by Kuwait</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/02/us-israel-war-iran-live-updates-attacks-strikes-tehran-lebanon-beirut-hezbollah-dubai-latest-news">US-Israel war on Iran – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The war in the Middle East triggered by the joint US and Israeli attack on Iran expanded dramatically on Monday, with casualties and destruction reported across at least nine countries in under 10 hours.</p><p>Israeli and US warplanes launched a fresh wave of strikes across Iran, where the Iranian Red Crescent Society said more than 500 people have been killed since the conflict began. Israel also launched an intense wave of attacks into Lebanon after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/israel-idf-strikes-hezbollah-beirut-lebanon-iran-war">Hezbollah struck at northern Israel</a> in retaliation for the Israeli strike on Saturday that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/us-israel-war-on-iran-dramatically-expands-across-middle-east">Continue reading...</a>
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