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Israel carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after a Lebanese drone attack on northern Israel killed a Israeli soldier, signaling a renewed cross-border escalation.
Israel said it killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the head of Hamas’ Qassam Brigades and a key planner of the Oct. 7 attacks, in an airstrike in Gaza, with funerals and casualties reported in Gaza City following the strike.
Lebanon’s prime minister accuses Israel of crimes against humanity after a double-tap airstrike in al-Tayri kills veteran Al Akhbar journalist Amal Khalil and wounds Zeinab Faraj; rescuers came under Israeli fire and Khalil’s body was recovered hours later. Khalil is the ninth journalist killed in Lebanon this year, as Lebanon and Israel’s conflict amid broader regional tensions continues, with Israel denying it targeted journalists.
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil of Al-Akhbar was killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a house she was taking cover in in al-Tiri, south Lebanon, highlighting the deadly toll of the Israel-Lebanon conflict.
Russia conducted a hours-long drone and missile attack across Ukraine, striking Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro, killing at least 16 people and injuring around 100, in what authorities described as the largest aerial barrage in almost two weeks.
A Nigerian air force strike targeting Boko Haram in Yobe state hit a market, killing at least 100 civilians and injuring many; officials acknowledged a misfire but gave few details, highlighting the civilian toll of air raids and gaps in intelligence and coordination in counterinsurgency.
Civilians are feared dead after reports that Nigerian jets struck Jilli Market in the northeast (near the Borno–Yobe border) during operations against Boko Haram. The Nigerian Air Force says it carried out mop-up strikes but has not confirmed casualties, and reports vary widely on the death toll—from about 10 to over 200—sparking condemnation from Amnesty International and prompting emergency assessments.
An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon killed three reporters from al-Manar and al-Mayadeen who were covering the Israel-Hezbollah war; Lebanese officials condemned the attack, highlighting dangers faced by journalists in the conflict.
Bellingcat geolocated two new videos showing two separate missile strikes on an IRGC base in Minab and an adjacent school, suggesting two waves of attacks. The first wave appears to have hit near the school (which Iranian media says killed at least 175 people, including children), while the second wave hit an IRGC clinic and two additional buildings within the compound. Solar/shadow analysis implies a time gap of about an hour between the two strikes, and the reporting aligns with earlier accounts that a US Tomahawk strike occurred on Feb. 28; investigations remain ongoing.
The U.S. military says it carried out a strike on a boat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in four fatalities.
A strike near Bandar Abbas killed IRGC Navy head Alireza Tangsiri and several top aides, with Israeli sources saying the IDF carried out the attack; Tangsiri had threatened to strike US targets, and Washington has stressed degrading Iran's naval capabilities, marking a major escalation in Gulf tensions.
The IDF says it has struck over 3,000 Iranian regime targets since Operation Roaring Lion began, including IRGC intelligence centers, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, ballistic-missile storage and launch sites, and Isfahan production facilities, with overnight waves and a new round after an Iranian missile attack on Tel Aviv; Iranian media claim casualties in Tabriz and report strikes on Isfahan gas facilities, while Tehran’s air defenses were activated amid ongoing exchanges.
Iranian officials say an airstrike hit the Natanz nuclear facility as the Middle East conflict enters its fourth week and the United States increases troop deployments to the region.
An explainer listing Israel’s air campaign against Iran and Hezbollah: about 12,000 bombs have been dropped (3,600 in the Tehran region), roughly 5,700 sorties (including 540 waves to central/west Iran and 50 to distant areas), 2,200 bombs on Hezbollah in Lebanon across 1,000 sorties, 220 Hezbollah targets hunted, and 100 targets attacked as part of the war’s opening 40‑40‑40 pattern.
Beirut-based freelance photographer Fadel Itani risked his safety to document an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s Bashoura district, capturing a missile demolishing a tower block and the ensuing fireball after waiting about an hour, highlighting ongoing Lebanon–Israel tensions and the dangers journalists face while reporting such events.