As it happened: Iran steps up attacks across Middle East in response to US-Israeli strikes
Israel has pushed troops deeper into Lebanon to battle Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
Damaged cars are pictured at a site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Mar 3, 2026. The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran spread across the Middle East, threatening to plunge the global economy into chaos, with Lebanon and Gulf energy exporters dragged into the conflict. (Photo: AFP)
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Iran stepped up its attacks on economic targets and US missions across the Middle East on Tuesday (Mar 3) as President Donald Trump warned it was "too late" for Tehran to seek talks to escape the war, now into its fourth day.
As Shahed drones and missiles crashed into oil facilities and US embassies in the Gulf, Washington's ally Israel bombarded targets in Iran and pushed troops deeper into Lebanon to battle Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
Israel's military said it had deployed troops to several locations in southern Lebanon in what it described as a "forward defence" measure along the border. Israeli troops later carried out incursions along some parts of the border, a Lebanese official added.
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