US Israel Iran War News Live Updates: Israeli military says it killed 1 person near Lebanese border
A building in Lebanon damaged in an Israeli attack. (AP file photo)
US-Israel-Iran War News Live Updates: For the first time since the war broke out with US and Israel, Iran acknowledged the deaths of two of its soldiers. On Tuesday, Iranian state TV reported that Bahman Hosseini and Ali Reza Abir died in an Israeli attack. While their ranks were not mentioned, the State TV said the slain soldiers would be buried in a city outside Tehran.
US Army helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz: A US Army helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, but President Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard were not injured in the incident near the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during the war. What caused the crash remained unclear Tuesday morning in the Middle East. The US Central Command later informed that the two crew members of the crashed AH-64 Apache helicopter were rescued within two hours and a probe has been initiated into the cause of crash.
Trump’s ‘total victory’ claim: Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said that Washington could declare a “total victory” over Iran within the coming two weeks, following a ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel. Speaking during a tele-rally for South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham ahead of Tuesday’s primary, Trump said the Iranian officials were seeking a “very good deal”. “We’re negotiating now, and they want to make a very good deal. They’re willing to give us everything, they’re willing to give us no nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
Latest Developments
- Iran warned that it will restart military operations if Israel continues what it describes as acts of aggression in Iran or Lebanon.
- Trump reportedly cautioned Netanyahu against escalating military actions that could threaten the ceasefire arrangement.
- Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused Israel of repeated violations and questioned the credibility of the truce.
- The US military’s United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said it disabled another tanker bound for an Iranian port, bringing the total number of vessels targeted under the blockade to seven.
- Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon reportedly killed at least 12 people, including a woman and a child, while several paramedics were injured.
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