Breaking News... Ninth day of US and Israeli attacks on Iran: Message from Pezeshkian to neighboring countries

Tensions in the Middle East are rising steadily. As the US and Israeli attacks on Iran enter their ninth day, the conflict is expanding.

The Israeli military announced that it had struck oil depots and fuel storage facilities in Tehran. While fires were seen in depots in some parts of the capital, footage of fuel leaking from the Shahr-e Rey oil depot and catching fire along the highway was shared on social media.

Iranian media reported that an ambulance was burned in Tehran and two civilian-used buildings were hit in the city of Qom. Due to Iran's counter-attacks, sirens sounded in many cities in northern Israel, particularly in Haifa. It was reported that hundreds of thousands of people took shelter for a while for security reasons.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military carried out new airstrikes on the Dahiyeh district of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. It was reported that at least three people lost their lives in an attack on a hotel. Hezbollah announced that it had struck two military targets near Tel Aviv. Claims appeared in the Lebanese press that a Russian cargo plane carrying more than 100 Iranian diplomats had taken off from Beirut.

Gulf countries were also targeted by the attacks. The Qatari administration announced that an attack was carried out from Iran with 10 ballistic and 2 cruise missiles. It was reported that Bahrain's air defense shot down dozens of ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. Following the targeting of fuel depots at Kuwait International Airport, it was announced that damage also occurred at the Social Security Institution building. Saudi Arabia reported that 15 UAV attacks on its airspace had been detected in the last few hours.

Here are the developments on the ninth day of the war…

14:23 | 394 PEOPLE KILLED IN ISRAEL'S ATTACKS IN LEBANON THROUGHOUT THE WEEK

In an attack by Israel on a three-story building in southern Lebanon, according to initial reports, 19 people, mostly women and children, lost their lives. The Iranian Red Crescent reported that 7,943 homes, 32 health centers, 65 schools, and 13 centers affiliated with the Red Crescent were targeted in the US-Israeli attacks. It was stated that 11 health workers lost their lives and 33 were injured in the attacks. The Israeli navy also announced that it had carried out attacks on the south of Beirut, Tyre, Sidon, and Tripoli. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 394 people, including 83 children, were killed in the attacks carried out by Israel in Lebanon throughout the week.

13:18 | IRAN HAS ELECTED ITS NEW SUPREME LEADER, NAME NOT DISCLOSED

It was stated that the Assembly of Experts, tasked with electing Iran's new supreme leader, has elected the new leader. According to Iran's Mehr news agency, the new leader has been elected, but the name has not been disclosed for security reasons.

12:38 | 19 PEOPLE KILLED IN ISRAEL'S LEBANON ATTACKS

In an attack by Israel on a three-story building in southern Lebanon, according to initial reports, 19 people, mostly women and children, lost their lives. The Iranian Red Crescent reported that 7,943 homes, 32 health centers, 65 schools, and 13 centers affiliated with the Red Crescent were targeted in the US-Israeli attacks. It was stated that 11 health workers lost their lives and 33 were injured in the attacks. The Israeli navy also announced that it had carried out attacks on the south of Beirut, Tyre, Sidon, and Tripoli.

10:39 | ISRAEL: ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE KHAMENEI'S SUCCESSOR IS OUR TARGET

The Israeli military announced that any religious leader to be elected to replace Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the US and Israeli attacks in Iran, is a target. The statement, "Anyone trying to appoint a successor to Khamenei and anyone who will be a successor will be pursued," was used.

09:22 | IRANIAN ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS: CONSENSUS REACHED ON KHAMENEI'S SUCCESSOR

Mohammad Mehdi Mirbaqeri, a member of the Iranian Assembly of Experts, said that a majority consensus had been reached regarding the successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the US and Israeli attacks, but that some obstacles regarding the process needed to be resolved.

09:11 | BAHRAIN: DAMAGE AT A WATER DESALINATION PLANT

The Bahraini Ministry of Interior announced that damage occurred at a seawater desalination plant in an attack carried out by Iran with unmanned aerial vehicles. The Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority announced that the attack had no impact on water supply or water network capacity.

08:21 | MESSAGE FROM PEZESHKIAN TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian made statements to state television. Pezeshkian said that relations with neighbors should be good and that our retaliations against US-Israeli attacks do not mean we have a problem with them. Pezeshkian said, "The enemy wants to create division between us and our neighbors."

08:01 | TRUMP: I DO NOT WANT KURDISH GROUPS TO ENTER IRAN

The American press wrote that the Donald Trump administration was considering sending special forces to Iran to seize enriched uranium stockpiles. US President Trump said, "We do not want to make the war more complicated than it already is. I have decided that I do not want Kurdish groups to go in there."

As the ninth day of the war begins, Israel's attacks on Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, continue. It is stated that new attacks have been carried out in the suburbs of Beirut. Iran, meanwhile, continues its retaliations in the Gulf with missile attacks on the United Arab Emirates. It was stated that air raid sirens also sounded in Bahrain.

06.39 | AIRSTRIKE IN BEIRUT: ISRAEL SAID 'WE TARGETED QUDS FORCE COMMANDERS'

The Israeli military claimed that it had carried out an attack in Beirut targeting some commanders of the Lebanon Corps of the Quds Force, affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

In a statement from the Israeli military, it was alleged that the commanders in question were operating in Beirut and working to advance attack plans against Israel.

In the statement, where it was claimed that the Israeli military carried out an attack targeting some commanders of the Lebanon Corps of the Quds Force, affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, it was argued that the structure in question provided the link between Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and supported the strengthening of Hezbollah's military capacity.

According to a written statement from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, 4 people were killed and 10 people were injured in an airstrike carried out by the Israeli military on a hotel in Beirut.

05.12 | SIRENS IN NORTHERN ISRAEL AFTER IRAN'S COUNTER-ATTACK

Sirens sounded in many cities in northern Israel due to the retaliatory attack launched from Iran against Israel.

In a statement from the Israeli military, it was reported that missiles launched from Iran toward Israel were detected and that air defense systems were trying to intercept the missiles.

In the news on Israel's Channel 12 television, it was stated that sirens were activated in many regions in northern Israel, including the port city of Haifa, due to Iranian missiles fired in two waves from Iran at intervals of a few minutes.

Pointing out that hundreds of thousands of Israelis living in the region had to wait in shelters for a while, the report claimed that the missiles were not multi-headed and that some missiles fell into open areas.

Israel's emergency service, Magen David Adom, noted that there were no deaths or injuries in these retaliations by Iran.

The Israeli military had announced that it had targeted numerous oil depots in Tehran, the capital of Iran, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps had announced in response that they had targeted a refinery in Haifa.

Sirens are also activated from time to time in northern Israeli cities due to rocket attacks carried out by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

05.00 | AMBULANCE BURNED IN TEHRAN, CIVILIAN BUILDINGS HIT IN QOM

Iranian media: In the attacks carried out by the US and Israel, 1 ambulance was burned in the capital Tehran and 2 buildings used by civilians were targeted in the city of Qom.

04.55 | NEW ATTACK ON BEIRUT'S DAHIYEH DISTRICT

The Israeli military carried out a new airstrike on the Dahiyeh district in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, where it forced the public to leave their homes.

Israel continues the airstrikes it launched on Lebanon on March 2.

While the Israeli military carried out a new airstrike on the Dahiyeh district, smoke rose from the region.

An Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle is also flying at low altitude in the region.

The Israeli military had recently carried out an airstrike on the Hureik neighborhood of Dahiyeh.

04.53 | SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTION BUILDING TARGETED IN KUWAIT

It was reported that an attack was carried out on the Social Security Institution building following the fuel depots at Kuwait International Airport and that material damage occurred.

04.42 | CLAIM THAT A PLANE CARRYING IRANIAN DIPLOMATS TOOK OFF FROM BEIRUT

MTV television from the Lebanese press claimed that a Russian cargo plane carrying more than 100 Iranian diplomats and the bodies of 5 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard took off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport.

In MTV's report, it was alleged that the Russian-made IL-76 type cargo plane left Beirut carrying more than 100 Iranian diplomats and some advisors.

In the news, it was claimed that the bodies of 5 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, who were stated to have died in the attacks Israel carried out in Beirut in recent days, were also on the plane.

No statement has yet been made by official authorities regarding the plane's takeoff from Beirut.

04.16 | OIL LEAK IN TEHRAN: HIGHWAY CAUGHT FIRE

After the Shahr-e Rey oil depot in the northwestern region of Tehran was hit in the US-Israeli attacks, it was seen that the leaking oil burned along the highway.

On social media, footage was shared of fuel leaking from the Shahr-e Rey oil depot burning along the road in Tehran.

It was observed that the flames rising on Kulsar Street in the Jannat Abad neighborhood, in the northwestern region of the city, negatively affected traffic.

An unnamed official from the Ministry of Petroleum, speaking to the Fars News Agency, had confirmed that 3 oil depots in Tehran and Karaj were targeted in the attacks.

The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company had announced that the stock in the oil depots hit in Tehran and Alborz provinces in the US-Israeli attacks had been reduced to a minimum level in advance and that fuel supply was provided from other sources.

03.44 | ATTACK ON A HOTEL IN BEIRUT: THERE ARE CASUALTIES

It was reported that 3 people lost their lives and 9 people were injured in an airstrike carried out by the Israeli military on a hotel in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, according to initial reports.

Israel's attacks on Lebanon, which it launched on March 2, continue.

According to a written statement from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, 3 people died and 9 people were injured in an airstrike carried out by the Israeli military on a hotel in Beirut, according to initial reports.

The Israeli military had carried out an airstrike on a hotel in the Hazmiyeh district of Beirut on March 4.

03.39 | KAMIKAZE DRONE ATTACK ON ERBIL AIRPORT

It was reported that 1 security guard was killed and 1 was injured in a kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicle attack on Erbil Airport.

Erbil Governor Omid Khoshnaw made a statement after the attack on the airport.

Khoshnaw said, "1 security guard was martyred and 1 guard was injured in the drone attack on Erbil Airport."

With the UAV attack on Erbil following the ongoing clashes between the US-Israel and Iran, the first death has been recorded in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq.

Numerous attacks were carried out on Erbil Airport yesterday, and smoke was seen rising from the region.

03.27 | FIRE AT OIL DEPOTS IN TEHRAN

Following the explosions caused by the US-Israeli attacks on oil depots in Tehran, the capital of Iran, intense flames were seen rising from the oil depots.

Footage of oil depots burning in Tehran was shared on social media.

The flames rising from the oil depots were visible from distant parts of the city.

An unnamed official from the Ministry of Petroleum, speaking to the Fars News Agency, had confirmed that 3 oil depots in Tehran and Karaj were targeted in the attacks.

The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company had announced that the stock in the oil depots hit in Tehran and Alborz provinces in the US-Israeli attacks had been reduced to a minimum level in advance and that fuel supply was provided from other sources.

03.23 | SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCED: 15 UAV ATTACKS ON ITS AIRSPACE

Saudi Arabia announced that 15 UAV attacks had been carried out on its airspace in the last few hours.

03.17 | LEBANESE MEDIA: ATTACK ON A HOTEL IN BEIRUT

Lebanese media: 3 people died and 6 people were injured in an attack by the Israeli military on a hotel in the capital Beirut, according to initial reports.

03.08 | FUEL DEPOTS AT KUWAIT AIRPORT TARGETED WITH UAVS

It was reported that fuel depots belonging to Kuwait International Airport were targeted with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

In a statement made by the Kuwaiti army on the social media platform of the US-based X company, it was stated that fuel depots belonging to Kuwait International Airport were targeted with some UAVs.

In the statement, which stated that these UAVs that entered the country's airspace were intervened, it was noted that this was a direct attack on vital infrastructure.

02.55 | MISSILE PARTS FELL IN MANAMA: 1 INJURED

It was reported that 1 person was injured and some businesses were damaged as a result of the fall of ballistic missile parts sent from Iran in Manama, the capital of Bahrain.

A written statement was made by the Bahraini Ministry of Interior regarding the attacks.

It was stated that 1 person was injured and damage occurred in some commercial businesses as a result of the fall of parts of a ballistic missile sent from Iran in Manama.

02.23 | ATTACK BY HEZBOLLAH ON TWO TARGETS NEAR TEL AVIV

Hezbollah announced that it had carried out an attack on 2 military targets belonging to the Israeli military near Tel Aviv, the capital of Israel.

In a written statement made by Hezbollah, it was stated that a headquarters affiliated with Israeli military intelligence located near Tel Aviv was targeted with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in retaliation for the Israeli military's attacks on Lebanon.

In the statement, it was stated that the Israeli Home Front Command headquarters located southeast of Tel Aviv was also targeted with rockets by Hezbollah.

In a previous statement by Hezbollah, it was noted that a total of 28 attacks were carried out on Israeli targets yesterday.

02.13 | QATAR: ATTACK FROM IRAN WITH 10 BALLISTIC AND 2 CRUISE MISSILES

The Qatari Ministry of Defense announced that an attack was carried out on the country by Iran with ballistic and cruise missiles.

In a written statement from the Ministry, it was noted that 10 ballistic missiles and 2 cruise missiles came from Iran toward Qatar, and the air defense systems of the Qatar Armed Forces intervened in the attack and intercepted 2 cruise missiles and 6 ballistic missiles.

In the statement, which stated that 2 of the ballistic missiles fell into Qatari territorial waters and the other 2 ballistic missiles hit an uninhabited area, it was stated that there were no casualties in the attacks.

01.59 | BAHRAIN: 92 BALLISTIC MISSILES AND 151 UAVS DESTROYED

The Bahraini Ministry of Defense announced that its air defense systems have destroyed 92 ballistic missiles and 151 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) since the start of Iran's attacks.

In a statement from the Bahraini Ministry of Defense, it was stated that air defense systems continue to respond to the waves of attacks organized by Iran.

In the statement, it was stated that Bahraini air defense systems have destroyed 92 ballistic missiles and 151 UAVs since the start of Iran's attacks.

In the statement, it was noted that targeting civilian facilities and private property with ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles is a clear violation of international humanitarian law and the United Nations (UN) Charter.

01.51 | IRANIAN ARMY: WE CAN SUSTAIN THE WAR FOR 6 MONTHS

Ali Mohammad Naini, spokesperson for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, claimed that they have the capacity to sustain an intense war that will last at least 6 months by maintaining the current operational tempo.

According to the Fars News Agency, Naini made a statement regarding Iran's retaliatory attacks.

Naini said, "The Iranian Armed Forces have the capacity to sustain an intense war that will last at least 6 months by maintaining the current operational tempo."

Providing information about his country's attacks on US bases and Israel, Naini said, "More than 200 points were targeted, including US and Israeli bases and facilities. Approximately 60 percent of Iran's firepower was directed at US bases in the region, and 40 percent at Israeli targets."

Stating that the missiles used in the operations so far are mainly first and second-generation missiles, Naini stated that they will implement a new style of attack in the coming stages with more advanced, less used, and long-range missiles.

Arguing that the planners of the war made miscalculations on 3 issues, Naini said, "Those who planned the war expected that the country would collapse within 48 hours with the assassination of the Iranian leader, that the war would last only 3 days, and that a regional and international coalition would be formed against Iran. But they failed completely in these calculations."

01.46 | SAUDI ARABIA: 8 UAVS THAT ENTERED OUR AIRSPACE DESTROYED

Saudi Arabia reported that 8 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that entered its airspace were destroyed.

A written statement was made on the subject by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense on the social media platform of the US-based X company.

In the statement, it was noted that air defense systems detected and neutralized 8 UAVs that entered Saudi Arabian airspace.

01.45 | NEW ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON: 9 DEAD

9 people lost their lives and 5 people were injured in new airstrikes carried out by the Israeli military on 3 towns in southern Lebanon.

Israel's intense airstrikes on Lebanon, which it launched on March 2, continue.

According to the news of the official Lebanese agency NNA, Israeli warplanes targeted the towns of Upper Nabatieh, Khirbet Silm, and Jebel Batim in the south.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 6 people lost their lives and 5 people were injured in the attack on the town of Khirbet Silm.

It was reported that 3 people lost their lives in an airstrike on a cafe in the town of Jebel Batim.

01.18 | ISRAELI MILITARY ANNOUNCED IT HIT FUEL FACILITIES IN TEHRAN

The Israeli military announced that it had hit several fuel storage facilities in Tehran, the capital of Iran.

In a statement from the military, it was stated that a series of attacks were carried out on fuel storage facilities in Tehran a short time ago, and it was argued that Iran used these hit facilities to strengthen and operate military infrastructure.

In the statement, it was claimed that fuel was distributed to military organizations from these facilities and that the attack weakened the Tehran administration, and it was threatened that the attacks would continue.

In the news on Israel's State Television KAN, it was reported that the Israeli military targeted oil depots and refineries in Tehran, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps announced in response that they had targeted a refinery in Haifa in northern Israel.

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