Here are the latest events in the Middle East war on Friday:
An explosion during an annual pro-government rally in Tehran killed at least one person, state media reported. No further details were provided.
Iran meanwhile vowed to inflict what its foreign ministry spokesman described as an “unforgettable lesson” on its enemies in the United States and Israel.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said he arrived in Beirut on a “solidarity” visit to Lebanon, where the war has claimed at least 687 lives since March 2 as Israel pounds targets of Iran-backed Hezbollah.
In the latest strike, eight people were killed in an Israeli strike on a village near the port city of Sidon in south Lebanon, the health ministry said.
Top Iranian leaders appeared in public at a Tehran rally, in defiance of US-Israeli strikes.
They included national security chief Ali Larijani, President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
NATO defences have shot down a third ballistic missile from Iran in Turkish airspace, Turkey’s defence ministry said.
Four US crew members died when a KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq, the US military said.
“Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue,” US Central Command (CENTCOM), responsible for American forces in the Middle East, said in a statement on X, adding “the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”
A second plane involved in the incident had landed safely.
The US embassy in Baghdad has warned of a “risk of kidnapping” of its citizens in Iraq.
“Iran and Iran-aligned terrorist militia groups pose a significant threat,” the embassy said in a statement, adding that US citizens, interests and infrastructure has been attacked and that “Americans also face risk of kidnapping.”
Massive explosions shook Tehran, according to Iranian television, which said they hit not far from the site of a pro-government demonstration.
Earlier, the Israeli military said it would hit two areas, Villa and Moniriyeh, and urged residents to evacuate, posting maps of affected neighbourhoods on its Persian-language account on X.
The fresh blasts came a few hours after unusually intense explosions rumbled the homes of AFP journalists located several kilometres apart in the north and centre of the capital.
Sri Lanka said it would repatriate the remains of 84 Iranian sailors killed when a US submarine torpedoed their frigate off its coast on March 4.
The 32 sailors who were rescued after the sinking will remain in Sri Lanka, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned that if protests broke out in the country, their response would be “stronger” than in January, when thousands were killed.
Two people died after security forces intercepted a drone near an industrial area in northern Oman, state media said.
The Israeli military said it had struck more than 200 targets in western and central Iran over the past day, including missile launchers and defence systems.
Saudi forces intercepted a drone targeting Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter housing foreign embassies, the defence ministry said.
An Israeli strike hit a member of Iran-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon’s capital, the military said.
Israel continued striking Beirut early Friday as it threatened to expand operations and seize territory in Lebanon if the militant group Hezbollah did not stop its attacks.
A building in central Dubai was hit by debris from an intercepted attack, the government media office said, after blasts shook the Middle East financial hub.
Explosions rattled buildings in Dubai and a large cloud of smoke hung over a central area of the city, AFP correspondents said.
An Iranian drone was responsible for the death of a French soldier in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, the first French casualty of the war, his commanding officer said.
Multiple attacks attributed to pro-Iranian factions have targeted the region where foreign forces are based as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition.
The Israeli military said that Iran fired a new barrage of missiles towards Israel, with emergency services reporting that two people were injured in the country’s north.
