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Israel launches new wave of attacks on Iran, Tehran strikes Gulf

Israel launches new wave of attacks on Iran, Tehran strikes Gulf
MENA
24 min read
13 March, 2026
New waves of strikes hit Iran and the Gulf on Friday, as Israel and Tehran continued to wage a war that has thrown the region and the world economy into chaos.

A new wave of strikes hit Iran and the Gulf on Friday, as Israel and Tehran continued to wage a war that has delved the Middle East and the global economy into turmoil.

Huge explosions were reported in Tehran in the morning while Israel's military said it had struck more than 200 targets in western and central Iran over the past 24 hours, according to AFP.

Since the first Israeli-US attacks on 28 February, the war has rapidly spread across the region, triggering a global oil shock after Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz.

The Israeli army issued an evacuation order for two other neighbourhoods of Tehran on Friday morning, claiming it would soon strike military infrastructure in the areas.

In Lebanon, Israel has begun targeting civilian infrastructure, bombing a bridge over the Litani River in the country's south on Friday.

Israel has forcibly displaced hundreds of thousands of people from the south in response to Hezbollah missile fire, and officials are considering a ground invasion to reoccupy swathes of Lebanese territory.

Lebanese state media reported that a drone struck a residential apartment in Beirut's Burj Hammoud district of Beirut on Friday.