Xinhua
08 Mar 2026, 06:15 GMT+10
At least 1,332 Iranian civilians killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes
At least 1,332 Iranian civilians, including women and children, have been killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes and thousands more injured, Iran's UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said Friday.
Over 180 children across the country have been killed and more than 20 schools have been damaged, Iravani told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, quoting the Iranian Red Crescent Society.
The United States and Israel have deliberately targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure across Iran, demonstrating that they recognize "no red line in committing their crimes," he said.
Iravani said that Iranian cities are being attacked indiscriminately, and densely populated residential areas and critical civilian infrastructure are deliberately targeted.
Trump privately weighs small U.S. ground forces in Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, NBC News reported on Friday, citing multiple sources.
Trump has discussed the idea of deploying ground troops with aides and Republican officials outside the White House, focusing on a small contingent of troops for specific strategic missions rather than a large-scale invasion, said the report.
Trump has also outlined a vision for a post-war Iran in which its uranium would be secured and a new Iranian government would cooperate with the United States on oil production, similar to the current U.S.-Venezuela arrangement that allows Washington to benefit from Venezuela's oil output, the sources were quoted as saying in the report.
U.S. approves sale of 12,000 bombs to Israel
The U.S. State Department said Friday that it has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of munitions and related support services, including 12,000 aerial bombs.
The deal is worth about 151.8 million U.S. dollars, the department said in a statement.
Israel has requested to purchase 12,000 BLU-110A/B general purpose, 1,000-pound bomb bodies, it said.
Netanyahu says attack on Iran to continue with "full force"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a live broadcast statement on Saturday that Israel's attack on Iran will continue with "full force and uncompromising momentum."
Israel has a well-prepared plan with many surprises to undermine "Iranian regime" and "enable change," Netanyahu said.
Addressing the Iranian people, he said, "The moment of truth is approaching. We do not seek to divide Iran, but to liberate it and live with it in peace."
Iran strikes Israeli refinery after attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it attacked a refinery in Israel's Haifa on Saturday night in retaliation for a U.S.-Israeli strike on its own energy infrastructure.
In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the Haifa refinery was hit by Kheibarshekan missiles in response to the attack.
Meanwhile, the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said energy infrastructure in the country came under the U.S.-Israeli attacks Saturday night.
A number of oil depots in the provinces of Tehran and Alborz were hit by missiles and caught fire, the company said, adding that firefighting teams are containing the fire.
Iran won't attack states not allowing U.S., Israeli use of airspace or land
A senior Iranian official said Saturday that Iran has not and will not attack those regional countries that do not put their airspace, land and facilities at the disposal of the "enemies."
Abolfazl Shekarchi, a spokesman for Iran's armed forces, made the remarks in a live interview with state-run IRIB TV while pointing to remarks earlier in the day by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who said the interim leadership council had decided to stop attacks by the country on neighbors unless it is targeted from those states.
Shekarchi said that from the first day of the U.S. and Israeli attacks, Iran's armed forces have considered any origin of attacks against the country as legitimate targets and taken the necessary actions.
Death toll from Israeli strikes rises to 294 in Lebanon
The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since early Monday has risen to 294, with 1,023 people injured, Lebanon's authorities said Saturday.
In a statement, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center at the Ministry of Public Health said the casualties were recorded between Monday and Saturday afternoon, as Israeli airstrikes and shelling continue to hit several areas across southern and eastern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said in separate statements that its members carried out several retaliatory attacks against Israeli forces.
118,000 people displaced amid Afghanistan-Pakistan border clashes
Ongoing military confrontations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have triggered significant internal displacement, with an estimated 118,000 people forced from their homes amid the recent escalation in hostilities, according to recent reports from a UN refugee agency.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported that around 115,000 individuals have been displaced on the Afghan side of the border, while about 3,000 have fled their residences in neighboring Pakistan. The displacement figures underscore the deepening humanitarian toll of the cross-border violence.
In a parallel development, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan issued a statement expressing profound apprehension over the ongoing clashes between Afghan and Pakistani security forces.
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