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Airstrikes battered Iran's superior and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel's Tel Aviv and sites crossed the West Asia connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026), adjacent arsenic President Donald Trump said the United States was successful talks with the Islamic Republic to extremity the war.
With thousands much U.S. Marines connected their mode to the Gulf, some sides firing aggravated barrages and Iran denying immoderate negotiations are taking place, the war's tempo remained precocious a time aft Mr. Trump delayed his self-imposed deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran's chokehold connected that important waterway has snarled planetary shipping, sent substance prices skyrocketing, and threatened the satellite economy.
Iran-Israel warfare updates connected March 24, 2026
Any talks betwixt the U.S. and Iran — which appeared astatine the astir tentative connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026)— would look monumental challenges. Many of Washington's shifting database of objectives — peculiarly implicit Iran's ballistic rocket and atomic programs — stay hard to achieve. Meanwhile, it's not wide who successful Iran's authorities would person the authorization to negociate — oregon beryllium consenting to, peculiarly arsenic Israel has vowed to proceed taking retired leaders aft sidesplitting several.
Iran besides remains highly suspicious of the United States, which twice, nether the Trump administration, has attacked during high-level diplomatic talks, including with the February 28 strikes that started the existent war.
Iran's subject has conducted strikes connected the orders of section commanders, alternatively than from the governmental leadership, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said aboriginal successful the war. It remains unclear whether Iran's caller Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who reportedly was wounded and has yet to beryllium seen publicly, is issuing orders to Iran's regular subject oregon its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which answered lone to his precocious father.
Mixed signals connected negotiations amid heavy mistrust
While Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf called the thought of negotiations with the U.S. “fake news,” Mr. Araghchi's bureau acknowledged the Foreign Minister has been talking astir the warfare this week with his counterparts successful Azerbaijan, Egypt, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Turkmenistan.
Talk of negotiations concisely drove down lipid prices and boosted stocks. But that respite was short-lived, with the terms of Brent crude, the planetary standard, nudging backmost implicit $100 a tube Tuesday (March 24, 2026), up astir 40% since the warfare started.
Iran's leaders are wary of Washington's motives, successful portion due to the fact that Tehran was successful negotiations with the U.S. earlier the astonishment onslaught that started the existent war. Iran was besides successful talks past twelvemonth erstwhile the U.S. and Israel attacked its atomic facilities.
Iran named a erstwhile Iranian Revolutionary Guard commandant arsenic the caller caput of the country's Supreme National Security Council connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026), replacing Ali Larijani, who was killed successful an airstrike. Iranian authorities tv identified the caller caput arsenic Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who reached the fertile of brigadier wide successful the Guard.
Marines are connected the mode to the Persian Gulf
Mr. Trump's announcement besides comes arsenic a contingent of thousands of Marines is connected the mode to the region, raising speculation that the U.S. whitethorn effort to prehend Kharg Island, which is captious to the country's lipid network.
The U.S. bombed the land successful the Persian Gulf much than a week ago, hitting its defences but saying it had near lipid infrastructure intact.
Iran has threatened to excavation the Persian Gulf if the U.S. appears to beryllium connected the verge of landing troops. That would complicate an amphibious battle and besides imperil each shipping successful the area.
Mr. Trump said helium would clasp disconnected connected a menace to weaponry Iran's powerfulness stations portion talks unfold — a hold that could beryllium timed to coincide with the accomplishment of U.S. Marines successful the region, expected Friday (March 27, 2026), wrote the New York-based deliberation vessel the Soufan Centre successful an analysis.
“As Trump has successful the past, helium could beryllium moving subject assets into place, successful this lawsuit to hole for an penetration and seizure of Kharg Island, portion utilizing negotiations arsenic a screen until those assets are afloat combat-ready.” However, the centre besides noted that “Trump could beryllium actively seeking an offramp. Whether Iran reciprocates is yet to beryllium seen.” Mr. Trump has said helium has nary plans to nonstop crushed forces into Iran but has not ruled it out. Israel has suggested its crushed forces could instrumentality portion successful the war.
Iran hits Israel and Gulf neighbours portion Israel attacks Beirut
As airstrikes deed Tehran, Iran fired aggregate waves of missiles astatine Israel aboriginal connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026).
In Tel Aviv, a rocket with a 100-kilogram (220-pound) warhead evaded Israeli defences to slam into a thoroughfare successful the centre of the city, blowing retired windows of a neighbouring flat gathering and sending fume billowing. Four radical suffered insignificant wounds, rescue work idiosyncratic Yoel Moshe said.
Emerging from a shelter, Amir Hasid said helium expected the country to beryllium acold worse. “It feels similar you're a [sitting] duck, waiting for the missiles to deed you, oregon idiosyncratic adjacent to you,” helium said.
In Kuwait, powerfulness lines were deed by aerial defence shrapnel, causing partial energy outages for respective hours. Missile alert sirens sounded successful Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia's Defence Ministry said it had destroyed 19 Iranian drones targeting its oil-rich Eastern Province.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, said Israel volition proceed to onslaught Iran and Lebanon adjacent arsenic the U.S. considers a ceasefire.
“There's much to come,” helium said.
Israel pounded Beirut's confederate suburbs connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026), saying that it was targeting infrastructure utilized by the Iran-linked Hezbollah militant group.
A onslaught connected a residential flat southeast of the Lebanese superior killed astatine slightest 3 people, including a 3-year-old girl, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Another 5 radical were killed successful the south.
Meanwhile, Lebanon ordered Iran's ambassador to permission by Sunday (March 29, 2026), declaring him persona non grata. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Denise Rahme told The Associated Press that Iran's embassy volition inactive person a complaint d'affaires to caput its diplomatic mission.
The Lebanese authorities has been captious of Iran and accuses its elite Revolutionary Guard of operating successful Lebanon alongside the Hezbollah militant group, and dragging the state into different warfare with Israel.
Israel has said that immoderate of its strikes person targeted Guard officials operating successful the country.
Authorities accidental Israeli strikes person killed much than 1,000 radical successful Lebanon and displaced much than 1 million.
Iran's decease toll has surpassed 1,500, its Health Ministry has said. In Israel, 15 radical person been killed by Iranian strikes. At slightest 13 U.S. subject members person been killed, on with much than a twelve civilians, successful the occupied West Bank and Gulf Arab states.
