Middle East crisis live: Iran rejects Trump’s 48 hour deadline to ‘make a deal’; US races to find missing pilot | US-Israel war on Iran
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Bahrain’s interior ministry said civil defense officials were working to control the fire following the Iranian attack.
It comes as the Kuwaiti government said its energy infrastructure and water purification facilities were damaged in Iranian drone strikes on Sunday morning.
Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water said in a statement via X that the attacks caused “significant material damage and the closure of two electricity generation units”, adding that there were no deaths or injuries.
Iran rejects Trump’s request for a deal within 48 hours
Iran rejected Donald Trump’s demand that the regime reach a deal within 48 hours or face “hell.”
On Saturday, the US president said on social media, “Remember I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN THE HORUZ STRAIT,” referring to an ultimatum issued on March 26.
“Time is running out; 48 hours before all hell breaks loose.”
While Iran’s central military command rejected the ultimatum, General Ali Abdullahi Aliabadi said Trump’s threat was a “desperate, tense, unbalanced and stupid act.”
Echoing Trump’s language, he warned that “the gates of hell will open for you.”
Trump later released a video showing explosions lighting up the night sky and writing, “With this massive attack in Tehran, most of Iran’s Military Leaders… have been terminated along with many other things,” without specifying when it occurred.
Summary
Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the US-Israeli war against Iran and the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait early Sunday, a day after Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic had 48 hours to reach a deal or face “hell.”
Kuwait and Israel said their air defenses were responding to the latest attacks from Iran, part of a war that broke out more than a month ago with US-Israeli strikes that triggered retaliation from Tehran.
The war spread the conflict across the Middle East and shook the global economy. Iranian forces have a tight grip on the Hormuz shipping lane, a vital conduit for oil and gas, and are striking economic targets in their Gulf neighbors that they see as linked to the U.S.-Israeli war effort.
Elsewhere today:
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel attacked Iran’s petrochemical facilities. Following reports in Iranian media that at least five people were killed in an attack on the Mahshahr petrochemical region.
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Search and rescue efforts for the missing second crew of the F-15E fighter jet shot down in the USA continued on the second day. When Iran was subjected to heavy bombardment. A pilot was rescued on Friday after an F-15E Strike Eagle became the first US aircraft shot down over Iran during the five-week war.
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American and Israeli warplanes targeted several strategic and civilian areas in Iran’s capital on Friday afternoonThey include Shahid Beheshti University, one of the country’s leading academic institutions, Iranian state media reported.
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The death toll in Lebanon since the clashes with Israel has reached 1,422 It began on March 2, according to data from Lebanon’s health ministry and reported by the Associated Press. 54 people died and 156 people were injured in the attacks carried out by Israel in the last 24 hours.
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Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that its air defense forces had successfully intercepted eight ballistic missiles and 19 unmanned aerial vehicles. in the last 24 hours. But on Sunday, a fire broke out at the Shuwaikh oil sector complex, which houses the oil ministry and Kuwait Oil Company headquarters, following a drone strike, and Kuwaiti state media reported that two energy and water desalination plants suffered “significant material damage” after being attacked by Iranian drones.
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A Lebanese security source at the main crossing point between Syria and Lebanon said that they evacuated the crossing point after the Israeli attack threat.. The Israeli army said on Saturday that it would hit an area near the Masnaa pass as it continues its offensive across Lebanon and called on residents to evacuate immediately.
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Israel tells residents of Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon to leave the area immediately on social mediaHe warned that the Israeli army would soon take action “using force” in the region.
