Israel launches new strikes on Iran as US identifies first American soldiers killed in conflict
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Israel launches new strikes on Iran as US identifies first American soldiers killed in conflict
BBC-March 3rd 2026
Edited by Jake Lapham and Toby Mann with Alice Cuddy in Beirut and reporting by BBC Persian’s Ghoncheh Habibiazad and BBC Verify
Summary
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Israel says it is carrying out a fresh new wave of strikes in Iran, after the country earlier said it had carried out new attacks on Iran’s “leadership compound” on Tuesday – BBC Verify assesses videos of the aftermath
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Meanwhile President Trump Donald told reporters at the White House “everything’s been knocked out in Iran”
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He also criticised Prime Minister Starmer and the UK’s initial response to US-Israeli strikes on Iran, saying “this is not Winston Churchill we’re dealing with”
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The US says it has hit more than 2,000 targets in Iran since it began its military operations on Saturday. Tehran has retaliated with a wave of attacks across the region – here’s why the US and Israel attacked Iran
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The number of people killed in Iran so far has reached 787, the Red Crescent says, while Tehran residents tell BBC Persian they are worried about the availability of groceries
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The UK will send helicopters with counter-drone capabilities and air defence destroyer HMS Dragon to Cyprus, after attacks on a British base there. France is planning to send a frigate and further air defences to the island too
Asia stocks fall for third day, oil edges up as markets track Iran war
Asian stock markets slid again for a third day in a row while energy prices edged up.
South Korea’s Kospi index opened as low as 7% and is now trading around 6% lower. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is down by 3%.
Australia’s ASX 200 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index are also in the red.
Meanwhile, the prices of US-traded oil and Brent crude are higher by 1.2% on Wednesday morning, as tankers along the crucial Strait of Hormuz remain at a standstill and fresh strikes rock the Middle East.
Girl dies from falling shrapnel in Kuwait, Ministry of Health sayspublished at 17:57
An 11-year-old girl has died after shrapnel fell on her in a residential area of Kuwait, a spokesperson for the country’s Ministry of Health says.
“She passed away as a result of her injuries despite resuscitation attempts,” the spokesperson, Dr Abdullah Al-Sund, said.
Four members of her family, including her mother, have been taken to hospital, according to Al-Sund.
The New York Times reports that the Kuwait Army said it had destroyed incoming aerial targets, causing debris to fall on a residential building.
More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran, rights group sayspublished at 17:49
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) says 1,097 civilians have been reported killed in Iran since 28 February.
Of those, 181 were children under the age of 10 years old, the agency says. The number of civilian injuries has reached 5,402, including 100 children, HRANA adds.
It says there has been at least 104 attacks in the past 24 hours alone. They have hit military bases, medical centres and residential areas, HRANA says.
Hundreds more reported deaths are being reviewed.
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