This live blog follows updates for Day 8 of the US-Israel war on Iran
- Trump suggests US troops could be sent to secure Iran's uranium
- UAE says intercepted 15 ballistic missiles, 119 drones
- Israeli military says found no remains of missing airman in Lebanon operation
- Trump says Iran 'will be hit very hard', threatens to expand targets
- Air raid sirens sound, blasts heard in Jerusalem: AFP journalists
China FM blasts Middle East war, urges US to manage ties
Published March 8, 2026 | 03:48 GMT
China's top diplomat condemned the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing.
Wang Yi told a press conference in the Chinese capital that the war, which was sparked by US and Israeli strikes on Iran, "should never have happened".
"A strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle," he told reporters.
He made the comments during China's annual political gathering, known as the "Two Sessions", which began this week.
Iran Guards say can fight 'intense war' for six months
Published March 8, 2026 | 03:40 GMT
Iran can fight an intense war against the United States and Israel for at least six months, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by the Fars news agency on Sunday.
"The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are capable of continuing at least a 6-month intense war at the current pace of operations," said Guards spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini, according to Fars.
The Guards, Iran's elite force, also said they had targeted "more than 200" locations related to American and Israeli bases and facilities across the region.
Israel says targeted commanders from Iran Guards in Beirut strike
Published March 8, 2026 | 01:40 GMT
The Israeli military said it carried out a "precise strike" in Beirut on Sunday, targeting commanders from Iran's Revolutionary Guards operating in Lebanon.
Israeli forces "conducted a precise strike targeting key commanders" in the Guards' Quds Force, its foreign operations arm, the military said in a statement, accusing the unidentified commanders of planning "terror attacks against the State of Israel and its civilians."
Lebanon says Israeli strike on Beirut hotel kills four
Published March 8, 2026 | 00:40 GMT
Lebanon's health ministry said Sunday that an Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut killed at least four people and wounded 10 others.
An AFP photographer at the bombarded seafront hotel saw one room with shattered windows, while security forces cordoned off the area.
The Israeli military earlier announced it had "begun an additional wave of strikes in Beirut" but said it was targeting the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
Kuwait says international airport targeted in drone attack
Published March 7, 2026 | 00:05 GMT
Kuwait's defense ministry said on Sunday that fuel tanks at the Gulf nation's international airport were targeted in a drone attack as Iran continued its strikes across the region.
"The fuel tanks of Kuwait International Airport were attacked by drones in a direct targeting of vital infrastructure," a Kuwaiti defense ministry spokesman said, according to a post by the Kuwaiti military on X.
The spokesman added the country's forces were "responding to a wave of hostile drones" that penetrated the country's airspace.
