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Issued on: 08/03/2026 - 03:20

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First aid responders inspect a Ramada hotel room targeted by an Israeli strike, in Beirut's Rawche area, on March 8, 2026. First aid responders inspect a Ramada hotel room targeted by an Israeli strike, in Beirut's seaside Rawche area, on March 8, 2026. © Ibrahim Amro, AFP

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. Meanwhile, the Israeli military struck several Iranian oil facilities late on Saturday. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Yesterday's key developments:

  • US President Donald Trump attended the return of the bodies of the first six US soldiers killed during the war Iran.

  • Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised to neighbouring states in a bid to cool anger across the Gulf, but the move stirred criticism from hardliners at home.

  • US and Israeli strikes hit an oil depot in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian state media said, marking the first reported attack on the Islamic republic's oil infrastructure. 

  • The US Central Command denied on Saturday that any US service members had been taken hostage or captured by Iran.

  • The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the US and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)

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