April 4: Home Front Command extends wartime restrictions to Monday night as Iranian missile fire continues
IDF believes Iran still has over 1,000 ballistic missiles, intel officer says * Anti-war activists say police stopped them from sheltering during missile attack
The Times of Israel liveblogged Saturday’s events as they unfolded.
Sirens expected in northern Israel as new Iranian missile launch detected
The IDF has detected a new ballistic missile attack from Iran, targeting northern Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes.
Kuwait says working to intercept incoming drones and missiles
Kuwait’s military says its air defenses are working to intercept missiles and drones fired towards the Gulf nation’s territory.
“Kuwaiti Air Defenses are currently responding to hostile missile and drone threats,” the Kuwaiti army posts on X, adding that any explosions heard were air defense interceptions.
Iranian missile lands in open area after sirens sound in southern Israel
The ballistic missile launched by Iran at southern Israel a short while ago was allowed to hit an open area “according to protocol,” according to the military.
No injuries are reported.
Sirens expected in southern Israel as new Iranian missile launch detected
The IDF has detected a new ballistic missile attack from Iran, targeting southern Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes.
Palestinian said seriously hurt in settler attack on village near Nablus
A man has been badly injured by Israeli settlers during a rampage tonight in West Bank villages near Nablus, Palestinian media reports.
In Qusra, a town south of the city, dozens of settlers are said to have set fire to residents’ homes and two chicken coops.
They beat a 32-year-old man, Zahran Muhammad Shanableh, who is employed in the town, according to WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency.
Paramedics with the Palestinian Red Crescent reportedly found the man with a severe head injury.
Settlers also set fire to several homes in Jalud, a smaller village just west of Qusra, according to the reports.
Another HORRIFIC night in the West Bank.
Dozens of armed Israeli settlers are carrying out a pogrom now in the village of Qusra in the West Bank, setting fire to two chicken farms and houses. pic.twitter.com/ye9itXkl2G
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) April 4, 2026
Trump claims ‘many of Iran’s military leaders’ killed in ‘massive’ Tehran strike, does not elaborate
US President Donald Trump says, “Many of Iran’s military leaders, who have led them poorly and unwisely, are terminated, along with much else, with this massive strike in Tehran!”
He makes the claim in his latest Truth Social post, which includes footage of a strike in Iran.
He does not elaborate on the details of the strike or its targets.
Many of Iran’s Military Leaders, who have led them poorly and unwisely, are terminated, along with much else, with this massive strike in Tehran! President DONALD J. TRUMP
(TS: 04 Apr 16:37 ET)… pic.twitter.com/tD59eIoVVY
— Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) April 4, 2026
Police deny accusation they prevented detained protesters from sheltering amid missile siren
Responding to accusations that officers prevented detained protesters from sheltering during a Houthi missile attack on Tel Aviv, police say they transported them to a “safer location.”
This evening, police arrested 17 demonstrators on suspicion of disorderly conduct at Habima Square, while forcibly dispersing a protest against the government and the ongoing war.
Police accuse demonstrators of violating a High Court order handed down just as a crowd began gathering at the square, which forbade police from breaking up any protest in the location with fewer than 600 participants.
Once tonight’s protest exceeded this number, police say they declared it illegal and began dispersing the crowd, leading to clashes. Seventeen protesters were arrested and placed onto a bus near Habima.
During the commotion, protesters and officers received early warning of a missile attack from Yemen’s Houthis.
Detained protesters on the bus urged police to allow them to descend to a large shelter under the public square, however police instead brought them to a nearby building due to “significant congestion leading to the protected area beneath Habima Square.”
“Officers acted swiftly in relocating the bus to a position between buildings and evacuating the detainees to a safer location, all while risking their own lives,” police say in a statement.
They add that “police officers and mounted units were forced to remain outside protected areas, even after the sirens, due to severe congestion at entrances to shelters.”
However footage from tonight shows the protesters in a room that does not appear to be protected, due to its glass windows and doors.
המשטרה לא אפשרה ל 16 עצורים באוטובוס לרדת למרחב המוגן בהבימה – האוטובוס נסע והוריד אותם בחדר של בניין מלא חלונות
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“There is glass here, glass there… there is no security whatsoever,” one of the detained protesters says in the room.
Another detainee accuses police of transporting the group to the building only after sirens began, as opposed to when the early warning was received.
The exact time at which the bus left Habima Square remains unclear and police have not responded to a request for comment on the matter.
IDF issues evacuation warning for Lebanese village located north of Zahrani River
The IDF issues an evacuation warning for the Lebanese village of Kfar Hatta, which is located north of the Zahrani River, ahead of airstrikes against Hezbollah.
“Hezbollah’s activities are forcing the IDF to act against it with force. The IDF does not intend to harm you. For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move at least 1,000 meters away from the village,” warns army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.
As the village is located north of the Zahrani River, it had not been included in the IDF’s blanket evacuation warning for southern Lebanon.
Top Sephardic rabbi brands High Court as ‘enemy of Judaism’ for issuing order on Shabbat
Sephardic Chief Rabbi David Yosef brands the High Court of Justice as the “enemy of Judaism,” after its judges ordered police to protect the right to demonstrate, even during wartime.
He lambasts a three-judge panel led by Justice Isaac Amit for obliging law enforcement to allow protests against the government and ongoing war to take place tonight, focusing on the fact that they issued the interim order during Shabbat.
“It’s illegal that in the Jewish state, three judges sit and walk all over the law, and make a decision during Shabbat to force the government to allow them [protesters] to demonstrate,” he says.
The chief rabbi accuses Israel’s justice system of operating on a double standard that favors anti-government protesters — who are largely secular Jews — when it comes to wartime restrictions on public gatherings.
“I don’t think that the value of the demonstrations — holy in their eyes — is more important than the holiness of our Western Wall, and the Western Wall is closed right now,” he says.
“We understand the situation… None of us even dreamed of petitioning the High Court, because we know that if we were to petition the High Court they wouldn’t agree, of course,” he continues.
He asserts that the “High Court is the enemy of Judaism.”
“We will struggle with all our might against the High Court… God willing, at the end of the day, we will be victorious,” he says.
Responding to the remarks, MK Moshe Gafni, chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Degel HaTorah faction, asserts that the chief rabbi should replace Justice Amit as High Court president.
He says the former recognizes the “sensitivity and complexity” of ruling on issues related to “values sacred to the Jewish people.”
Unlike Yosef, critics of the ruling coalition accuse police of enforcing a double standard when it comes to Home Front Command restrictions, which currently limit outdoor public gatherings to 50 people.
While law enforcement regularly breaks up anti-government demonstrations that exceed this limit, non-political gatherings are very rarely dispersed by force.
Argentina says Iran’s top diplomat has been expelled from the country
Argentina’s Foreign Affairs Ministry says it has expelled Iran’s top diplomat as tensions increase between Iran’s theocratic regime and Argentina’s libertarian government, which is closely aligned with the Trump administration.
In a message on X, Argentina’s Foreign Affairs Minister Pablo Quirno said Iran’s Charge D’Affaires, Mohsen Soltani Tehrani, had left the country “in compliance” with a resolution issued Thursday that gave the Iranian diplomat 48 hours to leave the South American country.
Tensions between both nations intensified earlier this week after Argentina declared Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization. The measure will enable the Argentine government to issue financial sanctions against those conducting business with that branch of Iran’s armed forces and seize any assets they could own in Argentina.
Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry replied to the terrorism designation with a statement which said Argentina’s actions amounted to an “unforgivable offense” influenced by the United States.
IDF Northern Command chief: Israel overestimated damage done to Hezbollah’s capabilities after 2024 war
Security officials overestimated the damage done to Hezbollah’s military capabilities by Israeli forces following the army’s 2024 ground offensive, says Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo, chief of the IDF’s Northern Command, in recordings aired by Channel 12 news.
The senior officer met on Tuesday with a group from Misgav Am after one of the northern kibbutz’s residents, 60-year-old Ofer Moskovitz, was mistakenly killed by IDF artillery shelling last month.
During the meeting, Milo apologizes to residents, takes responsibility, and says the lethal incident “shouldn’t have happened.”
He then admits there is a “gap” between the IDF’s assessment of damage caused to Hezbollah’s offensive capabilities during the 2024 ground operation in southern Lebanon, and the force with which the terror group has been striking Israel’s northern communities in the current war.
“There is a gap between how we finished [Operation] ‘Northern Arrows’ and what we understood and thought, and how suddenly, we still find Hezbollah [active]. What I’m sure is concerning you all is the steep-trajectory [rocket] fire,” Milo says to residents.
He adds that Hezbollah’s rockets are still not being launched in “very, very large amounts” and adds that most of the rockets are aimed at IDF forces.
However, according to the outlet, the IDF shifted its assessment in the wake of Hezbollah’s heavy barrages at Israel over the course of the Passover holiday, which began Wednesday night.
Now, officials reportedly estimate that the terror group has hundreds of launchers and tens of thousands of rockets at its disposal.
In another audio clip from the meeting with residents, Milo casts doubt on whether the joint US-Israeli offensive against Iran will manage to topple the Islamic Republic.
“I assess that this [war] won’t end in some sort of overthrow of the regime; it seems it is still stable despite the upheaval it’s going through. There will probably need to be some sort of agreement,” he says.
Home of UTJ chairman Gafni damaged by Iranian cluster munition impact this morning
The Bnei Brak home of MK Moshe Gafni, the chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Degel HaTorah faction, was damaged by a cluster bomb during an Iranian ballistic missile attack on central Israel early Saturday morning, breaking windows but causing no injuries.
In a statement, Gafni says he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who inquired after his well-being, following the end of Shabbat. He and his wife had followed Homefront Command instructions, “and went down to the shelter at the time of the [pre-strike] warning and were thus saved.”
“It was absolutely terrible. There was a really serious, unfamiliar noise, but thank God nothing happened,” Gafni said, describing the incident as “a great miracle.”
ביתו של ח"כ גפני ניזוק מטיל מתפצל: תיעוד כדור האש ברגע הפגיעה בבני ברק
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כתוצאה מהפגיעה ב-2 בלילה בבני ברק נופצו חלונות הבית של ח"כ משה גפני ונזק נגרם לבניין. גפני: "בנס זה נגמר בלי נזק חמור יותר, ירדנו למקלט ושמענו בום אדיר". pic.twitter.com/cbgaw8kzfz
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Houthis claim responsibility for earlier ballistic missile attack; missile hit open area, no damage reported
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen take responsibility for this evening’s ballistic missile launch at Israel.
In a statement, the Houthis claim to have targeted Ben Gurion Airport and “vital military targets” in southern Israel with a ballistic missile and several drones.
The IDF said one missile fired from Yemen at Israel fell in an open area, causing no injuries or damage.
IDF issues pre-strike warning for Lebanon-Syria border crossing, says Hezbollah uses it for ‘military activity’
The IDF warns that it will bomb the Masnaa Border Crossing between Syria and Lebanon, due to Hezbollah’s use of it for “military activity.”
“Due to Hezbollah’s use of the Masnaa Crossing for military activity and the smuggling of weapons, the IDF intends to strike the border crossing in the near future,” warns army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.
Adraee calls on anyone near the crossing to evacuate the area. “Remaining in this area puts you at risk,” he says.
Police blocked detained protesters from taking shelter amid ballistic missile attack, activists say
Police prevented detained protesters from taking shelter ahead of a Houthi ballistic missile attack, activists charge, after officers reportedly arrested at least 17 anti-war demonstrators in Tel Aviv.
Footage from tonight shows several detained demonstrators shouting from a bus parked near Habima Square, urging officers to take them to the massive shelter that exists under the plaza.
Instead, police allegedly ordered the bus to leave the area once the missile sirens began, and the cuffed detainees were taken to a room with windows in a nearby building.
Protest organizer Alon Lee Green, one of the detained demonstrators, says police took them to an unprotected space after the siren had already ceased. “All of these police officers broke the law,” he charges.
Another detainee points out that they are surrounded by windows in the building. “In the police’s ‘secure space’ there is glass here, glass there… there is no security whatsoever,” he says angrily.
Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters at Habima Square have descended to the large protected space under the plaza and continued to chant slogans there, deriding police as “criminals” and waving signs against the government.
Police have not yet responded to a request for comment.
Lawyers representing the protesters say 17 arrests have been made tonight in Tel Aviv, however police say they have arrested only 10 individuals so far on suspicion of disturbing public order.
המשטרה לא מאפשרת לעצורים לצאת למרחב מוגן – נקווה שיתעשתו במהרה
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במהלך האזעקה המשטרה מסרבת להכניס את העצירים למרחב המוגן בהבימה ומורה לאוטובוס לנסוע מהמקום. הם מכניסים את כל העצירים לחדר מדרגות של אחד הבניינים. למרות המרחב המוגן התקני שיש בהבימה.
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— אלימות ישראל (@Alimut_Israel) April 4, 2026
IDF believes Iran still has over 1,000 ballistic missiles that can reach Israel, intelligence officer says
The Israeli military believes that Iran still has more than 1,000 ballistic missiles that can reach Israel, an Israeli Air Force intelligence officer tells Channel 12 news.
“The Iranians have more than 1,000 missiles that are capable of reaching Israel,” says Lt. Col. “Tet,” who leads the research on Iran’s missiles and drones in the Air Intelligence Group, the IAF’s intel unit.
At the start of the war, the IDF assessed that Iran had 2,500 ballistic missiles. Iran has since fired over 500 missiles at Israel, as well as hundreds at other countries in the Middle East, and potentially hundreds of missiles were destroyed in strikes.
Iran’s missile fire on Israel has slowed to around 10-15 missiles a day in recent weeks, down from around 90 on the first day of the war.
Since the start of the conflict, the military assessed that attacks from Iran would continue as long as the war is active, and the rate of missile fire could even increase.
“In all honesty, I assess it will not reach zero [launches a day],” the officer tells Channel 12 news in an interview.
“I think they will continue to launch ballistic missiles. I don’t think it will be significantly more than what we have seen,” he says.
‘Declaration of war against Shabbat’: UTJ MKs slam High Court for order allowing protests
MK Moshe Gafni, the chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Degel HaTorah faction, accuses the High Court of Justice of issuing an illegal ruling, after the court handed down an interim order effectively forbidding law enforcement from forcibly dispersing anti-war protests of less than 600 attendees at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, and less than 150 attendees in Jerusalem, Haifa and Kfar Saba.
“The High Court judges prove once again a lack of responsibility toward what is happening in the country, alongside a lack of sensitivity to subjects sacred to the Jewish people,” says Gafni.
“In the midst of the Holy Shabbat, they allow an outrageous ruling for a protest against the war just to prove their superiority over the Israeli public. We hope that this behavior by these disconnected judges will vanish from the world, beyond the fact that their decision is contrary to the law,” he adds.
The decision is also condemned by Deputy Communications Minister Yisrael Eichler, a member of the Hasidic Agudat Yisrael faction which, together with Degel HaTorah, comprises the larger United Torah Judaism party.
The court’s ruling, says Eichler, constitutes “a declaration of war against the sanctity of Shabbat and against the tradition of the Jewish people” and the justices “want to turn Israel into a nation like all nations” and are working to “incite citizens against one another in protests against the defensive war against Israel’s enemies.”
“The High Court of Justice judges proved today that even from the abyss it is still possible to descend to the lowest depths of Sheol,” he argues, using a Hebrew phrase for the depths of hell.
Democrats MK Kariv calls for mass protests, accuses Home Front Command of ‘deep disregard’ for democracy
The Democrats MK Gilad Kariv accuses the IDF Home Front Command of showing a “deep disregard for fundamental democratic values” over its limitations on wartime demonstrations and calls on members of the anti-government protest movement to take to the streets.
“I very much hope that the protest organizations are working hard on returning to the ‘Black Flag’ protests at intersections within cities across Israel. 50 people and 50 black flags at hundreds of intersections,” he says, complaining that “malls are open,” Hasidic courts are “doing whatever they please” and people are going to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron “while only the democratic protest and the protest against being dragged into a war of attrition are silenced.”
Ofer Cassif, the Arab-majority Hadash-Ta’al party’s only Jewish lawmaker, posts a video of himself attending an anti-war protest in Tel Aviv on X, accusing National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s “militia” of having “exerted severe violence against protesters, a blatant violation of freedom of expression and the right to protest.”
Police clash with demonstrators at Tel Aviv anti-war rally despite High Court order allowing protests
Police clash with demonstrators protesting the Iran war in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, arresting several of them amid an ongoing High Court case concerning the right to protest during wartime.
The High Court of Justice this evening issued an interim order effectively forbidding law enforcement from forcibly dispersing protests of less than 600 attendees at Habima, and less than 150 attendees in Jerusalem, Haifa and Kfar Saba.
Police say the demonstration has now exceeded 600 people and declare it unlawful. The commander at the scene orders protesters to vacate the plaza and police begin to violently disperse the crowd.
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אלימות משטרתית כנגד מפגינים
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Footage from the protest shows police forcefully shoving demonstrators. Mounted officers also arrive at the scene.
Police say they have arrested one demonstrator, however more recent footage shows a bus carrying several detained demonstrators parked near the plaza, including protest organizer Alon Lee Green.
Before officers began to break up the crowd, Green was seen giving an impromptu speech to demonstrators decrying police’s behavior. “The police are again threatening us, as if our demonstration isn’t legal. There is no illegal demonstration,” he shouts through a megaphone.
“We don’t trust this government, not Netanyahu, not Ben Gvir and not Smotrich. They don’t want us to demonstrate, we know this and we are here to say: Enough with the forever war,” he continues.
Israel prepping for attacks on Iranian energy sites, awaits US green light, official says
Israel is preparing to attack Iranian energy facilities but is awaiting a green light from the United States, a senior Israeli defense official says, adding that any such attacks would likely come within the next week.
The comments came after US President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum, sharpening focus on whether Washington would back further Israeli military action against Iran.
Shas, Otzma Yehudit slam High Court for ordering police to allow anti-war protests
The ultra-Orthodox Shas and far-right Otzma Yehudit parties condemn the High Court of Justice’s decision to issue an interim order obliging police to allow protests in Tel Aviv and other locations, complaining that the nation’s highest court violated Shabbat to permit mass demonstrations against the war while keeping Jewish holy sites closed.
“The trampling of the sanctity of Shabbat and the Hours of Work and Rest Law by the High Court’s decision, issued in the middle of the holy sabbath, which allowed the gathering of hundreds of anarchist protesters in Habima Square contrary to Home Front Command guidelines while the Western Wall and holy sites remain closed, testifies to a severe detachment, arrogance and haughtiness of those sitting in their ivory tower,” says Shas, pledging to file a complaint against the judges involved in the decision following the Passover holiday.
In a separate statement, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party asserts that the ruling will “endanger the protesters, police and fighters.”
“The Home Front Command does not allow worshipers to show up at the Temple Mount, Western Wall and other holy sites yet the High Court on Shabbat issues another decision that harms the security of officers and citizens,” the party says, accusing the court of “allowing protesters to show contempt for the law just because they are protesting against the state of Israel.”
Are judges who issue such rulings “on Israel’s side?” the party asks.
Despite the court’s ruling, the police are currently dispersing a protest outside Tel Aviv’s Habima theater, according to Hebrew media reports.
Missile launched from Yemen fell in open area, IDF says; no injuries reported
A ballistic missile launched by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen at Israel fell in an open area, according to the IDF.
No injuries are reported.
The missile fire triggered sirens in Tel Aviv and surrounding towns in central Israel.
IDF detects ballistic missile fired from Yemen; sirens to sound in central Israel
The IDF has detected the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen.
Sirens are expected to sound in central Israel in the coming minutes.
High Court orders police to allow hundreds more anti-war protesters to attend tonight’s rallies
The High Court of Justice hands down an interim order obliging police to allow protests in four separate locations tonight, shooting down the army’s proposed framework to allow smaller demonstrations submitted earlier today.
The decision, issued as people gather to protest the ongoing Iran war, effectively forbids police from breaking up a protest of less than 600 people at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, and less than 150 people in Jerusalem, Haifa and Kfar Saba.
The order applies solely to tonight’s rallies.
In the decision, judges accuse police of selectively enforcing the army’s wartime restrictions, which cap outdoor public gatherings at 50 people.
“Police enforcement of Home Front Command guidelines is carried out against protest demonstrations, but not towards other places and events. This situation is difficult to reconcile,” judges write.
Earlier today, the IDF Home Front Command submitted a framework to the court saying it intends to allow small demonstrations to take place. This included protests of up to 150 people at Habima and 50 people at other locations.
However, the response came hours after the 11 a.m. deadline set yesterday by the court, leaving little time for deliberation and prompting judges to issue this evening’s interim order.
Netanyahu: Today we attacked Iran’s petrochemical factories; we will keep striking
Israel will continue to hit Iran hard, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video statement released shortly after the end of the Jewish Sabbath.
“After we destroyed 70 percent of its ability to create steel, which is used as the raw material for the weapons used against us,” says Netanyahu, “today we attacked their petrochemical factories.”
“These two things are their money machine, which funds their war of terror against us and against the world.”
“We will continue to hit them, as I promised,” he concludes.
IDF says over 140 Hezbollah sites struck by Israeli forces over weekend
Over the weekend, more than 140 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon were struck by the Israeli Air Force and by ground troops, the military says.
The IDF says the targets included a Hezbollah training camp, weapon depots, rocket launching sites and command centers of the elite Radwan Force. Earlier, the IDF announced bombing several command centers in Beirut.
During ground operations in southern Lebanon, the IDF says, troops killed Hezbollah operatives in close-quarters combat and by directing strikes, as well as captured weapons and located Hezbollah infrastructure.
One strike carried out by the 215th Artillery Regiment hit a Hezbollah command center used by the terror group to launch drones at troops and Israel, the IDF adds.
After meeting with Erdogan, Zelensky vows greater security cooperation with Turkey
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky announces greater security cooperation with Turkey after meeting his counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul today, as Kyiv seeks to leverage its wartime know-how on the international stage.
Zelensky says that he had agreed “new steps” in security cooperation with the Turkish president, and that teams would finalize the details shortly.
“This applies above all to the areas in which we can support Turkey: expertise, technology and experience,” he writes on Telegram.
Erdogan told Zelensky that Turkey would continue to support negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end their war, the Turkish presidency says.
Zelensky says that the two leaders discussed cooperation opportunities in joint gas infrastructure projects and joint gas field development.
Home Front Command extends wartime guidelines to Monday night, schools to stay closed in most of country
The IDF Home Front Command says its current wartime guidelines are being extended until Monday night at least, meaning educational activities will remain prohibited in most parts of the country.
By Monday at 8 p.m., another assessment will be conducted by the Home Front Command.
Under the current guidelines, educational institutions can operate, provided there is an adequate shelter that can be reached in time, in some areas of the north, south and West Bank.
A full list of locales can be found on the Home Front Command’s website.
Gatherings of up to 100 people indoors and 50 people outdoors are also permitted, under the same conditions in those areas.
In the rest of the country, educational activities are still prohibited. Gatherings are limited to 50 people, provided a shelter can be reached in time, and workplaces can operate under the same conditions.
IDF soldier killed, another seriously wounded, in ‘friendly-fire’ incident in southern Lebanon
An Israeli soldier was killed, and another was seriously wounded, in an incident of so-called friendly fire in southern Lebanon overnight, the military announces.
The slain soldier is named as Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar, 21, of the Commando Brigade’s Maglan Unit, from Yuvalim.
The incident occurred around 3 a.m. during an operation in the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa. The Maglan commandos had raided Shebaa to capture a suspect who was allegedly aiding Hezbollah.
According to an initial IDF probe, during the operation, one soldier thought he identified suspects attempting to flee and opened fire. The gunfire killed Ludar and seriously wounded the other soldier.
The mission was completed, and the suspect was taken to Israel for interrogation.
The military says it is further investigating the circumstances of the incident.
New Iranian missile attack on northern Israel detected
The IDF has detected a new ballistic attack from Iran, targeting northern Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes.
IDF: ‘Localized malfunction’ led to lack of sirens as rocket struck Kiryat Shmona
The IDF says a “localized malfunction” led to a rocket striking the northern city of Kiryat Shmona this morning without sirens sounding.
The military says that it investigated the attack from Lebanon and found that “due to a localized malfunction, the launch was not detected and therefore no alert was activated in the city.”
The incident is under further investigation, the IDF adds.
No injuries were caused by the rocket impact, which struck a road, damaging nearby cars and homes.
No injuries reported in Iran’s latest missile salvo, its 7th attack so far today
No injuries are reported following Iran’s ballistic missile salvo targeting the Jerusalem area, in the seventh attack today.
One missile was allowed to strike an open area, “according to protocol, and others were engaged by air defenses, but the results of the interception are still under review,” the IDF says.
UAE condemns ‘riots’ as Syrians protest outside of its embassy in Damascus
The United Arab Emirates condemns what it describes as “riots, acts of vandalism, and assaults” outside its embassy and the residence of its head of mission in Damascus.
In a statement, the UAE’s foreign ministry calls on Syria to uphold its obligations to secure the embassy and its staff, investigate the incident and hold the perpetrators to account.
A Reuters reporter saw dozens of protesters gathering outside the UAE’s embassy in Damascus at midday yesterday, including some chanting “the Zionist embassy.”
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A Syrian security official tells Reuters that the incident occurred after some participants split off from a larger pro-Palestinian demonstration being held at the nearby Umayyad Square and tried to storm the embassy.
“Internal security forces prevented them from doing so and dealt with the situation,” the official says, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Syria’s foreign ministry did not directly refer to the incident but said in a statement last night that it took a “firm and unwavering stance” against any attack on or attempt to approach embassies and diplomatic missions.
Demonstrations against Israel have taken place across Syria since the Knesset passed a law this week mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks.
The UAE normalized relations with Israel in the 2020 Abraham Accords, though diplomatic relations have been strained in recent years.
Sirens sound in Jerusalem, Dead Sea amid Iranian ballistic missile attack
Sirens sound in the Jerusalem area and near the Dead Sea amid an Iranian ballistic missile attack.
No early warning was issued by the Home Front Command.
Shortly after the sirens sound, an early warning is issued for the Jerusalem area and parts of southern Israel after additional launches from Iran are detected.
No injuries reported from latest Iranian missile attack on north
No injuries are reported following Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack on northern Israel.
The missile was engaged by air defenses, but the results of the interception are still under review, the IDF says.
US agents arrest relatives of slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani
US federal agents have arrested the niece and grand-niece of late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent resident status, the State Department announces.
“Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” the State Department says in a statement after Rubio revoked their green cards.
‘Insane’: US defense officials stunned by Hegseth’s wartime purge of top Army brass – report
American defense officials were blindsided by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent moves to fire US Army Chief of Staff Randy George and two other top Army generals, calling the decision “insane,” according to an Axios report.
Hegseth did not give a reason for George’s departure, which comes as the US military — of which the Army is the land warfare arm — builds up its forces in the Middle East while carrying out operations against Iran.
Two officials quoted by the outlet say that George’s dismissal was due to “clashing personalities.”
According to Axios, George’s ouster “generated concern among defense officials,” as did the dismissals of General David Hodne, who leads the Army’s Transformation and Training Command, and Major General William Green, head of the Army’s Chaplain Corps.
“Its insane,” says one official of Hegseth’s decision to fire top generals during a war.
“This doesn’t feel like a very strong, self-assured decision,” says another official.
“Here is a four-star general who is actively working to get equipment and people into theater — to protect US forces — and you fire him? In the middle of a war?” a third official tells Axios, referring to former Army chief George.
IDF detects another Iranian ballistic missile targeting northern Israel
The IDF has detected another ballistic attack from Iran, targeting northern Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes.
IDF confirms bombing Iranian petrochemical facilities, says sites used to make ballistic missile materials
The IDF confirms bombing petrochemical facilities in southern Iran earlier today, saying the sites were used by the regime to manufacture materials for ballistic missiles.
According to the military, the strikes led to a halt in all production of the chemical materials, and are also expected to cause billions of dollars in financial damage.
The Fars news agency reported earlier that several facilities at the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Zone in the Khuzestan Province were hit by strikes, and that five people were wounded.
Last week, The Times of Israel reported that Israel’s political leadership instructed the IDF to shift to striking “economic targets” in Iran, aimed at causing massive financial damage to the regime.
IDF says troops captured weapons in south Lebanon, including RPGs, anti-tank missiles
Troops of the Givati Brigade captured weapons during operations in southern Lebanon in the past day, the military says.
The weapons included RPGs, anti-tank missiles, and firearms.
The IDF says the brigade also spotted a cell of Hezbollah operatives and called in a drone strike against them.
Trump warns Iran: 48 hours to ‘make a deal or open up Hormuz’ before ‘all hell’ will rain down
US President Donald Trump recalls his twice-delayed threat to bomb Iran’s energy sites if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz, which expires on Monday.
“Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out – 48 hours before all hell will reign (sic) down on them,” Trump writes on Truth Social. “Glory be to GOD!”
Trump has been repeatedly threatening to bomb Iran’s energy sites, while also seeking a diplomatic arrangement to end the war.
He has claimed that the new Iranian decision makers elevated after US and Israeli strikes killed dozens of top officials are more reasonable and willing to make a deal, but little evidence has suggested as much and efforts to mediate a ceasefire reportedly hit a snag yesterday.
Russia condemns earlier strike on Iranian nuclear plant as ‘evil’
Russia condemns today’s strike on Iran’s nuclear plant in Bushehr, which hosts Russian staff, as an “evil deed” and urges an immediate end to attacks on atomic facilities.
“We strongly condemn this evil deed, which resulted in loss of life,” says foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
“Strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, including the Bushehr nuclear power plant, must cease immediately,” she adds.
Neither the US nor Israeli militaries have yet issued a statement claiming responsibility for the strike on the plant.
2 cluster submunitions hit near IDF’s Kirya HQ in Tel Aviv this morning; no injuries, damage caused to parking lot, school
Two cluster submunitions from an Iranian ballistic missile struck near the IDF’s Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv this morning.
Damage was caused to a parking lot next to the base, as well as a nearby school.
There were no injuries.
Russia said to evacuate 198 more staff from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant; IDF coordinating with Moscow, source says
Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, Russian news agencies report.
According to a diplomatic source cited by Israel’s Kan broadcaster, senior IDF officials are coordinating with Moscow to secure the safe passage outside Iran for Russian nationals who worked at the site.
Today’s evacuations had been planned before the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a post on X earlier that one of the plant’s physical protection staff was killed by a projectile fragment and that a building on site was affected by shockwaves and fragments.
Russian news agencies cite Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev as saying that developments near the plant were unfolding in line with the worst-case scenario.
Likhachev says that the killed staff member was an Iranian national.
Rosatom informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the situation surrounding the plant, the TASS news agency cited Likhachev as saying.
Rosatom has been evacuating staff from the plant since the Iran war broke out at the end of February.
No injuries reported following latest Iranian missile attack on north
No injuries are reported following Iran’s ballistic missile attack targeting northern Israel.
One missile struck an open area while others were likely intercepted, according to IDF assessments.
Contrary to various reports, the sirens that sounded across northern Israel were only as a result of missile fire from Iran, and not from Lebanon.
Iraq shuts key trade crossing with southern Iran after airstrikes near border post
Iraq closed the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after airstrikes on the Iranian side killed an Iraqi citizen, security sources say, shutting off a vital supply artery.
The crossing serves as one of the main routes for imports to Iraq of vegetables and other food supplies from Iran, traders and border officials say. Any prolonged disruption can quickly affect supplies to local markets.
The sources say at least five Iraqis were seriously wounded in the strikes, which hit a passenger reception area on the Iranian side.
Iraqi police recovered the body of a man, while the wounded were taken to the hospital, most in critical condition.
Iraq’s border authorities say they had been notified by Iranian officials that truck and passenger movement would be restored in the coming hours once work on the transit and passport systems is completed.
A few hours after the strikes near Shalamcheh, Iraqi border authorities also briefly halted movement at the Safwan crossing with Kuwait after reporting explosions on the Kuwaiti side, Iraqi security and border officials say.
The officials add that they saw drones hovering overhead moments before the blasts.
IDF detects fresh Iranian ballistic missile fire targeting north
The IDF has detected a ballistic attack from Iran, targeting northern Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes.
Northern council head tells residents to stay near shelters, citing IDF warning about Hezbollah rocket fire
The head of the Mate Asher Regional Council in the Western Galilee tells residents to remain close to bomb shelters, citing information he received from the military about planned rocket fire from Lebanon.
However, the military says it does not have any information indicating any major planned rocket fire from Lebanon, and the Home Front Command has not issued any special warnings.
The Western Galilee has been repeatedly targeted by Hezbollah during the conflict.
UK police arrest 4th person in connection with London arson attack on Jewish community ambulances
British police have made a further arrest on Saturday at a London court in connection with last month’s arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in the capital, a prosecutor tells a magistrates’ court.
Yesterday, prosecutors announced that charges were filed against three men held in connection with the arson attack, saying the three were suspected of arson with intent to damage property and being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
Today’s arrest relates to a fourth person, who was not identified, suspected of involvement in the March 23 attack, when four ambulances parked at a synagogue in Golders Green were set alight in what prosecutors said was a targeted and premeditated attack on the Jewish community.
IDF shares footage showing recent strike on Iranian ballistic missile launcher
The IDF publishes footage showing a recent Israeli airstrike against a mobile Iranian ballistic missile launcher in Tabriz.
The military says the strike on the truck-mounted launcher thwarted planned missile fire on Israel.
תיעוד מיוחד בצבע: חיל האוויר השמיד משאית ששימשה כמשגר טילים בליסטיים נייד באיראן
חיל האוויר ממשיך לתקוף ללא הפסקה את מערכי האש של משטר הטרור האיראני, במטרה לצמצם את היקפי הירי לעבר אזרחי מדינת ישראל.
צה"ל חושף כעת תיעוד מיוחד בצבע מתקיפה מדויקת לעבר משאית ששימשה כמשגר טילים… pic.twitter.com/WnEv7G9fgJ
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) April 4, 2026
Man lightly injured from latest Iranian cluster bomb impact in central Israel
A man is lightly injured as a result of Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack on central Israel, medics say.
Magen David Adom says it treated a 52-year-old who was hurt by a blast.
The missile carried a cluster bomb warhead, spreading submunitons over a wide area in central Israel.
US presses search for missing serviceman as Iran calls on public to find ‘enemy pilot’
The US military presses ahead in a frantic search for a missing pilot over a remote area in southwestern Iran, after the Middle Eastern country shot down an American warplane and called on people to turn the pilot in, promising a reward.
The plane, identified by Iran as a US F-15E Strike Eagle, was one of two attacked on Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing.
An anchor on a TV channel affiliated with Iranian state television urged residents to hand over any “enemy pilot” to the police.
Damage reported after impacts in central Israel
Damage is caused in central Israel by cluster munitions following Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack, according to rescue services.
Impacts are reported in Ramat Gan, Givatayim, and Bnei Brak.
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
US-Israeli strikes hit 30 universities in Iran since war began, science minister says
US-Israeli strikes have hit more than 30 universities across Iran since the war broke out in late February, Iran’s science minister says.
“To date, more than 30 universities have been directly targeted,” Hossein Simai Sarraf tells reporters during a visit to the Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran, which was struck on Friday.
Israel has said it targeted various research and development sites tied to Iran’s nuclear and weapons programs.
Lebanese footage shows Israeli airstrike near Tyre
Footage published by Lebanese media shows an Israeli airstrike in Burj al-Shemali, near the coastal city of Tyre, a short while ago.
The IDF had issued a fresh evacuation warning for several buildings in the Tyre area earlier today, although the coastal city is already under a blanket evacuation order.
فيديو يوثق لحظة الغارة الإسرائيلية على المبنى المهدد في البرج الشمالي pic.twitter.com/GKfdLJ6zpD
— Lebanon Debate (@lebanondebate) April 4, 2026
Rescue forces responding to reports of impacts in central Israel
Medics and rescue forces are responding to reports of impacts in central Israel following Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack.
The missile is assessed by the IDF to have carried a cluster bomb warhead.
IDF detects missile launch targeting central Israel
The IDF has detected a ballistic attack from Iran, targeting central Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes.
Iran Guards say they targeted an Israel-linked ship in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it targeted an Israel-linked ship in the Strait of Hormuz in a drone attack, setting it on fire.
“A drone struck the vessel … linked to the Zionist regime in the Strait of Hormuz; the ship caught fire,” the Guards naval forces post on X, adding that the ship was called the MSC Ishyka.
Army issues evacuation warning to residents of south Lebanon’s Tyre
The Israeli military issued an urgent evacuation warning Saturday to residents of the coastal city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, ahead of planned strikes on Hezbollah targets.
“Urgent warning to the residents of the city of Tyre… Hezbollah’s terrorist activity compels the IDF to operate against it with determination,” the military’s Arabic-language spokesman Colonel Avichay Adraee says on X.
“For your safety, we call on you to evacuate your homes immediately, according to the area shown on the map, and move north of the Zahrani River,” he says, adding that the area extends to the Burj al-Shamali refugee camp.
IDF says it struck Iranian Quds Force command centers in Beirut
Command centers in Beirut belonging to the Quds Force, the extraterritorial arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were bombed by the Israeli Air Force yesterday, the IDF announces.
The IDF says the command centers belonged to the Qud Force’s Lebanon Corps, which “serves as a liaison between Hezbollah and the Iranian terror regime and supports Hezbollah’s force buildup and military entrenchment.”
In addition, the IDF says it struck in the Lebanese capital two command centers belonging to Palestinian Islamic Jihad, “which were utilized by the organization’s senior officials for decision-making and coordination with Hezbollah.”
The Israeli Navy also struck a Hezbollah surveillance post, the military adds.
חיל-האוויר השלים אתמול גל תקיפות לעבר תשתיות של ארגוני הטרור ברחבי לבנון, בו הותקפו מפקדות בשימוש גיס לבנון של 'כוח קדס'.
בנוסף, הותקפו שתי מפקדות של ארגון הטרור הג'יהאד האסלאמי הפלסטיני. pic.twitter.com/lkg2vs9UT9
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) April 4, 2026
IDF says helicopter accidentally dropped bomb in northern Israel; none hurt
An Israeli Air Force helicopter mistakenly dropped a bomb in an open area in northern Israel overnight, the military says.
The IDF says the incident was “due to human error,” and sappers were dispatched to the scene to safely remove the munition.
“There are no casualties, and the incident is under investigation,” the military adds.
Medics say 4 injured in earlier cluster bomb missile attack from Iran
Four people are lightly injured as a result of Iran’s ballistic missile attack on central Israel this afternoon, medics say.
Magen David Adom says a man aged 24 suffered smoke inhalation, two men in their 20s were hit by glass shards, and another man was injured by a blast.
The missile carried a cluster bomb warhead, spreading submunitons over a wide area in central Israel.
Iran allows essential goods vessels to its ports via Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim says
Iran has authorized the passage of vessels carrying essential goods to its ports through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a letter cited by Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
The letter indicates that ships heading to Iranian ports, including those currently in the Gulf of Oman, must coordinate with authorities and comply with established protocols to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim says.
Iran has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries about a fifth of the world’s total oil trade, in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks that began on February 28.
US-Israeli strike hits trade terminal at Iran-Iraq border, killing one — media
A US-Israeli strike has hit a trade terminal at the Iran-Iraq border, killing one person, Iranian media reports.
“At 11 a.m., the commercial terminal of the Shalamcheh border crossing in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr was targeted in an air attack by American and Zionist enemies,” Mehr news agency says, citing the deputy governor for Khuzestan province, Valiollah Hayati.
ISNA news agency cites Hayati as saying that “an Iraqi driver was killed and two Iranian workers were wounded” in the attack.
Air Force completes wave of strikes on Iranian regime in Tehran
The Israeli Air Force completed a wave of strikes against Iranian regime infrastructure sites in Tehran a short while ago, the IDF says.
No further details are immediately provided by the military on the targets.
Iranian media reports strikes on cement factory in southern Iran
Iranian media reports that strikes hit a cement factory in southern Iran.
No casualties were caused by the “American-Zionist attack on the Bandar Khamir cement factory,” the Tasnim news agency reports, citing a Hormozgan Province security official.
The report also says that “no disruption has occurred in the production chain” at the factory.
One person slightly hurt by smoke inhalation after missile impact in central Israel
One person is slightly hurt after suffering smoke inhalation following an Iranian cluster submunition impact in central Israel, medics say.
Magen David Adom says it took the 24-year-old to a hospital in good condition.
‘Heartbroken’ Springsteen eulogizes Suki Lahav, who played with the E Street Band half a century ago: ‘May she rest with the angels’
Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to Tzruya “Suki” Lahav, the young Israeli musician who played violin in the E Street Band at 38 gigs from late 1974 to early 1975. Lahav was credited for her playing on the “Born to Run” album’s closing track “Jungeland,” and sang backing vocals uncredited on the song “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” from Springsteen’s previous album.
Lahav, who returned to Israel and built a resonant career as a lyricist, author and poet, died on Thursday at the age of 74.
“Here on E Street, we’re heartbroken over the passing of Suki Lahav,” Springsteen posts on social media. “Her angelic voice shone on 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) and her beautiful violin brought great drama to the Jungleland intro. She also blessed our stage with her beauty and grace in our early touring days.”
“She was a wonderful friend,” he adds, “may she rest with the angels.”
Iranian official says oil exports from Kharg island have increased despite war
Iran’s oil exports from the key island of Kharg have increased even as the war with the United States and Israel rages, Iranian media reports.
“Following the visits carried out and meetings held on Kharg island, I must say that in recent days not only have oil exports not decreased, but they have increased,” ISNA news agency quotes Moussa Ahmadi, the head of the Iranian parliament’s energy commission, as saying.
Kharg Island, located off Iran’s western coast, is a vital oil export terminal for the country.
US President Donald Trump has recently threatened to destroy the island if a deal to end the war is not reached soon and the Strait of Hormuz does not “immediately” reopen.
On March 13, the US said it had bombed military targets on the island but refrained from hitting oil infrastructure there.
Iranian officials have in recent days warned that the United States may be planning a ground attack, particularly targeting one of Iran’s islands, and have repeatedly cautioned against such a move.
Cluster munitions cause heavy damage to buildings in Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan
Heavy damage was caused to residential buildings in the central cities of Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan by submunitions from an Iranian ballistic missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead, according to rescue services.
Bomblets also struck Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva, causing damage to roads and cars.
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
???? תיעוד מבני ברק pic.twitter.com/fIcuczXBJz
— Asslan Khalil (@KhalilAsslan) April 4, 2026
First responders checking reports of cluster bomb impacts in central Israel
Rescue forces are responding to reports of impacts in central Israel following Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack.
The missile is assessed by the IDF to have carried a cluster bomb warhead.
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
Strike hits perimeter of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, killing one — media
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant was hit by a strike this morning, according to Iranian media.
The Tasnim news agency reports that a projectile hit the plant’s perimeter fence, and as a result of the blast and shrapnel, one staff member was killed, and damage was caused to buildings.
The report adds that the main parts of the plant were not damaged by the strike.
Iran launches ballistic missile targeting central Israel
After a lull of nearly 10 hours, the IDF has detected a new ballistic attack from Iran, targeting central Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes.
Israeli strikes on Iranian petrochemicals hub reported to wound five
Petrochemical facilities in southwest Iran were hit by Israeli airstrikes a short while ago, according to Iranian media.
Israeli security sources confirm the strikes were carried out by the Israeli Air Force.
The Fars news agency reports that several facilities at the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Zone in the Khuzestan Province were hit by strikes.
The deputy governor for Khuzestan province Valiollah Hayati tells Fars that the attacks hit three companies in the area, while the Tasnim news agency quotes him as saying that “the extent of the damage remains unknown.”
Five people were wounded as a result of the strikes but it is not immediately clear if there are any deaths, he adds.
Last week, The Times of Israel reported that Israel’s political leadership instructed the IDF to shift to striking “economic targets” in Iran, aimed at causing massive financial damage to the regime.
Police investigate explosion at Israel Center in the Netherlands
Dutch police say they are investigating reports of an explosion overnight at the Israel Center in the central Dutch town of Nijkerk.
There were no reports of injuries and the damage at the site, run by the Christians for Israel charity, is minimal, a police statement posted on social media says.
It is not clear if the incident is related to a series of attacks against Jewish sites in Europe since the outbreak of war in Iran.
Police say there have been no arrests and appeal for witnesses to come forward.
Explosie bij Israëlcentrum in Nijkerk, niemand gewond geraakt https://t.co/I5oh9wXTbn
— NU.nl (@NUnl) April 3, 2026
Projectile hits Kiryat Shmona with no sirens; none injured
A projectile struck the northern city of Kiryat Shmona this morning without sirens sounding.
Rescue services say the impact damaged a road, with shrapnel hitting nearby homes and cars. No injuries were caused.
The IDF says it is investigating the incident.
בכביש, בין בתים וללא אזעקה: תיעוד פגיעת הרקטה בקריית שמונה
(אורלי אלקלעי) pic.twitter.com/ZeQNXrLd5W— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) April 4, 2026
IAF strikes air defense and missile sites in Tehran
The Israeli Air Force hit air defense sites and missile storage facilities during a wave of airstrikes in Tehran yesterday, the military says.
The IDF says that the targets included several air defense sites, including one belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, where anti-aircraft missiles were stored.
The IAF also struck a military site tasked with “safeguarding the Iranian terror regime’s weapons research and development facilities,” the military says.
In addition, the IDF says it struck a ballistic missile storage site and a weapons production, research and development site.
UN says 3 peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon are Indonesian
The three United Nations peacekeepers wounded in a blast in southern Lebanon on Friday were from Indonesia, UN officials say, just days after three other Indonesians were killed in separate explosions.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says the blast occurred inside a UN facility near El Adeisse on Friday afternoon, injuring three peacekeepers who were rushed to a hospital.
Two were seriously wounded.
UN Information Center (UNIC) in Jakarta says the “origin of the explosion” is unknown but identifies the wounded peacekeepers as Indonesian.
Artemis astronauts pass half-way point on way to Moon
The four Artemis astronauts have passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on the way to their planned lunar flyby, NASA says.
“You are now closer to the moon than you are to us on Earth,” mission control told the astronauts at around 11 p.m. (0400 GMT), according to the space agency’s official live broadcast.
“We all kind of had a collective, I guess, expression of joy at that… We can see the Moon out of the docking hatch right now, it is a beautiful sight,” astronaut Christina Koch replied.
The milestone was hit around two days, five hours and 24 minutes after liftoff, according to the NASA official broadcast.
The US space agency’s online dashboard shows that the Orion spacecraft carrying the astronauts is now more than 219,000 kilometres (136,080 miles) from Earth.
“We’re halfway there,” NASA posts on social media.
Iran executes two linked to opposition group, media says
Iran has executed two men it says were convicted of links to an opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, and of carrying out armed attacks, domestic media reports.
The executions were the latest in recent days of individuals with such links.
Interception debris falls on building in Dubai belonging to American firm IRGC vowed to target
Dubai authorities say no injuries are reported after debris fell on the facade of an Oracle building in the emirate’s Internet City following an aerial interception.
Oracle featured on a list of 18 US companies that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has vowed to target in retaliation for attacks on the country.
Authorities confirm that they responded to a minor incident caused by debris from an aerial interception that fell on the facade of the Oracle building in Dubai Internet City. No injuries were reported.
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) April 4, 2026
Unsourced report says US special forces operating to rescue missing airman in Iran
US special forces are operating in Iran to extract a missing crew member of a downed fighter jet, The British Telegraph reports, without citing sources.
Major US newspapers have yet to report on such an operation.
No fire or injuries reported after interception debris falls on building in Dubai
CAIRO, Egypt — Authorities in Dubai say no fire or injuries were reported from debris falling on the facade of a building in the city’s Marina area following an aerial interception, according to a post on X by the emirate’s media office.
Authorities confirm that they responded to an incident caused by debris from an aerial interception that fell onto the façade of a building in the Dubai Marina area. No fire or injuries were reported.
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) April 4, 2026
Iran’s March 3 drone attack on US Embassy in Riyadh led to more damage than publicly revealed — report
An Iranian drone attack on the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia in March resulted in more damage than was publicly revealed, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing current and former American officials.
In the March 3 nighttime attack, two Iranian drones slammed into a secure area of the embassy where hundreds of people work during the day and heavily damaged three floors, including a CIA station, current and former officials, and people familiar with the matter tell the Journal.
The attack resulted in a blaze that raged for half a day, leading to irreversible damage to parts of the compound, a person briefed on the matter says.
Officials say that if the embassy had been attacked during the working day, it would have caused a mass-casualty event.
At the time, the Saudi Defense Ministry claimed the attack only resulted in limited fire and minor damage.
Loud explosions heard in Beirut after IDF announces strikes on Hezbollah sites
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Loud explosions are heard in Beirut, an AFP journalist says, as the Israeli military said it had begun striking “Hezbollah infrastructure” in the Lebanese capital.
AFP’s correspondent in Beirut heard at least two explosions within half an hour and reported smoke billowing from one of them.
The IDF said on Telegram it “has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Beirut.”
Local media reported two strikes on the southern suburbs.
Iranian cluster bomb attack causes partial collapse of Ramat Gan building, power outage in Rosh Ha’ayin
The recent Iranian cluster bomb attack caused a building to partially collapse in Ramat Gan, Fire and Rescue services say.
Additionally, a high-voltage electricity line was damaged in the attack in Rosh Ha’ayin, causing a power outage in parts of the city, its municipality says.
Fire and Rescue services say that they have brought a blaze caused by an earlier Iranian ballistic missile impact at the Neot Hovav industrial zone, south of Beersheba, under control.
Man lightly hurt by shattered glass in Bnei Brak in Iranian missile attack
A 45-year-old man was lightly injured by shattered glass in Bnei Brak after an Iranian ballistic missile attack targeted central Israel, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says.
He was taken to Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center for treatment, MDA says.
Iran reportedly recovering bombed missile bunkers within hours after being struck
Iranian personnel are digging out underground missile bunkers and silos from the rubble, bringing them back into service hours after being struck by the US and Israel, according to US intelligence reports cited by the New York Times.
American intelligence also assesses that Tehran has preserved a notable amount of missiles and mobile launchers, and has cast doubt on how close Washington has come to its goal of destroying the Islamic Republic’s missile capability, the Times reports.
According to the report, Washington cannot be certain how many missile launchers have been destroyed because Iran has deployed decoys.
No injuries immediately reported after Iranian cluster bomb on center
No injuries are immediately reported after an Iranian ballistic missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead spread bomblets across central Israel.
The submuntions hit several cities in the Tel Aviv area, causing damage, according to rescue services.
No injuries are immediately reported after an Iranian ballistic missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead spread bomblets across central Israel.
The submuntions hit several cities in the Tel Aviv area, causing damage, according to rescue services. pic.twitter.com/O7Pz4cGpVb
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) April 3, 2026
תיעוד הפגיעה בראש העין @hadasgrinberg pic.twitter.com/sHjCYzwRN1
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) April 3, 2026
Footage also shows a cluster munition that landed in central Israel without exploding. Police sappers have been dispatched to the scene to remove it.
An unexploded Iranian cluster munition that landed in central Israel a short while ago. pic.twitter.com/ipgBTLVb6e
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) April 3, 2026
Latest Iranian missile fired at central Israel had cluster bomb warhead; rescue services checking for impacts
The ballistic missile launched by Iran at central Israel a short while ago carried a cluster bomb warhead, footage shows.
Rescue forces are responding to reports of possible bomblet impacts across central Israel.
תיעוד: טיל מתפזר בשמי המרכז pic.twitter.com/AiPb3PDhEL
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) April 3, 2026
Iranian missile sparks fire at industrial zone near Beersheba; no reported injuries or hazardous material fears
Firefighters say they are working to extinguish a blaze sparked by an Iranian ballistic missile impact at the Neot Hovav industrial zone, south of Beersheba.
“Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters detected a fire and are working to extinguish the fire and conduct searches. As of this time, there are no known injuries and no involvement of hazardous materials have been identified,” the Fire and Rescue Service says.