Trump Seeks Warships To Open Hormuz Strait

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says an Israeli airstrike damaged a key bridge in south Lebanon, cutting the road between the southern city of Nabatiyeh and the town of Marjayoun.

Saturday’s strike was the third in the same area hours apart. It came a day after two other major bridges were struck in southern Lebanon.

Israel’s military says it is sending more forces to the front along the border with Lebanon. Israel has said that Hezbollah had used the bridges to move north and south of the Litani River. - AP

Bahrain’s Defense Ministry said Iran fired 10 drones and three missiles on Saturday.

That has brought the total number of missiles and drones fired at Bahrain during the two-week war to 124 and 203, respectively.

Iran’s military command threatened Saturday to attack cities in the United Arab Emirates, claiming they were used by U.S. forces to launch strikes on Iran’s Abu Musa and Kharg islands.

According to Iran’s state television, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said, without providing evidence, that U.S. forces launched attacks on the Islamic Republic from “ports, docks and hideouts within” cities in the Emirates.

It called on people to evacuate “ports, docks and locations where U.S. forces are sheltered in UAE cities.”

The Palestinian militant group also urged regional countries to “cooperate and stop” the U.S. and Israeli assault on Iran.

“While affirming the right of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to this aggression by all available means in accordance with international norms and laws, the movement calls upon the brothers in Iran to avoid targeting neighboring countries,” Hamas said in a statement Saturday, its first since the war began on Feb. 28.

The group, which maintains close ties with Iran and Qatar, said stopping the war is in the interest of the region.

Hamas is part of the so-called Axis of Resistance, which includes Iranian-backed militant groups in the Middle East. - AP