The Israeli military said on Thursday it had carried out a "12th wave of strikes" against Iranian sites including those of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, internal security forces and Basji organisation. It also said it had attacked a missile launcher in Qom and an air defence system in Isfahan.

Days into its offensive against Hezbollah, Israel is massing armored vehicles near the Lebanese border for a potentially much larger ground incursion.

The broadening Iran war has ricocheted across the region and beyond. Nearly every country in the Middle East is sustaining damage from missile hits or shrapnel, with many reporting casualties.

Violent escalation in the Middle East has entered a fourth day, with US and Israeli military strikes against Iran and ensuing Iranian counter-strikes hitting targets across the region, disrupting airspace and transport routes.

Israeli troops enter Lebanon forcing thousands to flee homes as Middle East crisis escalates - More than 30,000 people have fled to shelters in Lebanon to escape Israeli assaults, the UN said on Tuesd

By Laila Bassam, Maya Gebeily, Emilie Madi and Tala Ramadan BEIRUT, March 2 (Reuters) - Lebanon's government on Monday banned military activities by Hezbollah after it opened fire on Israel to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader,

The war over Iran engulfed more of the Middle East and beyond on Monday as strikes intensified, Iran-backed groups stepped up attacks and a sixth U.S. service member was killed in action.

House lawmakers narrowly rejected a war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, a day after the Senate voted down a similar measure.

The unfolding war in the Middle East has ricocheted across the region, with nearly every country sustaining damage and many reporting casualties.