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Iran says to completely close Hormuz if US targets power plants

Iran's military threatened on Sunday to completely shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz if U.S. President Donald Trump acts on threats to target the country's power plants.

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Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Hormuz as Tehran strikes Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping or face the destruction of its energy infrastructure, as Tehran launched its most destructive attack yet on Israel.

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Iran threatens to 'irreversibly destroy' region's infrastructure if own attacked

Iran's powerful parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened on Sunday to irreversibly destroy vital infrastructure across the region if the United States and Israel attacked its own.

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Netanyahu visits town hit by Iran strike, vows to target Guards leaders

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to pursue senior commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards "personally", during a visit to an Israeli town struck by an Iranian missile the previous day.

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Iran missile strikes wound over 100 in two south Israel towns

Iranian missile strikes on two southern Israeli towns wounded more than 100 people on Saturday, medics said, after Israeli air defence systems failed to intercept the projectiles.

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Katz says Israel to destroy south bridges, border homes as warning issued for al-Qasmiyeh bridge

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that the army had been ordered to destroy more bridges over the Litani river being used by Hezbollah in south Lebanon and to step up the demolition of houses.

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I instructed the IDF (army) to immediately destroy all the bridges over the Litani River that are used for terrorist activity, in order to prevent Hezbollah terrorists and weapons from moving south," Katz said in a statement.

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Rocket fire from Lebanon kills one in north Israel as Hezbollah claims attacks

Israel said rocket fire from Lebanon killed one person on Sunday as Hezbollah said it attacked soldiers in northern Israel, the first fatality there in fire from Lebanon since the latest war erupted.

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From Gaza to Lebanon, doctor races against time to treat war-wounded children

During almost three weeks of war in Lebanon, British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu-Sittah has had no respite, telling AFP he has been working "against the clock" to save children wounded in Israeli bombardment.

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Iran fired missiles at joint US-UK base in Indian Ocean

Iran recently fired two ballistic missiles toward the joint U.S.-UK military base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing U.S. officials.

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Israel defense minister warns strikes on Iran to increase 'significantly'

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the United States and Israel would intensify their strikes on Iran in the coming week starting Sunday.

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