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Israel

March
March 2026
UNIFIL
Polish peacekeeper serving with Irish troops injured in Lebanon
29 Mar
10.6k
Palm Sunday
Israeli police prevent church officials from entering Jerusalem church for Palm Sunday mass
Updated 29 Mar
28.9k
49
Dahiyeh
Funerals held in Lebanon for three journalists killed by Israeli strike
29 Mar
2.6k
Political prisoners
Israel pushes on with its execution bill for Palestinian prisoners, in a worrying policy shift
29 Mar
13.2k
Middle East
Israel hits Iran naval research site as fresh blasts rattle Tehran
28 Mar
3.8k
Lebanon
Israeli strike kills three journalists in south Lebanon
28 Mar
5.8k
45
strait of hormuz
Thailand reaches deal with Iran to allow Thai oil vessels safe passage through Strait of Hormuz
28 Mar
9.6k
32
Middle East
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels launch missile towards Israel for the first time in Iran war
28 Mar
10.1k
46
On the ground in Gaza
Over 7,000 Palestinians missing as families search for those buried or detained
Extremely hazardous conditions see decomposing bodies exposed in open areas.
Recovery teams are at risk of disease and infection as they carry out identification efforts.
No one in Gaza knows the fate of non militants who were detained on 7 October 2023.
Hana Salah
Palestinian journalist
28 Mar
11.3k
57
Middle East
Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities after warning attacks would 'escalate and expand'
27 Mar
8.0k
RELATED
America's biggest news agency says it will call Israel's attack on Lebanon what it is: invasion
27 Mar
UN debates 'visceral horror' of school bombing that killed 175 and demands answers from US
27 Mar
As Trump mulls more troops, Iran says hotels housing US soldiers in the region will be targeted
27 Mar
Litani River
America's biggest news agency says it will call Israel's attack on Lebanon what it is: invasion
27 Mar
17.0k
71
Negotiations
Trump claims Iran is 'afraid to say' it wants a peace deal
In Abu Dhabi, two people were killed and three others injured after missile debris struck a residential area.
Updated 26 Mar
16.0k
118
Middle East war
Iran fires more missiles at Israel and denies Trump’s ‘very good’ talks claim
24 Mar
12.5k
51
Middle East war
Trump says he's postponing US strikes on Iranian power plants after 'productive' talks with Tehran
The US President had previously said that if Iran did not open the strait, the US would destroy its “various power plants”.
Updated 23 Mar
47.1k
166
FactCheck
Debunked: A video of an explosion in 'Tel Aviv' is actually from a 2016 warehouse fire in the US
23 Mar
144
Middle East
Trump says US considering 'winding down' war on Iran, but other nations must guard Strait of Hormuz
The US president said the Strait will have to be policed by countries “who use it”, adding: “The United States does not!”.
20 Mar
20.2k
137
International Energy Agency
Head of global energy watchdog warns Iran war is greatest energy security threat in history
The International Energy Agency has recommended a list of measures to member countries as a way to alleviate energy pressures caused by the conflict.
20 Mar
8.2k
37
Middle East
Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran is being 'decimated' as Tehran keeps up retaliatory fire
20 Mar
9.0k
Energy prices
Six US allies express 'readiness' to ensure safe passage in Strait of Hormuz after Trump dismissal
The US has said it may try to boost oil supply by getting it from an unlikely source, Iran.
Updated 19 Mar
38.3k
74
Summit
Taoiseach hints at energy supports as he condemns 'unacceptable' attack on Iranian gas field
Updated 19 Mar
11.8k
63
side effects
Oil prices surge after Iran and Israel trade attacks on gasfields
19 Mar
5.4k
21
Liam óg ó hAnnaidh
Kneecap's Mo Chara says labelling the group as antisemitic 'waters that term down'
19 Mar
13.3k
Middle East
Trump vows ‘NO MORE ATTACKS’ on Iran gas field, but warns US could ‘blow up’ site if Qatar hit again
Trump claimed in a post on Truth Social that he “knew nothing” of the Israeli attack on the South Pars gas field.
19 Mar
20.5k
88
RELATED
Hauliers put protest threat on hold as minister says fuel tax may be cut next week
19 Mar
Taoiseach hints at energy supports as he condemns 'unacceptable' attack on Iranian gas field
19 Mar
Middle East
Israel collapses building in Beirut as strikes kill 12, Iran vows revenge for killing of regime figure
Updated 18 Mar
12.1k
50
Iran
Minister says government agrees with president on breaches of international law in Middle East
Jane Matthews
reports from Boston
18 Mar
7.0k
3
Ali Larijani
Israel says it has killed Iran's national security chief
17 Mar
7.8k
West Bank
Children who survived Israeli gunfire recount troops killing their parents and brothers
16 Mar
10.0k
Palestine
Israeli strike on police vehicle kills nine officers, Gaza ministry says
15 Mar
4.0k
Middle East
Iran vows to 'target and kill' Netanyahu as Trump threatens more strikes 'just for fun'
The Israeli air force said yesterday that more than 200 Iranian targets were struck in a 24-hour period.
Updated 15 Mar
20.8k
83
Palestine
Israeli settlers injure five Palestinians in fresh attack against village in occupied West Bank
14 Mar
3.5k
Middle East
Oil exports from Iran's Kharg island continuing as normal after US bombs, Iranian official says
Updated 14 Mar
17.5k
strait of hormuz
Zelenskyy says lifting Russia sanctions will 'not help peace' as US sends more forces to Middle East
Oil prices have stayed above $100 a barrel since the US lifted sanctions on Russia.
Updated 13 Mar
26.7k
96
Mojtaba Khamenei
Pentagon says Iran's new supreme leader 'wounded' amid ongoing speculation over his health
13 Mar
9.9k
50
Pay and Conditions
A self-inflicted wound: Low cadet pay is damaging the Defence Forces
Lt Col Conor King
12 Mar
11.1k
23
Mojtaba Khamenei
Iran's new supreme leader urges Gulf states to close US bases in first statement of the war
Donald Trump dismissed concerns over fuel prices today, saying the destruction of Iranian nuclear capacity was more important.
Updated 12 Mar
30.2k
116
RELATED
British tourist in Dubai among 21 people charged in the UAE for sharing missile footage
12 Mar
‘This didn’t just happen last week’: Rising fuel prices push motorists to fill up in the North
12 Mar
Middle East
Israeli attacks displace over 800,000 in Lebanon as Iran targets more ships in Persian Gulf
The economic impacts of the war continued to be felt today as the price of oil rose again.
Updated 11 Mar
22.2k
72
RELATED
Second government-chartered flight lands in Dublin
11 Mar
Italian PM condemns 'massacre' at Iranian school, Harris says focus should be on 'de-escalation'
11 Mar
Israeli tanks and soldiers have entered Lebanese territory near Irish peacekeeping outpost
11 Mar
Iran
'Black rain' falls on Tehran after Israeli strikes on oil depots release toxic chemicals into the sky
With the Sun blotted out, disoriented people in Tehran had to turn on their lights to see through the gloom yesterday morning.
9 Mar
14.7k
60
Middle East
Nato defence systems intercept Iranian ballistic missile over Turkey as US-Israeli war on Iran rages
Updated 9 Mar
16.5k
44
Middle East
Trump says new Iran leader won't last long without his approval
Overnight Israeli strikes hit Tehran fuel depots and a Beirut hotel.
Updated 8 Mar
31.4k
127
Lebanon
Death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon up to 394 since Monday, officials say
8 Mar
1.9k
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