Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu says war will take ‘some time’; US ’non-emergency’ staff to leave Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq

The Guardian World

by Adam Fulton

March 3, 2026

Israeli PM adds that it will not be an ‘endless war’; Israeli military lists dozens of locations in Lebanon that could be targeted – follow the latest news US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel’s plan to launch attack, Rubio says Anger with Hezbollah boils as war returns to weary Beirut US secretary of state Marco Rubio has claimed the US attacked Iran after learning that Israel was going to strike, which would have meant retaliation against US forces. “We knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties,” he told reporters The Air Force is now attacking Tehran and Beirut simultaneously The Air Force has now begun a wave of extensive strikes against the Iranian terror regime and the Hezbollah terror organization. Continue reading...

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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/3/2026