Iran continued its bombardment the Gulf and Israel on Tuesday in retaliation for further Israeli-US airstrikes, as Donald Trump said it was too late for dialogue with Tehran. The attack followed strike on the US embassy in Kuwait as Iran continued to target US bases, facilities and personnel in Arab Gulf states. Meanwhile, US and Israel continued their strikes against Iran, with the US claiming it had destroyed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities. View image in fullscreen Marco Rubio claimed the US’s hand had been forced by the knowledge that Israel was planning to attack Iran. Estimates of people killed in the strikes ranged from 787 people to 1,500, including 165 people in a strike on a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran.

Source: The Guardian March 03, 2026 15:26 UTC