Iran US-Isreali Conflict LIVE Updates March 06 -2026: Thousands Killed, Major Strikes Across the Middle East

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday issued a temporary 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to buy Russian oil, a move officials say is designed to keep global energy markets stable amid the escalating war in West Asia.....Read More 

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a strong appeal for members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), military, police, and security forces to lay down their arms, offering them total immunity if they surrender — warning they would face “guaranteed death” if they continue fighting. He also encouraged Iranian diplomats to seek asylum and help shape a “new and better Iran.”

Fighter aircraft have been heard in the skies over Iran’s capital as well as the sounds of explosions, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Tehran reports

The Qatari Ministry of Defence has announced that its air defence forces successfully intercepted a drone attack targeting the Al Udeid airbase in Doha.

Earlier, authorities issued an alert warning that the security threat level had been elevated, requiring people to remain indoors and to stay away from windows and other exposed areas.(Al Jazeera)

Hezbollah has issued a warning in Hebrew, directing Israeli residents in the north of the country to evacuate all settlements located within 5km (3.1 miles) of the border with Lebanon.

In its statement, the group declared that the aggression of the Israeli army against Lebanese sovereignty and civilians, as well as the destruction of infrastructure and displacement of residents in Lebanon, “will not go unanswered”.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that 123 people have been killed and 683 wounded in Israeli strikes on the country, including the capital Beirut, since Monday.

Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Lebanon reports that Israeli jet fighters are bombing southern and eastern Lebanese towns, including Douris in the Bekaa Valley.

Fighters of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) have carried out at least 27 operations and attacks against US interests in Iraq and the region in the last 24 hours, the group said.

In a statement posted on the Telegram messaging platform, the IRI said the attacks targeted “enemy bases” in Iraq using drones and missiles.

There were no immediate reports of casualties and damage from the alleged attacks..The statement also did not mention specific locations that were targeted.

IRI is an umbrella group of Iran-backed armed groups in the region that also fought against ISIL (ISIS). The group previously claimed responsibility for attacks in response to US support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Al Jazeera 

The Saudi Defence Ministry said a cruise missile was intercepted and destroyed to the east of the country’s central al-Kharj governorate.The ministry provided no additional information. (Al Jazeera)

The Reuters news agency reports that US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an attack on an Iranian girls’ school that reportedly killed 165 children.

Reuters cited two US officials in its report, adding that more details regarding the US investigation into the school bombing were not available, and the probe has yet to reach a final conclusion or complete its work.

The elementary school in Minab in southern Iran was hit on Saturday by either US or Israeli missile fire, with Iran’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, reporting that the attack killed 150 students. The death toll was later increased to 165.

Iran held a mass funeral ceremony this week for the schoolgirls and staff killed in the strike.

Deliberately attacking a school, hospital or any other civilian structure would be a war crime under international humanitarian law.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeskhian has presided over the fourth meeting of the interim leadership council, which has been put in charge to run the country following the US killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

According to Iran’s reformist Shargh newspaper, the council has discussed the gathering of the Assembly of Experts, which is tasked to select the new Supreme Leader.

During the session, Pezeshkian and fellow council members Supreme Court Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and Guardian Council member Ayatollah Alireza Arafi also discussed the country’s response to the ongoing US and Israeli military operation against the country. (Al Jazeera)