Israeli attacks on Beirut, Air strike hits Iran-backed group in Iraq

The war between the U.S.-Israel and Iran is causing global uncertainty and instability

as attacks across the Middle East continue.

Iran has launched multiple strikes across Israel.

At least six people are reported injured after missile shrapnel hit a building in Tel Aviv.

The Israeli military says search and rescue operations are underway at several other sites

in the south, Haifa in the north, has also been hit.

Meanwhile explosions have been reported across Tehran as the U.S.-Sent-Israel target the Iranian

capital.

Early attacks hit Isfahan and other cities.

And in the Gulf, Kuwait says falling missile debris caused by interceptions has left seven

power transmission lines out of service.

The attacks come along with signs of a diplomatic channel opening.

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Arakchi has held calls with several countries in the last

24 hours, including Egypt, Pakistan and Oman.

Now, elsewhere, the Israeli military has carried out several air strikes in Lebanon on

the capital Beirut.

Several neighborhoods in the south of the city were targeted overnight.

There was also a large explosion after an Israeli raid on a gas station in southern Lebanon.

Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah locations, but it has repeatedly issued force evacuation

orders for residential areas, displacing thousands of people.

Authorities say more than a thousand people have been killed since Lebanon was drawn into

the war three weeks ago.

While stock market investors in Asia appeared cautiously optimistic after President Trump

suggested the U.S. and Iran had been holding talks, benchmark indices in Japan, South Korea,

and Hong Kong all rebounded after losses on Monday.

Several countries are bracing for prolonged interruption to energy and fuel supplies.

In Iraq, at least 14 people are dead after an air strike targeted the brigade headquarters

of the popular mobilization forces in Anbar.

PMF commanders were holding a meeting when the attack happened.

Security officials say three senior leaders were killed and dozens injured.

The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that combat helicopters had

carried out strikes against pro-Iran armed groups.

Iraq has become a two-way battlefield between armed factions and the U.S. as a regional

war with Iran escalates.

Pro-Iran armed groups have claimed responsibility for these attacks on U.S.

interests, while strikes have also targeted these groups.

Iraq's oil ministry declared a force measure on oil fields developed by foreign oil companies

citing disruptions to the state of Homo's.

Coming up on the take, strikes on oil depots around Tehran filled the air with toxic smoke.

What happens when the air people breathe becomes part of the battlefield?

That's the take by Al Jazeera.

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