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War in the Middle East: latest developments Paris, France, March 18 (AFP) Mar 18, 2026 Here are the latest developments Wednesday in the Middle East war:
Air raid sirens also went off from northern to southern Israel after at least one missile launch was detected from Lebanon.
"Our response will be much more severe than tonight's attacks," the Guards said in a statement, after striking the world's largest gas hub, Ras Laffan in Qatar. Earlier, Iran blamed Israel and the United States for strikes on its giant South Pars gas facility, with President Masoud Pezeshkian warning of "uncontrollable consequences" of energy infrastructure attacks. The United Arab Emirates and Qatar had separately condemned the strikes on Iran's gas plant.
"We will continue to hunt down all of the regime's senior officials. The series of eliminations will not stop," a military spokesman said in a televised briefing.
The defence ministry also said it destroyed a drone headed towards a gas plant.
"Every drop of spilled blood comes at a price, and the criminal murderers of these martyrs will soon have to pay it," added Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since taking office.
Earlier, medics said missiles from Iran killed two people near Tel Aviv, bringing the death toll from missiles fired on the country to 14.
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