- Fresh Beirut strikes -

A strike hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday, AFPTV's live broadcast showed, after the Israeli military renewed its warnings for residents to leave.

- 'Unhelpful' France -

US President Donald Trump lashed out at France, saying it had been "very unhelpful" after not allowing planes with military supplies to fly over its territory.

- 'Grave violation' -

The EU demanded an investigation into attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, after three Indonesian troops were killed amid fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

"These attacks are a grave violation of international law, are totally unacceptable and must stop immediately," EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni said.

- Israel to stay in Lebanon -

Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said Israel's military would occupy a swathe of southern Lebanon even after the end of the current war against Iran-backed Hezbollah.

"At the end of the operation, the IDF will establish itself in a security zone inside Lebanon, on a defensive line against anti-tank missiles, and will maintain security control over the entire area up to the Litani," Katz said in a video statement published by his ministry.

"All the houses in the villages adjacent to the border in Lebanon will be demolished in accordance with the Rafah and Beit Hanoun model in Gaza," he said.

- Fleeing Lebanon -

More than 200,000 people have fled Lebanon for Syria since fighting broke out between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel, the UN refugee agency said.

"The vast majority -- nearly 180,000 -- are Syrians, including Syrian refugees who had fled Syria seeking safety in the past in Lebanon and (are) now forced to flee again," Aseer al-Madaien, UNHCR's interim representative in Syria, told a press conference by video link from Damascus.

- Gulf united -

The Gulf states are unified in calling for a de-escalation of the war, Qatar said.

"Our understanding is that there is a very unified position in the Gulf on calling for the de-escalation and an end to the war," Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told a regular news briefing.

- Pharmaceutical co hit -

US-Israeli strikes have hit and damaged one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Iran which produces anaesthetic and cancer drugs, the Iranian government said.

The pharmaceutical company is owned by the Social Security Investment Company, a state-run holding firm managing pension funds.

- 'Weeks to come' -

The Israeli military said it was prepared for weeks more fighting, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the war with Iran was beyond the halfway point.

"We are prepared to keep operating for weeks to come," spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani told journalists.

- Hormuz plant hit -

Strikes have hit a desalination plant on Iran's Qeshm island in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, putting it out of service, Iranian media reported.

It was not immediately clear when the attack took place.

- Dubai injured -

Four people were injured by debris from an interception that fell on residential houses in southern Dubai.

Earlier, AFP journalists reported hearing explosions after UAE authorities warned of missile and drone attacks.

- Israel injured -

Israel's emergency services said that eight people with minor injuries were evacuated to hospitals in the Tel Aviv area, where police reported falling munitions fragments after an alert for incoming Iranian missiles.

- Saudi injured -

A drone interception left two people injured in Al-Kharj province, a Saudi region southeast of the capital Riyadh that houses the Prince Sultan air base, the country's civil defence said.

- Iraq blast -

An explosion was heard Tuesday morning near the international airport of Erbil, a city in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist said.

Erbil is home to a major US consulate complex, while its airport houses military advisers attached to a US-led international anti-jihadist coalition.

- China-Pakistan cooperation -

China and Pakistan will "strengthen" their cooperation on Iran, Beijing's foreign ministry said Tuesday, as top Islamabad officials visited the Chinese capital.

- Religious site hit -

US-Israeli strikes caused damage to a Shia Muslim religious site in Iran's northwest, state media reported.

"Parts of the dome and minarets were damaged" of the Grand Husseinya, a hall for Shia gatherings and mourning ceremonies, state television reported.

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