live U.S. confirms troop deaths: All the latest news on Middle East conflict

U.S. confirms troop deaths: All the latest news on Middle East conflict
A missile launched from Iran is intercepted, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Ashkelon, Israel, 4 March, 2026.
Reuters

The widening war between Iran, U.S. and Israel is leaving civilians and soldiers caught in its wake. Thousands are stranded across the Gulf, flights are grounded, and Washington has confirmed the first American troops killed as fears grow of further casualties.

⦿ 02:54 GMT | UPDATE

Several killed in Israeli strike on building in Lebanon's Baalbek

Reuter

Several people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a four-storey residential building in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, the state news agency NNA reported early on Wednesday.

Rescue teams were working to pull families from beneath the rubble, NNA said.

rEUTERS

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