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U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday would be the most intense day yet of U.S. strikes inside Iran as the Pentagon offered its first tally of American wounded, saying about 140 U.S. troops have been injured, eight severely.
The Islamic Republic, its firepower diminished, vowed to fight on, with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf dismissing any suggestion of seeking a ceasefire.
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Another top Iranian security official, Ali Larijani, warned U.S. President Donald Trump, writing on X that “Iran doesn’t fear your empty threats. Even those bigger than you couldn’t eliminate Iran. Be careful not to get eliminated yourself.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war’s aim is a popular overthrow of Iran’s government, and “we are breaking their bones,” while White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump “is not making anything up” as he offers varying justifications for launching the war.
G7 leaders to hold talks on energy issues
Leaders of the Group of Seven will hold a meeting via videoconference Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said in a statement.
The talks will focus on “the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East, in particular the energy situation and measures to mitigate its impact,” it said.
France currently holds the rotating presidency of the G7.
Earlier Tuesday a meeting of G7 energy ministers discussed a potential use of strategic oil reserves to bring down prices.
Smoke rise from an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Israeli strikes kill 7 across southern Lebanon
An Israeli strike killed five people and wounded five others in the town of Qana in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry said.
Another strike in the Tyre district killed one and wounded eight, while a separate strike in the Bint Jbeil district killed one and injured two, the ministry added.
Meanwhile, drones targeted military bases at Baghdad International Airport, two security officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists.
Some drones fell near Iraqi security positions, while others landed near logistical support sites used by U.S.-led coalition forces, one official said. The military installations include Victoria Base, a U.S.-operated compound.
No injuries or damage were reported, and it was not immediately clear who carried out the attack. Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias, including Saraya Awliya al-Dam, have previously targeted the base.
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense condemned the repeated drone and rocket attacks, emphasizing that the air bases are sovereign Iraqi facilities hosting Iraqi Air Force squadrons and army personnel responsible for safeguarding the country’s security.
Sixteen minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz were among multiple Iranian vessels taken out by U.S. forces on Tuesday, according to U.S. Central Command.
The military published the figure and unclassified footage of some of the vessels after Trump warned Iran against laying mines in the critical waterway.
Trump says the U.S. military “completely destroyed” the vessels and in a social media post added that there would be “more to follow.”
The announcement came soon after two other social media postings by the U.S. president in which he said he has no reports of Iran putting explosive mines in the strategic waterway, but also warned Tehran that if it did, he wants them immediately removed.
A boy runs inside cement pipe turned into a bomb shelter as air raid sirens warn of incoming Iranian missile strike in Michmoret, Israel, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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