In the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, Hezbollah opened a new front in the US-Israeli war against Iran when it launched “missiles and a swarm of drones” at a military base in northern Israel.

Newsweek has created a list recording every country where a strike has been reported in the U.S.-Iran conflict.

Lebanon's health ministry says 31 people were killed by Israeli strikes, while there are no reports of casualties in Israel.

The Trump administration has defended the war on Iran by arguing that the Middle Eastern country posed a significant threat to the United States. Officials argued that Iran was nearing the development of a nuclear weapon and ballistic missiles capable of reaching U.S. territory.

Israel said it is hitting missile launch sites and weapon storage facilities in Lebanon belonging to Hezbollah, after the Iran-backed group fired missiles at Israel. NBC News’ Daniele Hamamdjian reports on the proxy fight.

The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran continue. Meanwhile Iran is retaliating, firing missiles Israel, but also U.S. allies in the Gulf like Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and even air bases Cyprus,

JERUSALEM, March 2 (Reuters) - Israel's main international gateway, Ben Gurion ⁠Airport ⁠near Tel Aviv, said on its ⁠WhatsApp channel that it expects to reopen as early as Monday night in an "extremely limited ​format" after the conflict with Iran shut Israeli airspace.

A Christian women's group from Snowflake, Arizona, was stranded in Jerusalem while a Surprise church group planned to evacuate from northeast Israel.

Planned Israeli action against Iran prompted the US to strike, secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Monday. The US embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones, according to Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry.

The Trump administration and its allies in Congress are presenting a shifting new justification for the U.S. attack on Iran.