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Israeli authorities prevent Palestinians from entering Jerusalem from the West Bank to perform the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, on February 20, 2026. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency]
Israeli forces on Sunday evening forced worshippers out of a mosque in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem and prevented them from performing the Isha and Taraweeh prayers.
Local sources said troops entered Sheikh Lulu Mosque shortly before the call to the Isha prayer and forced worshipers to leave the place, and prevented prayers, including Tarawih prayers, in what was described as part of ongoing restrictions on places of worship.
The incident came as Al-Aqsa Mosque remained closed for a second consecutive day under what authorities described as a state of emergency. Strict closures were also imposed on the Old City and its entrances.
Since Saturday evening, Israeli authorities have completely shut Al-Aqsa Mosque and forced worshippers to leave immediately, citing the declaration of a state of emergency following Israel’s attack on Iran. The measures have further tightened restrictions on freedom of worship and movement in the city.
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Fire breaks out at Erbil Airport in northern Iraq following explosions as air defense systems carried out intensive interception operations on March 1, 2026. [Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed – Anadolu Agency]
An Iraqi Shia faction has said it carried out a drone attack on a US military base at Baghdad International Airport.
Saraya Awliya’a al-Dam, which operates under the umbrella of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, announced early on Monday that it had launched a swarm of drones targeting the Victoria military base at the airport.
In a statement issued before dawn, the group said: “In fulfilment of our religious duty and in retaliation for the leader Ali Khamenei, and in support of the Islamic Republic of Iran, our fighters carried out an attack today, using a fleet of drones targeting the Victoria military base at Baghdad Airport.”
On Sunday night, Saraya Awliya al-Dam also claimed responsibility for shelling US positions in the city of Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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Hezbollah supporters gather holding Iranian flags and posters of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while chanting anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans following the announcement that the Iranian leader was killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks, in the Dahieh district south of Lebanon’s capital Beirut on March 01, 2026. [Houssam Shbaro – Anadolu Agency]
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for shelling an Israeli military site in the north of the occupied territories.
In a statement, the group said it had targeted the Mishmar HaCarmel site, south of the occupied city of Haifa, with a salvo of rockets and drones.
In response, Israeli forces carried out heavy air strikes on several locations in Beirut’s southern suburbs and villages in the Bekaa Valley.
The Israeli army issued evacuation orders for dozens of towns in southern and eastern Lebanon.
In a statement, it said residents of 53 villages in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa must leave their homes and move at least one kilometre away.
The developments came amid large-scale displacement from Beirut’s southern suburbs and southern Lebanon, with some schools opened to accommodate those fleeing.
Earlier, the Israeli army said it had intercepted one rocket fired from Lebanon, while other rockets landed without causing damage or casualties.
Israel’s Home Front Command confirmed that sirens sounded in the northern town of Margaliot over fears of a drone infiltration.
Israel’s public broadcaster reported that Hezbollah had launched rockets towards northern Israel for the first time since the ceasefire agreement in November 2024. There has been no official comment from Hezbollah on this specific claim.
The broadcaster quoted senior security officials as saying that rocket fire from Lebanon would be met with a strong response.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Haifa said the rocket fire from Lebanon was a development that required immediate action and a firm response.
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Smoke rises after Iran carried out a missile strike on the main headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet in Manama in retaliation against US-Israeli attacks, in Bahrain February 28, 2026. [Stringer – Anadolu Agency]
Iran launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes over the weekend against eight countries across the Middle East, killing dozens and wounding hundreds, as a second day of explosions shook the region following joint US-Israeli military operations against Tehran, Anadolu reports.
So far, Iranian strikes have hit Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Inside Iran, the Iranian Red Crescent reported at least 201 people killed and 747 injured from US-Israeli attacks that began Saturday.
In Israel, nine Israelis were killed in an Iranian missile strike that directly hit a building in Beit Shemesh in west Jerusalem on Sunday.
The US also reported casualties, with US Central Command confirming three service members killed and five “seriously wounded” since the start of attacks against Iran.
The strikes took a toll across the Gulf. The United Arab Emirates reported that three people from Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh were killed, while 58 people of different nationalities were injured in Iranian missile and drone strikes following a US-Israeli attack on Iran.
Kuwait’s Health Ministry also said that one person was killed and 32 others were injured amid the current regional escalation.
In Qatar, the number of injuries rose to 16 following retaliatory strikes by Iran, officials announced.
Iraq reported two dead and three wounded in a strike on the Jurf al-Nasr area of Babil province.
In Bahrain, an Iranian drone struck Bahrain International Airport, causing material damage but no casualties, the Bahraini Ministry of Interior reported.
In the capital, Manama, a separate kamikaze drone hit a building on Al-Ma’arid Street. Images circulating on social media showed smoke rising from the site, though authorities have not yet released information on potential injuries or fatalities.
In Oman, five people were injured in two separate incidents — four aboard a Palau-flagged oil tanker struck north of Khasab Port, and one foreign worker hurt in a drone attack on Duqm Port.
No casualties were reported in Jordan or Saudi Arabia.
The US and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, killing several top Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran retaliated with a series of drone and missile attacks that targeted Israel, US assets and several Gulf countries.
This came after an earlier wave of attacks by Tel Aviv and Washington in June last year, triggering a 12-day war before a ceasefire was announced.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commences Operation Epic Fury, at the direction of the President of the United States in Tampa, Florida, United States on February 28, 2026. [US CENTCOM/Handout – Anadolu Agency]
US President Donald Trump said Sunday that US forces had destroyed and sunk nine Iranian naval vessels, including some he described as “relatively large and important”, Anadolu reports.
“We are going after the rest — they will soon be floating at the bottom of the sea, also!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
In a separate attack, Trump said Iranian naval headquarters had been “largely destroyed,” adding with sarcasm: “Other than that, their Navy is doing very well!”
Earlier on Sunday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said US forces struck an Iranian Jamaran-class corvette in the Gulf of Oman.
“The ship is currently sinking to the bottom of the Gulf of Oman at a Chah Bahar pier,” the agency said on US social media company X.
“Abandon ship,” it said, relaying US President Donald Trump’s call for Iranian armed forces, the Revolutionary Guards and police to “lay down your weapons.”
Iran has not yet confirmed any of the strikes.
The announcement came as US-Israeli strikes on Iran entered a second day. The joint operation, launched Saturday, killed several senior Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Tehran retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting several Gulf countries.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that state institutions remained intact and that a new supreme leader could be chosen shortly.
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