Thursday, March 26, 2026 - The Regional War

‣ Iran

Iran is increasing military defenses on Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump postponed by 10 days the threat to attack energy facilities. Over the past 24 hours, 357 attacks were documented across 154 arenas in 21 provinces, 49% of them in Tehran.

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1. Events:

◦ Strikes on missile launch sites, missile armament sites in Tehran, fuel dock in Mashhad, residential building in Isfahan, residential building in Bandar Abbas (3 killed, including an IRGC Navy commander, and 7 injured), bombing in Shiraz (2 children killed), attacks also in Arak.

2. Casualties:

◦ Over the past 24 hours:

- Civilian: 28 people, including 4 children.

◦ Since February 28, 2026, killed:

- Civilian: 1,492 people, including 221 children;

- Military: 1,167;

- Unclassified (civilian/military): 670;

- 50 senior officials deliberately targeted and killed, 20 additional killed unintentionally.

3. Damage:

◦ 87,000 residential units and commercial buildings damaged;

◦ 16,500 sites attacked;

‣ Israel

During the day, 48 sirens were activated: 9 barrages from Iran and 39 from Lebanon (120 rockets). Two soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon (see Lebanon section below) and one civilian was killed by a cluster munition strike in Naharia.

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1. Events:

◦ Main arenas during the day: cluster munition in Kafr Qasim (5 lightly injured); a girl in Safed fell on her way to a shelter and required resuscitation; impacts in Haifa and the Krayot (5 sites); UAV strike in Liman; 3 impact sites in Naharia (1 killed, 4 injured, one critically); impact in Tel Aviv (2 injured).

2. Casualties:

◦ Since February 28, 2026:

- 25 killed and 5,045 injured;

3. Launches since February 28, 2026:

4. Damage:

‣ United Arab Emirates

1. Events:

◦ 15 ballistic missiles and 11 UAVs launched from Iran were intercepted.

2. Casualties:

◦ 2 killed and 3 injured from interception debris of a ballistic missile in Abu Dhabi.

3. Launches from Iran since February 28, 2026:

1. Since February 28, 2026:

◦ 14 U.S. bases attacked and 13 soldiers killed;

◦ 1,191 missiles and 3,677 UAVs launched from Iran.

25th consecutive day of the war in Lebanon. Israeli military forces are advancing deeper into southern Lebanon, also along the western axis.

1. Events:

◦ 2 Israeli soldiers killed in two separate incidents, one in exchanges of fire and the other from anti-tank missile fire on a tank. Additionally, 4 injured;

◦ Continued combined airstrikes and artillery fire, including on a residential building in Nabatieh; Kounine (3 killed, 4 injured); Srifa; Toul (7 injured); Jabal Al Rihan; Baisariyeh (5 killed, 9 injured); Ansariyeh (2 children killed); Siddikine; Chaqra; phosphorus bombs in Deir Seryan; Borj Qalaouiye; Taybeh; artillery fire on Qlaileh; Al Mansouri and Naqoura.

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2. Casualties:

◦ Since March 2, 2026:

- 1,116 killed, including 83 women and 121 children;

- 3,229 injured, including 450 women and 399 children;

- Over one million displaced.