APTOPIX Lebanon Israel Iran War
Smoke and flames rise from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Qasmiyeh Bridge near the coastal city of Tyre, Lebanon, Sunday, March 22, 2026.
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Iran and Hezbollah are escalating attacks on Israel as a wider fight over energy and infrastructure sharpens the war. On Sunday, Iran warned it would close the Strait of Hormuz immediately if the U.S. attacks Iranian power plants. President Donald Trump late Saturday set a 48-hour deadline to reopen the strait. Iran’s parliament speaker warned that Tehran also would target regional energy and desalination sites in retaliation. The war has taken a dangerous turn after Iranian missiles hit near a nuclear research area in southern Israel and Iran said its main nuclear enrichment site was struck Saturday.
President Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. will “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if it doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, prompting Tehran to say it would respond to any such strike with attacks on U.S. and Israeli energy and infrastructure assets. Iranian missiles, meanwhile, struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel’s main nuclear research center. The developments signaled the war was moving in a dangerous new direction at the start of its fourth week.
