Trump says we're 'blowing up the whole country' if Iran doesn't make deal in 48 hours

Israeli forces have killed at least 1,345 people and wounded another 4,040 in Lebanon since March 2, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

In the last 24 hours, 27 people were killed and 105 others were injured, the health ministry said Thursday.

Among those killed since March 2 were 125 children and 53 health sector personnel, according to the health ministry. Among those wounded were 430 children and 137 health sector personnel, according to the health ministry.

Iran continued to fire missiles and drones at Israel and other countries in the region with the United Arab Emirates once again targeted by dozens of projectiles on Thursday.

Air defenses in the UAE "engaged" 19 ballistic missiles and 26 drones from Iran, the Ministry of Defense said in a post on X.

Kuwait's Army said 13 "hostile drones" and two cruise missiles were "addressed" during the last 24 hours.

In Bahrain, an additional 10 drones and two missiles were added to the country's daily tally of successful interceptions. Since the start of the war, air defenses have intercepted 429 drones and 188 missiles, according the Bahrain Defense Forces.

Qatar's Ministry of Defense also reported "a number of drone launched from Iran" Thursday, saying all were "successfully intercepted and neutralized."

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President Trump reiterated his calls for NATO allies to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz, telling Politico, “They gotta get guts and go in.”

“Just send your ships up there and enjoy it," the president told Politico in a phone interview after his evening address Wednesday.

Asked why he didn’t outright mention NATO in his address last night, Trump claimed he did so “indirectly.”

“Well, I did indirectly. I talked about the people that use the -- it wasn't a NATO speech, it was a Middle East speech, but I did indirectly. I talked about the Strait, they weren't there,” Trump said.

During his address Wednesday night, Trump repeated his claim that the U.S. doesn’t depend on oil from the Strait like other countries do, saying “we’re there to help our allies.”

Iran’s Mobarakeh Steel Company, the country’s largest steel producer and one of the biggest in the region, has been completely shut down following U.S.-Israeli strikes, the company’s public relations office said in a statement on Thursday.

All production lines have been halted due to “substantial damage and critical destruction” to key production units, the statement added, and all employees are asked to refrain from going to the complex until further notice.

At least one person was killed and 16 others were injured in the attack on the company, as its public relations office said in an earlier statement on Friday following the attacks.

The IRGC said it launched strikes on U.S. and Israeli industrial targets in the region in retaliation.

“We had warned that if Iranian industries were attacked again, we would destroy the Zionist regime and American industries located in the region,” the IRGC said in a statement.