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Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, has also kept up rocket and drone attacks on Israeli troops, as the escalations threaten to complicate diplomatic efforts.
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The attacks took place while Iranian and Qatari negotiators were in Doha for peace talks.
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Israel says it struck 100 Hezbollah infrastructure sites and fighters in Lebanon, after PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to "crush" Hezbollah.
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Optimism for a resolution to the conflict and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was checked after the United States said it had carried out strikes on missile launch sites in Iran.
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Moscow said it would be launching "systematic and consistent strikes" on the city of Kyiv.
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The attacks prompted Tehran to warn that it would "leave no act of hostility unanswered," complicating negotiations to end the war.
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Donald Trump had said negotiations with Iran were "proceeding nicely," while warning that the U.S. could resume military action if discussions were to collapse.
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President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.
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It comes after the Ukrainian capital suffered one of the biggest aerial assaults of the war overnight on Saturday.
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