Reports related to deaths and injuries
On Saturday morning, a video received by Iran International shows a citizen in Tehran sarcastically shouting the phrase "Very Mashallah it has" in response to severe attacks on regime positions, referencing a statement made by killed IRGC commander Hossein Salami.
The Israeli army announced overnight strikes on Lebanon, targeting dozens of Hezbollah infrastructure sites, including weapons depots and launchers, and killing two senior Hezbollah members, Ayoub Hussein Yaqoub and Yasser Mohammed Mubarak, in Beirut.
Israeli and American attacks on various regions of Iran have caused destruction in residential areas in southern Tehran and Borujerd in Lorestan province, resulting in the death of at least 10 people in southern Tehran and at least seven killed and 36 injured in Borujerd.
Iran launched missile attacks on Israel late on Friday night, resulting in at least one death and several injuries. In response, Israel conducted retaliatory strikes early Saturday morning, targeting multiple regions in Iran, including Tehran.
Around 1:05 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, Tehran’s Nobonyad district was targeted in a strike, resulting in an explosion heard in the area.
On January 20, 2026, Iranian forces attacked Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, injuring 12 U.S. service members, two of whom are in critical condition. The attack damaged several refueling aircraft and came in response to Israel's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in Arak and Yazd Province the previous day.
Israeli emergency forces reported late Friday night that a 60-year-old man was killed and two others were lightly to moderately injured due to missiles launched from Iran; all injured were taken to hospitals in central Israel.
Missiles launched by an Islamic group collided with residential areas in Israel during Shabbat at midnight, according to a report from Israel. The report characterizes the launching regime as a "fanatical and barbaric Islamic terrorist regime."
Mark Wallace, director of United Against Nuclear Iran, stated at the SCO Summit that over the past 47 years, Americans and their allies have been killed in conflicts with Iran and its proxy forces, while Iranian citizens have faced economic hardships such as rising energy prices. Trump saw Iran's missile program and nuclear activities as both a threat and an opportunity, leading him to aim to end this prolonged conflict cycle.
Reuters, citing two informed sources, reported that since Hezbollah in Lebanon began attacks against Israel on March 2, more than 400 Hezbollah members have been killed in Israel's expanding air and ground campaign in Lebanon. Lebanon's Ministry of Health announced that Israeli attacks and ground operations have killed 1,142 people in Lebanon.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Israel has attacked two of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant, and civilian nuclear sites, among other infrastructure, claiming coordination with the U.S. The attack contradicts the U.S. president's extended deadline for diplomacy, and Iran has vowed to exact a heavy price for these actions.
During an interview, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio responded to a question about the Iranian Foreign Minister's accusation of genocide against the U.S. and Israel by stating that Iran is responsible for numerous conflicts in the Middle East, including support for Hezbollah, Shia militias in Iraq, Hamas, Houthis, and Syrian President Assad.
