India, March 2 -- A military confrontation between the United States, Israel and Iran has spiralled into a broader regional conflict with direct attacks and retaliations stretching across the Middle East. What began as heavy US and Israeli strikes on Iranian military targets - including the killing of Iran's supreme leader Khamenei - has prompted a series of missile and drone barrages from Iran, pulled in allied armed groups like Lebanon's Hezbollah, triggered attacks on US forces and Gulf partners, and rattled global markets amid fears of a wider war. (Live Updates)

Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah said it launched rockets and drones overnight at Israeli territory, framing the assault as revenge for the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader ...