US-Iran war live updates: Israel advances into Lebanon; Baghdad’s green zone hit; UAE temporarily closes its airspace

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By Isabel McMillan

Thanks for reading our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East. Our rolling blog will continue tomorrow.

Here’s a look back of what we covered today.

Israel has escalated its air and ground offensive against the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah, with Israeli ground troops targeting Hezbollah strongholds in “limited and targeted” ground operations.
Leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Britain and Italy released a statement urging against a “significant ground offensive” by Israel, warning the humanitarian outcomes could be disastrous for civilians in Lebanon.
The speaker of Iran’s parliament told Iranian state television that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be “as it was before” as Iranian fire keeps nearly all traffic out of the strategic waterway. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the comment in an interview aired on Tuesday as Iranian fire continued to target shipping in the region.
Ten foreign people have been accused of collecting information on sensitive sites and preparing field operations in Iran’s north-east. The 10 were arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ intelligence organisation, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.
In a joint statement on the Middle East conflict, Australian and New Zealand foreign and defence ministers have “urged the protection of civilian life, resumption of dialogue and diplomacy and adherence to international law”.

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