Iran says can fight for months as Israel strikes Beirut hotelIran's president says that Tehran will be forced to respond if its neighbours attackedTEHRAN - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country's forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel, which said it struck Tehran's commanders at a seaside hotel in the heart of Beirut. Lebanon's health ministry said the strike killed at least four people at the hotel, where an AFP photographer saw shattered windows and charred walls. UAE forces were intercepting incoming missile and drones from Iran, the defence ministry said in a post on X. Trump struck a similarly defiant tone, repeating the claim that Iran had been close to developing a nuclear weapon. Neither the US nor Israel has claimed responsibility for the attack and AFP could not independently verify the circumstances.

Source: Bangkok Post March 08, 2026 06:33 UTC