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"An Iranian missile fragment hit central Israel's Petach Tikva on Tuesday, leaving several vehicles ablaze but causing no casualties, officials said. Footage shows firefighters battling the remnants of the blaze as emergency teams pick through the torched wreckage in a busy residential road. "This is a scene of a cluster missile that hit between the vehicles. There is extensive damage to the vehicles," explained an official. "The police are assisting, the police are here to clear the scenes and reach every citizen while the Iranian missiles are fired towards the civilians," she added. Tensions escalated after a joint US-Israeli strike on Iranian targets on February 28 amid diplomatic talks to curb Iran's nuclear and missile programmes. Tehran retaliated with attacks on Israel and US bases across the region, with explosions reported in Gulf countries. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead on the first day, and his son Mojtaba Khamenei was later named as successor. Trump said via social media that he was postponing attacks on power plants until April 6, which Tehran denied. However, the pause was broken as US and Israeli forces struck near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant on March 27, the third such hit in ten days, drawing urgent warnings from the IAEA. He also told reporters he could seize Kharg Island's oil facilities by temporarily occupying the island, while Netanyahu confirmed plans to expand security zones in neighbouring countries. The conflict has forced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which carries one-fifth of the world's oil; caused QatarEnergy to pause LNG production; and pulled in Lebanon's Hezbollah. Tensions also rose in the Red Sea, where Yemen's Houthi fighters, backed by Iran, have threatened to block traffic through the Bab el‑Mandeb Strait."
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