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Trump calls Strait of Hormuz 'something that we don't need'

PHOTO: Royal Oman Police Coast Guard patrol boat surveys the area as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 12, 2026.
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US bombs vital oil hub Kharg Island
By Kevin Shalvey, Meredith Deliso, Jon Haworth, Nadine El-Bawab
Last Updated: March 14, 2026, 8:42 PM

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.

Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes. His son Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen on Sunday to succeed him.

Iran is responding to the operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

(Read previous Iran live updates here.)

Watch special coverage on Nightline, "War with Iran," each night on ABC and streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.

Key Headlines

  • IRGC declares it continues efforts to 'pursue and kill' Netanyahu
  • CENTCOM calls Iranian claims US targeted Gulf countries a 'lie'
  • War with Iran ‘will certainly’ end in next few weeks: Secretary Wright
  • Pentagon identifies 6 Air Force airmen killed in KC-135 refueling aircraft crash
  • Trump repeats calls for other countries to help with Strait of Hormuz
Here's how the news is developing.

Mar 14, 2026 8:42 PM

Trump repeats calls for other countries to help with Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump is repeating his calls for other countries to step in and assist with the escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, arguing that it "should have always been a team effort" and insisting that this will lead to "Everlasting Peace."

In a new post on his social media platform, Trump claimed that "the Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage" and that the United States will "help."

The president promised that the U.S. will "coordinate" with assisting countries.

The president’s previous post named the United Kingdom as one of the countries that he wishes to see send ships to the Strait. Exactly one week ago, the president appeared to reject possible assistance from the U.K. after they initially refused to allow the U.S. to use British military bases.

"That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!" Trump said last week.

-ABC News' Emily Chang


Mar 14, 2026 6:52 PM

At least 826 killed in Lebanon, including 106 children

At least 826 people have been killed in Lebanon, including 106 children, and over 2,000 have been injured since the start of the war, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Saturday alone, 53 people were killed and 76 wounded. The health ministry also said five hospitals have been forced to close, there have been 37 attacks on emergency services and 31 health sector workers have been killed.

PHOTO: A man stands atop the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike as a bulldozer clears debris in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 14, 2026.
Hassan Ammar/AP
A man stands atop the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike as a bulldozer clears debris in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 14, 2026.
Hassan Ammar/AP

MedGlobal, a leading medical organization providing aid in Gaza, has condemned a new airstrike that killed at least 12 medics in Southern Lebanon, amid repeated attacks on healthcare in the country.

“They hit a clinic with all its staff,” MedGlobal’s Lebanon Country Director Dr. Tania Baban said in a statement.

MedGlobal said it condemns the Lebanon clinic bombing, calling it a brazen disregard for the protection of healthcare.

PHOTO: An overnight Israeli airstrike targeted the Haret Hreik neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, on March 14, 2026.
AFP via Getty Images
An overnight Israeli airstrike targeted the Haret Hreik neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, on March 14, 2026.
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“It’s an alarming and brutal pattern,” said MedGlobal’s executive director Joseph Belliveau. “Repeatedly bombing clinics and hospitals is tantamount to declaring war on civilians; parties to conflict must show greater restraint and live up to their own legal obligations to protect medical spaces.”

The Israel Defense Forces issued a statement claiming Hezbollah was using ambulances for "military use" and that if the group did not stop, Israel would act against those ambulances.

The IDF did not provide corroborating evidence for this claim.

-ABC News' Ghazi Balkiz and Tom Soufi Burridge


Mar 14, 2026 4:53 PM

Iran warns it will retaliate against US regional interests if energy facilities are attacked

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the country will respond to any attack on its energy facilities, warning that Iranian forces could target American-linked energy infrastructure in the region.

PHOTO: Smoke rises from the direction of an energy installation in the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on March 14, 2026.
AFP via Getty Images
Smoke rises from the direction of an energy installation in the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on March 14, 2026. Smoke could be seen rising from the direction of a major UAE energy installation on March 14, in what appeared to be the latest strike targeting the Gulf's petroleum facilities hours after the US struck Iran's Kharg Island.
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"If Iran’s facilities are targeted, our forces will strike facilities belonging to American companies in the region or companies in which the United States holds shares," Araghchi said on Saturday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

He added that Iran would "certainly respond" to such attacks but would act cautiously to avoid targeting densely populated areas.

President Donald Trump said Friday that U.S. Central Command carried out a strike on Iran’s Kharg Island. Refineries on the island process about 90% of Iran’s oil exports.



Mar 14, 2026 3:41 PM

US says strikes on Kharg Island destroyed Iranian military sites

The U.S. "executed a large-scale precision strike" on Kharg Island, Iran, destroying "naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites," U.S. Central Command said in a post on X.

"U.S. forces successfully struck more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure," CENTCOM said.


Mar 15, 2026 3:42 PM

CENTCOM calls Iranian claims US targeted Gulf countries a 'lie'

U.S. Central Command said Sunday that Iranian claims that the U.S. is using one-way drones to attack Gulf countries is a "lie."

"The Iranian regime’s foreign minister claims that the United States is using one-way attack drones to attack Gulf countries and shifting the blame to Iran. LIE," a CENTCOM post on X on Sunday morning said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed in an interview Sunday with the media outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that "the Americans had developed a drone similar to the Iranian 'Shahed' drone called 'Lucas,' which is used to target objectives in Arab countries." Araghchi said the information is currently being reviewed.

PHOTO: Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command operating area, Nov. 23, 2025.
U.S. Central Command Public Affairs
Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command operating area, Nov. 23, 2025.
U.S. Central Command Public Affairs

The U.S. military has deployed its own one-way attack drones known as LUCAS, for Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, in its attacks on Iran.

"Iranian forces have launched thousands of drones AND missiles at its neighbors, indiscriminately targeting civilian hotels, commercial airports, residential communities and economic infrastructure. U.S. attack drones are only targeting Iranian military capabilities to eliminate threats posed to the region. TRUTH," the CENTCOM post also said.

-ABC News' Cindy Smith and Somayeh Malekian


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