Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel instructs its military to speed up demolition of Lebanese homes in 'frontline villages

Iran says Hormuz open to all but ‘enemy-linked’ ships amid U.S. threat; rocket fire from Lebanon kills one in Israel Israel’s Defence Minister Israel ‌Katz said on ⁠Sunday (March 22, 2026) that he and Prime ‌Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ‌instructed ‌the ⁠military ⁠to accelerate the demolition of Lebanese homes ‌in “frontline villages” to end threats to Israeli ‌communities. The military was also told to immediately ⁠destroy all bridges over ‌Lebanon’s Litani river which he said were ‌used for “terrorist activity”. Israel said rocket fire from Lebanon killed one person on Sunday (March 22, 2026) as Hezbollah said it attacked soldiers in northern Israel, the first fatality there in fire from Lebanon since the latest war erupted. The Strait of Hormuz remains open ‌to all shipping except vessels linked to “Iran’s enemies”, Iran’s ⁠representative to the U.N. maritime agency said on Sunday (March 22, 2026), after U.S. President ‌Donald Trump threatened to target Iranian power plants if ‌the waterway was not “fully ‌open” ⁠within 48 hours. Also Read | U.S. says ‘took out’ Iran base threatening blocked Strait of Hormuz oil route Iranian missile strikes on two southern Israeli towns injured more than 100 people on Saturday (March 21), medics said, after Israeli air defence systems failed to intercept the projectiles. Iran’s military renewed threats against the region’s infrastructure after U.S. President Trump vowed to “obliterate” power plants in the Islamic Republic if the Strait of Hormuz is not swiftly reopened. F-15 fighter jet shot down by Iranian air defence systems near Hormuz Island: state media “An enemy’s F-15 fighter jet was shot down by Iranian air defence systems near Hormuz Island after being intercepted over the country’s southern coast,” Iran’s Press TV reported on Sunday (March 22, 2026). The United States has lost multiple aircraft during the conflict so far — including three F-15s mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti forces, and a KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed in Iraq — but none that are known to have been hit by Iranian fire