Iran War Updates Friday March 27

5:00 pm 

- Iranian cluster warhead hits Tel Aviv

1 dead and 3 wounded per foreign media

Other impact sites reported from falling munitions in the surrounding Yerushalayim areas. 

- Israeli strikes on Iran's strategic infrastructures Steel plants and power stations in Ahvaz.

Sanjan steel plants in Isfahan. The heavy water facility in Arak (nuclear facility).

- Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi Israel attacked two of the largest steel plants in Iran, a power station, and civilian nuclear sites, along with other infrastructures. Israel claims it acted in coordination with the United States. The attack contradicts the ultimatum extended by the U.S. President for a diplomatic process. Iran will exact a heavy price for the Israeli crimes.

- Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the foreign ministers of the G7 countries today that the war with Iran will last between two weeks and a month and emphasized that the US is determined to achieve all its goals, according to three sources familiar with the details

- Wizz Air has announced the cancellation of thousands of flight tickets and is extending the suspension of its flights to Israel until April 14.

-A source familiar with the details told i24NEWS that an official response from Iran to the American proposal may arrive today.

- Reuters: For the first time in combat, the US military has deployed autonomous unmanned boats at sea for intelligence gathering purposes, which can also be used as suicide boats for attack purposes

- The IDF Home Front Command says it will be extending the warning times for rocket fire from Lebanon, as Hezbollah has been pushed back further from the border.

The move means that those in northern border communities that until now had to seek shelter immediately or within 15 seconds, will now have slightly more time.

- The Iranian hacker group "Hendala" claimed they hacked the phone of FBI head Kash Patel and published his private photos

 -U.S. can only confirm with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran's missile arsenal Reuters.

- Iran fired a small number of missiles, including at least one carrying a cluster bomb warhead, in the fourth salvo since midnight. The missile fire triggered sirens in both southern and central Israel. The missiles fired at the south were intercepted by air defenses, Sirens also sounded in the northern city of Nahariya and nearby towns due to Hezbollah rocket fire from Lebanon.

- Defense Minister Israel Katz warned on Friday that Israel would ramp up its strikes on Iran in the coming days, citing continued Iranian ballistic missile fire at civilian targets in Israel, despite US President Donald Trump’s apparent efforts to bring the hostilities to a halt.

- Air Canada canceled all flights to Israel from Toronto through September 2026.

- IDF announced that the Israeli Air Force had bombed a key Iranian naval missile and mine production site, as well as ballistic missile factories and air defense systems.

- Iran attacked a container ship, sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, Iran said the strait had been opened only to Russia, India, China, and Spain if it submits a request.

- Barak Ravid: Senior people at the VP circle are accusing Israel of spreading rumors that Iran prefers the VP to negotiate because he is more sympathetic to them. Ravid claims it's all designed to diminish the VP's influence since he is viewed as anti-Israel.

- A source familiar with the negotiations between Iran and the US tells i24NEWS: "Things are progressing very slowly. So far, no meeting has been scheduled between senior US and Iranian officials.”

- Arkia airlines announced Friday that its long-haul flights to New York, Bangkok and Hanoi will take off from Ben Gurion Airport instead of Jordan’s Aqaba Airport starting Sunday. Due to the Transportation Ministry’s wartime restrictions that cap outgoing flights at 50 passengers, the decision will lead to the cancellation of tickets for thousands of Israelis ahead of Pesach.