Iran War Updates Monday March 30

11:00pm

- 4 IDF soldiers HYD  killed in South Lebanon after an ambush by Hezbollah Terrorist who shot at them from close range. Another 4 soldiers were injured during the fight as they returned fire killing off some of the terrorists.

Three of the soldiers were identified 

Noam Madmoni, 22 from Sderot

Ben Cohen, 21, from Lehavim

Maxsim Entis, 21, from Bat Yam

- President Trump posted a video tonight of massive explosions in Isfahan, Iran following what’s believed to be U.S.-Israeli airstrikes

- Cluster bomb missile from Iran intercepted over Bet Shemesh area fragments maybhave fallen no reports of injuries.

- The UAE is urging Trump to order a ground invasion of Iran, with Kuwait and Bahrain also supporting this. Official sources from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain have expressed in closed talks opposition to ending the operation until there are significant changes in the Iranian leadership or until there is a dramatic change in Iranian behavior.AP

-Rocket fragments land in open area in  central Israel. A unexplored munitions fell in Bnei Brak following the latest missile barrage.

- Leavitt: Despite all of the public posturing you hear from the regime and false reporting, talks are continuing and going well. What is said publicly is, of course, much different than what's being communicated to us privately.

- Significant elimination in Beirut: Hamza Ibrahim Rakhin, deputy commander of Hezbollah Unit 1800, was eliminated. The unit's operations officer was also eliminated.

- Israel Hayom: "Iran's economic and military situation indicates that even if the war were to end now, the regime has been badly battered and is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, the continued fighting, and this may be the reason behind President Donald Trump's extension of the ultimatum, is pushing Iran toward the limits of its economic and military capacity

- Trump to the New York Post: "We will find out within a week if it is possible to work with the Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf. We think Mojtaba Khamenei is alive - but in a very bad condition. He is very seriously injured."

- EL AL update these days we are operating a limited number of flights to key gateways: New York (JFK and EWR), Los Angeles, Miami, London, Paris, Rome and Athens. At this time, inbound flights to Israel from these gateways are operating without passenger restrictions.

Ticket sales for outbound flights from Israel are closed through April 15, while inbound flights to Israel may be purchased based on available seats

- Trump says the US is in talks with a new, more reasonable regime in Iran to end military operations. He warns that if no deal is reached and the Strait of Hormuz isn't opened, the US will destroy all Iranian power plants, oil wells, Kharg Island and possibly all desalination plants

- An industrial building and a fuel tanker at the Bazan oil refinery in Chaifa were hit by debris from an intercepted missile. It is not immediately clear whether the missile was fired from Iran or Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. No casualties are reported.

The fire service says a direct hit was identified on a tanker parked within the factory grounds, causing thick smoke from the roof of a nearby structure. 

Energy Minister Eli Cohen says there was no damage to production facilities and that fuel supply will not be affected

-A IDF soldier was killed and an officer was seriously wounded in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack in southern Lebanon yesterday, the IDF announces.

Liran Ben Zion hyd, 19, from Cholon.

- Iran launched six missile attacks at Israel between about 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. Five targeted the south of the country, while the sixth was aimed at the north and came alongside a barrage of rockets from Hezbollah.

During the fifth attack, aimed at the north, damage was caused to the Bazan oil refinery in Chaifa, amid multiple impacts across the northern region. 

- Trump: "I do see a deal in Iran, yeah. Could be soon."

- Yeshivos for American bochurim in Eretz Yisroel are discussing plans to open in the U.S. for a few weeks after Pesach, as it may be difficult to secure return flights to Eretz Yisroel right away. While flying via Egypt might be an option, it’s not something everyone will feel comfortable with due to security and safety concerns.

-Trump on Iran: "They gave us 20 big boats of oil going through the Hormuz Strait, and that‘s taking place starting tomorrow morning, over the next couple of days."

- The Israeli Air Force carried out a wave of strikes on Tehran overnight,  hitting several Iranian weapon production sites. More than 80 bombs were dropped on the Tehran sites.

- Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases,

- Iran’s parliament is reviewing a possible exit from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says, while insisting Tehran has not and will not seek nuclear weapons.

- Trump: The one regime was decimated, destroyed, they’re all dead. The next regime is mostly dead, and the third regime we’re dealing with different people than anybody’s dealt with before… and frankly, they’ve been very reasonable,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

- According to the Shin Bet, a Hamas terrorist who was released in one of the hostage deals and deported to Turkey recruited two terrorists in the West Bank for “military activity.”  

He told them that the activities of the deportees are monitored by Turkish security services.

- i24NEWS: In meetings between the commander of the US Central Command Copper in Israel and IDF Chief of Staff Zamir and senior IDF officials, "the way forward was planned and mapped out - for the continuation of the operation." According to the source, the visit was "successful, and the successes so far in the war were also summarized."