Report: No Indications of Direct Coordination Between Iran, Hezbollah in Attacks on Israel

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
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Report: No Indications of Direct Coordination Between Iran, Hezbollah in Attacks on Israel

Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 5, 2026. (AFP)
Rocket trails are seen in the sky above Tel Aviv amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on March 5, 2026. (AFP)

Israel's Channel 13 said on Thursday there are no clear indications of direct coordination between Iran and Hezbollah in their attacks on Israel.

Two days after Hezbollah joined the fighting, missiles from Iran and rockets from Lebanon were fired at the same time toward central and northern Israel, leading observers to believe the attacks were coordinated.

However, the channel said Israel has not yet received intelligence information that confirm a combined barrage by Hezbollah and Tehran in the war.

Channel 13 also quoted an Israeli military source as saying that Hezbollah has not yet used its full capabilities.

On the sixth day of US-Israeli attacks on Iran, Tehran launched missiles towards central Israel throughout the day. Air raids sirens sounded in the center of the country and loud explosions were heard with no casualties reported.

Meanwhile, sirens sounded at a public shelter in northern Israel following rocket fire from Lebanon, while drone intrusion alerts went off in the Arabah region.

Later, following fire from Iran, reports were received of interceptor debris falling in various communities across central Israel and in Jerusalem, causing no injuries.

On Thursday, a plane operated by national carrier El Al was forced to abort its landing at Ben-Gurion Airport after sirens sounded across central Israel during an Iranian missile attack. The plane was reportedly only a minute from touchdown when it climbed back into the air.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday they targeted Israel's Ben Gurion airport and an air force base in the area.

“The heavy Khorramshahr-4 missiles carrying one-ton warheads were launched at dawn today ... toward the heart of Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion airport and the base of the Israeli air force's 27th squadron located at the airport,” the Guards said in a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency.

In response, Israel said its forces destroyed missile launchers in Qom and air defenses in Isfahan.

Israel and the United States seek to control all of Iran's airspace, marking a shift toward more efficient and targeted destruction.

As the rate of Iranian ballistic missile fire on Israel slowed, the Israeli Army Home Front Command held a situational assessment and eased restrictions that were imposed on the Israeli public at the start of the conflict.

“Today, we have achieved a very important milestone by easing the Home Front Command guidelines, said an Israeli military source.

The source said gatherings of up to 50 people are now permitted, provided a shelter can be reached in time, and workplaces can operate under the same conditions. Educational activities remain suspended.

The source said the Israeli and US air forces are jointly operating to destroy Iran's missile launchers.



Israel Army Says Iran Using Cluster Munitions

An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Israel, March 5, 2026. (Reuters)
An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Israel, March 5, 2026. (Reuters)
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Israel Army Says Iran Using Cluster Munitions

An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Israel, March 5, 2026. (Reuters)
An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Israel, March 5, 2026. (Reuters)

Israel's military Friday said that Iran had launched cluster bombs "multiple times" since the start of the war that began with a US-Israeli attack on the country last week.

"They (the Iranians) are using cluster munitions", military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said during a press briefing, without providing details on when and where those munitions were launched.

"They've used it multiple times, which is a war crime when it's directed towards civilians and we're tracking that situation," Shoshani added.

Neither Iran nor Israel are among more than a hundred countries that are party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits the use, transfer, production and storage of cluster bombs.

AFP footage from Thursday evening showed a swarm of flaming projectiles falling in the darkened sky over central Israel.

Police did not comment on the sighting, but a military expert who reviewed the footage for AFP identified them as a part of a cluster bomb.

Israel's police had said Wednesday that bomb disposal experts found evidence of cluster munitions after incoming missiles from Iran were detected.

Due to military censorship rules in place in Israel since the start of its war with Iran, impact sites are generally closed to the public including journalists until they are cleared of Iranian missile debris and unexploded ordnances.

Police on Friday also published a public service announcement in which one of its bomb disposal technicians explained the dangers of cluster bombs.

"During the current war, the home front is facing a variety of threats, whether missiles, UAVs (drones), or rockets. I will talk to you about a threat that is a bit less known, but no less dangerous: the cluster munition threat," the technician said in the video.

During Israel's 12-day war with Iran in June 2025, the NGO Amnesty International reported Tehran’s use of widely banned cluster munitions.

The organization had said it analyzed photos and videos showing cluster munitions that, according to media reports, struck inside the Gush Dan metropolitan area around Tel Aviv on June 19.

The southern city of Beersheva on June 20 and Rishon LeZion to the south of Tel Aviv on June 22 were also "struck with ordnance that left multiple impact craters consistent with the submunitions seen in Gush Dan", Amnesty said.

Cluster munitions explode in mid-air and scatter bomblets.

Some of them may not explode on impact and can cause casualties over time, particularly among children.


Zelensky Visits Frontline Donetsk Region in East Ukraine

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on March 6, 2026, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) posing for a photo with Ukrainian servicemen while visiting the command post of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign near Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on March 6, 2026, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) posing for a photo with Ukrainian servicemen while visiting the command post of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign near Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)
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Zelensky Visits Frontline Donetsk Region in East Ukraine

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on March 6, 2026, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) posing for a photo with Ukrainian servicemen while visiting the command post of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign near Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on March 6, 2026, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) posing for a photo with Ukrainian servicemen while visiting the command post of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign near Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the frontline region of Donetsk in east Ukraine, where his forces are fighting against a grinding Russian assault, he said Friday.

The visit comes as Ukraine seeks to strengthen its frontline defenses.

The Russian army recorded its slowest advance on the front in nearly two years in February, as Kyiv successfully pushed back in some areas, according to data from the Institute for the Study of War.

"The Russians are not abandoning the war, and here, in the Donetsk region, they are preparing an offensive for the spring," Zelensky said in a post on X.

"It is important that our positions are strong," he added.

He posted a video that appeared to show him in Druzhkivka -- a town that lies about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the front with Russia's troops, which has come under regular Russian shelling.

During the visit he also handed out awards to soldiers, he said in a separate Facebook post.

"The stronger we are here, the stronger we are in the negotiation process," he said.

Zelensky has made frequent visits to the front since Russia invaded in February 2022.


Merz Warns Against Iran State Collapse, Refugee Flows

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during a campaign event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for the state election of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stockach, Germany, 06 March 2026. (EPA)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during a campaign event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for the state election of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stockach, Germany, 06 March 2026. (EPA)
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Merz Warns Against Iran State Collapse, Refugee Flows

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during a campaign event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for the state election of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stockach, Germany, 06 March 2026. (EPA)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during a campaign event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for the state election of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stockach, Germany, 06 March 2026. (EPA)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday the Middle East war must not lead to the collapse of the Iranian state, warning of the impact this would have on migration to Europe.

"An endless war is not in our interest. The same applies to a collapse of Iranian statehood or proxy conflicts fought on Iranian soil," he said in a statement.

"Such scenarios could have far-reaching consequences for Europe, including for security, energy supply and migration."

He added that "we share the goals of the United States and Israel regarding the Iranian nuclear and missile program, Tehran's threats against Israel, and its support for terrorism and proxies.

"The Iranian people have the right to freely decide their own destiny."

He warned against chaos, a point he also stressed speaking at a trade fair in Munich.

Germany and its European allies were "pushing hard for Iran's sovereignty to be preserved", he said there.

"We do not want to see a Syrian scenario here," he added.

"I am appealing both in Washington and in all talks with the Israeli government to create the conditions for this country to be stabilized as quickly as possible."

Merz said that "we naturally have a strong interest in this ourselves in order to avoid new waves of refugees from the region".

The United Nations refugee agency on Friday declared the Middle East war a major humanitarian emergency and insisted all fleeing civilians should be granted safe passage.

UNHCR said the war -- which began on Saturday when Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran and has spread across the region since -- had already caused large numbers of people to flee their homes.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Berlin would provide 100 million euros ($116 million) in humanitarian aid for Lebanon, which became engulfed in the war after the Iran-backed group Hezbollah on Monday fired missiles at Israel to avenge the death of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

"We are currently seeing a new dynamic and a dramatic situation in Lebanon with many internally displaced persons, and we want to help throughout the region in order to provide assistance on the ground," Wadephul said.