Iran-US war highlights: Trump to address nation and provide update on Iran on Thursday, White House says

The ongoing war between Iran and the US-Israel continues with strikes being reported in parts of the Middle East.

Iran-US war news highlights: The updates to this live blog have ended. Amid uncertainty over peace negotiations, the Iran-US war further escalated on Tuesday, with a Kuwaiti oil tanker attacked by Tehran in the Dubai port, sirens and blasts reported over Israel's Jerusalem, and reports of a US attack on a key ammunition facility in Iran's Isfahan using 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs.

These developments marked a fresh escalation in the ongoing war, even as US President Donald Trump claimed that negotiations were ongoing with Iran.

Here are some latest developments on the ongoing war:

Al-Salmi tanker attacked: Iran attacked a fully-loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker Al-Salmi in an anchorage area of a Dubai port, Kuwait Petroleum Corp. said in a statement. The incident sparked a fire which was later brought under control and the Dubai authorities clarified that there was no oil spill. The development came amid rising oil prices globally, with US crude futures ending the session above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022.

Desalination plant damaged in strikes: Strikes damaged a desalination plant on Iran island on the Strait of Hormuz, news agency AFP reported, without any more details. A possible attack on “all desalinization plants” of Iran was a big part of the warning earlier issued by Donald Trump.

Trump's warning on Kharg Island: The US president has threatened to destroy Iran's oil export hub of Kharg Island, oil wells, power plants and other civilian infrastructure if it does not soon agree to a deal to end the war, and if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. However, according to Wall Street Journal report, Trump has told aides that he is willing to end the military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed and leave a complex operation to reopen it for a later date.

Netanyahu on Iran war goals: Without putting a timeline on when the war would end, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that the war goals were “definitely beyond the halfway point”, and further specified that he was talking about the missions and “not necessarily” the time. Trump, who launched the war with Netanyahu on February 28, initially said the operation would last for four to six weeks.

Strait of Hormuz closure: Operations at the key waterway responsible for transport of one-fifth of the world's energy have been hit since the beginning of the US-Iran war. The strait is almost completely under Iran's control and has been shut for all but a few vessels since the war began. Al-Salmi, the Kuwaiti tanker that was attacked near Dubai, reportedly crossed the strait into the Gulf in late February, reaching Saudi Arabia’s Khafji port to pick up some barrels, ship-tracking data show.

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Iran US war highlights: Here's what happened on March 31 | Recap

Here are all the major things that occurred in the Iran-US war on March 31:

• A loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker, Al Salmi, was struck near Dubai port, triggering oil spill fears. However, the authorities later clarified that the blaze was brought under control and that there was no oil spill.
• A desalination plant on Iran island in the Strait of Hormuz was damaged by strikes.
• Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran's Kharg Island and energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.
• The US President reportedly told his aides that he was willing to end the war Iran even if Hormuz remains largely closed.
• US gas prices surged past $4 a gallon, the highest since 2022.