CAIRO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran entered its 36th day Saturday, with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening "hell" if Iran fails to meet his deadline, and a top Iranian commander warning that any strike on Iran's infrastructure would trigger "devastating and continuous" attacks on U.S. military assets and Israeli infrastructure.
Tehran also reiterates that it seeks terms for a "conclusive and lasting" end to the war as U.S.-Israeli attacks continue.
The following is an overview of the latest developments in the crisis affecting much of the region and beyond.
The United States
-- Trump said Iran has 48 hours to strike a deal on opening up the Strait of Hormuz or face "Hell."
-- As many as 365 U.S. troops have been wounded in action as of Friday since the United States and Israel launched massive attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, according to an online update from the Pentagon.
Israel
-- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it has struck key infrastructure sites across Tehran, including an aerial defense facility of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) storing missiles intended to target aircraft.
The IDF also said its air force completed simultaneous waves of strikes across Iran and Lebanon on more than 200 targets over the weekend.
-- Two bombs from a cluster missile launched from Iran fell near the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News and other media outlets reported. The bombs hit a parking lot and a school near the base, causing damage but no injuries.
Iran
-- At least five people were injured in U.S.-Israeli attacks on several petrochemical companies in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
-- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Tehran seeks to secure the terms of a "conclusive and lasting" end to the U.S. and Israeli war imposed on the country.
Araghchi also condemned a U.S.-Israeli strike near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant and warned of its potential lethal consequences for the West Asia region.
-- Ali Abdollahi, chief commander of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned that any U.S. or Israeli strike on Iran's infrastructure would be met with "devastating and continuous" attacks on all U.S. military assets in West Asia and Israeli infrastructure, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
-- Iran's IRGC Navy said it had hit an Israel-linked vessel with a drone, setting it on fire. Meanwhile, in a statement on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC confirmed the attack, saying its forces had targeted an Israeli-owned commercial ship in a port in Bahrain.
-- Iran has authorized the passage of ships carrying essential and humanitarian goods through the Strait of Hormuz to it ports, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
-- Iran's science ministry said the United States and Israel have directly attacked more than 30 Iranian universities since the beginning of the war in late February.
-- Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the country's armed forces hit the previous day a U.S. fighter jet, three drones, two stealth cruise missiles, two U.S. A-10 attack planes, and two American Black Hawk helicopters.
Lebanon
-- Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks across southern Lebanon killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 25 others, the National News Agency reported.
Kuwait
-- Kuwaiti authorities said a main transformer station in northwestern Kuwait's Al Jahra governorate has gone out of service, causing a power outage in limited parts of the area. This followed a separate incident a day earlier in which a power generation and water desalination plant had been struck, resulting in material damage.
Yemen
-- Yemen's Houthi group said it had carried out a joint military operation targeting Israel's Ben Gurion Airport along with other vital military sites using a ballistic missile with a cluster warhead and several drones.
The group said the attacks were conducted with the IRGC, the Iranian army, and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and "successfully achieved its objectives."
Iraq
-- Iraq's paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces said one of its members was killed, and four others wounded in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike at the al-Qaim border crossing in western Anbar province.
-- Iraqi authorities announced the suspension of trade and passenger movement at the southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran following a strike that left one person dead and five others injured.
-- An unidentified drone targeted the offices belonging to a U.S. company at an oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra, causing material damage and a fire, a police source said.
The United Arab Emirates
-- The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned what it said were acts of rioting, attempted vandalism, and attacks targeting its embassy and the residence of its head of mission in Damascus, Syria.
Syria
-- Syrian authorities said the Jdeidet Yabous crossing, a key transit point along the Syrian-Lebanese border, will be temporarily closed due to security concerns after Israel warned of possible strikes on the area, alleging that Hezbollah uses it for military actions.
Jordan
-- The Jordan Armed Forces said its air defense systems intercepted the vast majority of missiles and drones targeting the kingdom during five weeks of heightened military escalation in the region.
According to an official military briefing, a total of 281 Iranian missiles and drones were launched toward Jordanian territory, including 161 missiles and 120 drones. Of these, 261 were successfully intercepted and destroyed, while 20 were not intercepted.
The Netherlands
-- The Israel Center in Nijkerk, a city in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands, was hit by an explosion on Friday evening, with no injuries reported, local media said. A series of incidents targeting Jewish sites in the Netherlands has been reported since the outbreak of the Iran war.
