Iran lashes out with missiles as Israel says war still intensifying

Live Live Updates: Iran launches deadly missile attacks on Israel, Gulf states as war spirals with no end in sight By Tucker Reals Tucker Reals Editor Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London. Read Full Bio Tucker Reals March 18, 2026 / 6:52 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google What to know as the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran escalates: Iran launched waves of missiles and drones at Israel and Persian Gulf states Wednesday, lashing out after two more senior regime figures were killed in Israeli airstrikes. Two people were killed near Tel Aviv by falling debris, Israeli first responders said. The war shows no signs of easing, with President Trump and Israeli leaders indicating attacks on Tehran will ramp up despite mounting death tolls across the Middle East and the economic pain caused by Iran halting oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The price of international benchmark Brent crude oil was stuck over $100 per barrel in early trading Wednesday — up more than 40% since the war started — keeping gas prices in the U.S. on the rise . Mr. Trump's National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent announced his resignation Tuesday over the war, saying Iran had "posed no imminent threat" to the U.S., as other nations rejected the president's demands to send forces to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. New Updates 9m ago Israel says Iran's intelligence minister killed in strike and "intensity of attacks in Iran is increasing" Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that Iran's Minister of Intelligence Esmaeil Khatib was killed in an overnight strike in Tehran. Katz warned of more "significant surprises" coming Wednesday, across multiple arenas, signaling a possible escalation of operations against both Iran and its proxy group Hezbollah in Lebanon. He said Tuesday that Israeli officials ...