🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Rocket launches from Lebanon towards Tel Aviv, central Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — U.S. and Iranian officials are discussing a possible deal that could link a ceasefire to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to Axios, citing three U.S. officials.

➡️ The talks, possibly conducted through intermediaries, remain uncertain, but Trump has been exploring the idea with advisers and foreign leaders, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Israel is increasingly concerned that President Trump may choose to declare the war over based on current gains, citing the changes in Iran’s leadership.

➡️ An Israeli source said U.S.-Iran negotiations are "not progressing in a positive manner," with divisions inside Iran’s leadership over whether to accept a deal or continue fighting.

🇬🇧🇸🇾⚡️ — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace yesterday, where the two discussed strengthening cooperation between the UK and Syria, with the king expressing support for Syria.

🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Israeli media report one rocket was intercepted while another fell in an "open area."

🇦🇪🇮🇷⚡️ — NOW: UAE's Ministry of Defence:

UAE air defenses are currently responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran.

UPDATE: All clear.

🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇷⚡️ — France’s Navy Chief Nicolas Vaujour says China will have to play a more direct role in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, as current efforts, mainly diplomatic talks with Iran, are unlikely to restore normal shipping flows.

➡️ The current number of Chinese vessels passing through the waterway remains insufficient.

➡️ He noted that France is working with other countries to find a lasting solution, adding that military forces would likely be required to oversee the strait’s reopening.

🇫🇷🇮🇷⚡️ — France’s Navy Chief Nicolas Vaujour says there is no evidence at this stage that the Strait of Hormuz has been mined by Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — NEW: The U.S. and Israel have coordinated "powerful moves" regarding Iran set to take place in the coming days, according to Kan News.

🇺🇸🪖🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: President Trump threatened to cut off weapons supplies to Ukraine in an effort to pressure European allies to join a “coalition of the willing” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, FT reports.

➡️ Trump threatened to halt supplies to PURL, NATO’s Ukraine weapons procurement program funded by European countries.

➡️ Rutte, in a call with France, Germany and the UK, explained that Trump was “rather hysterical” at the Europeans’ refusal to help protect the Strait of Hormuz.

➡️ In response, and at the urging of Mark Rutte, France, Germany, and the UK quickly issued a March 19 statement expressing readiness to support efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

🇦🇪🇮🇷🇺🇳⚡️ — In a letter to the UN Security Council, the UAE has invoked Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, calling for "immediate action" to "ensure the safe and secure navigation and navigational rights and freedoms in and around the Strait of Hormuz."

🇨🇭🇺🇸⚡️ — NEW: Switzerland is considering canceling its delayed order for Patriot air defense systems and will continue withholding payments unless the U.S. provides a clear delivery timeline, Breaking Defense reports.

➡️ There are concerns that the dispute could affect its much larger F-35 fighter jet deal and other U.S. defense agreements.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: The Pentagon is doubling its fleet of A-10 “Warthog” attack planes in the Middle East, even as President Trump says he wants to end the Iran war in two to three weeks, according to NYT.

➡️ The U.S. Air Force is sending 18 additional A-10 attack aircraft to the Middle East, where they will join about a dozen already deployed and used by commanders to strike Iranian boats and Iran-backed militias in Iraq.

🇺🇸🇮🇶🌞🇮🇷⚡️ — WATCH: A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle tried to shoot down an Iranian Shahed-136 drone using its gun this morning but failed, letting the drone successfully hit its target in Iraq’s Erbil Governorate.