Israeli police stopped clergymen from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher “for the first time in centuries,” church officials said.
A close U.S. ally and regional rival of Iran, the kingdom has faced hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks since the war began.
Pakistani officials hosted talks on Sunday with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt, in the country’s latest efforts to mediate the war in the Middle East.
Israel said one of those killed was a member of Hezbollah’s military wing “disguised as a journalist.” Lebanon’s president said all three were journalists and condemned the killings.
The U.S. and other exporters are poised for a windfall, but disruptions to Persian Gulf supplies are also pushing gas-buying countries to consider alternatives like coal, solar and nuclear energy.
A wave of strikes across the Middle East in recent days shows that Iran has not lost the capacity to retaliate.
The war with Iran escalated on Saturday as the Iran-allied Houthis joined the conflict and Israel bombarded Tehran with airstrikes.
The Ukrainian president visited the Middle East, where he sought to shift his country from a recipient of military aid to a supplier.
Israel accused one of the reporters of being a Hezbollah operative. Lebanon’s president said they were journalists and condemned the killings.
The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt are expected in Islamabad on Sunday as the Pakistani government strives to find a diplomatic solution to the war.