Morning update

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest updates on the US-Israeli war on Iran:

• Saudi Arabia said five drones were intercepted and destroyed in the past few hours:

• The Israeli military said on Tuesday four soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Lebanon where its forces are clashing with Hezbollah. 

• Thousands of Iranians have marched in the city of Karaj to express their support for the government and the military, according to Press TV.

• Japan and Indonesia have agreed to step up coordination on energy security, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Tuesday, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran squeezes oil and gas supplies vital to Asia.

• Hezbollah says its fighters targeted an Israeli air defence system in the settlement of Ma’alot-Tarshiha overnight with a “swarm of attack drones”.

• The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it carried out 19 operations targeting US bases in Iraq and across the region over the past day.

• Nine people were killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon in the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said.