On the evening of the 7th local time, Iraq announced a temporary closure of its airspace. Earlier that evening the Israel Defense Forces said it detected missiles launched by Iran toward Israel, and air-raid sirens sounded across northern Israel.

Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and the southern port city of Tyre on the 7th, killing two and wounding 11. The Lebanese Health Ministry said on the same day that since fighting resumed on March 2 Israeli strikes have killed 3,613 people and injured 11,072 in Lebanon.

CITIC Securities says the near-term correction in US tech stocks reflects revisions to monetary policy expectations, crowded positioning and idiosyncratic company noise. The firm views the AI bull case as self-reinforcing and unlikely to reverse in the short term, but notes industry progress remains well short of a fully commercial closed loop and needs more high-value monetization scenarios. Rising long-end bond yields and very limited market fault tolerance imply sustained high volatility. Close monitoring of timing mismatches between AI input and output is necessary; tracking high-frequency indicators is recommended as a temporary risk-management measure.