Morning recap

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region:

• Donald Trump has said that the Iran war was "small potatoes" for the United States, while warning that the American military may hit Iran's Pickaxe Mountain.

• The Lebanese health ministry says that Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon late on Friday killed at least three people and injured 23.

• Iran will conduct “pre-emptive operations” wherever it perceives a threat, army spokesman Brigadier-General Mohammad Akrami Nia said.

• The US State Department said it had approved the potential sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions-Extend Range to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $5bn.

• Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell sharply on 31 August, with five confirmed crossings, down 50 percent from 10 a day earlier, according to the latest update by maritime data firm Kpler.

• Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett has once again branded Qatar an "enemy", repeating his call for Israel to take action against it.

• Iranian army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia has said that the US and Israel suffered a “major defeat” in their latest aggression against Iran, and “failed” to achieve their stated objectives.

• US government investigators have subjected 50 members of the American military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests over Iran war leaks to journalists.

• The United States, Britain, France and Germany are seeking a resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog's board next week reporting Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years.

• Palestinian media has reported land seizure, vandalism and raids by the Israeli military and settlers in the occupied West Bank.