The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said Tuesday that in Afghanistan, civilians are bearing the cost of the ongoing conflict between Kabul and Islamabad.

In a statement, UNAMA said that under international law, all parties to the conflict must respect and protect the sick and wounded, healthcare workers, hospitals, and ambulances.

The organization added that these laws prohibit any attacks on hospitals and ambulances.

According to UNAMA, between 24 February and before 16 March, it has recorded at least 74 civilian deaths and 212 others injured in Afghanistan as a result of the hostilities.

UNAMA once again called for de-escalation and a permanent ceasefire, urging Afghanistan and Pakistan to act in accordance with their obligations under international law and to protect civilians.

Following a Monday night attack by Pakistan’s military regime on the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Hospital in Kabul, at least 400 people were killed and around 250 others were injured.

Defence Minister Israel Katz ‌said on Tuesday the Israeli military had killed Iran’s security chief and the head of its Basij militia in airstrikes overnight, and Tehran kept up attacks against Gulf neighbours that have pushed up energy prices.

Katz ​said in a statement he had been informed by the military that Iran’s security ​chief Ali Larijani had been killed, Reuters reported.

Iranian state media published a handwritten note ⁠by Larijani commemorating Iranian sailors killed in a U.S. attack whose funeral was expected on ​Tuesday but there was no immediate comment by Tehran on Katz’s remarks.

Larijani would be the most senior ​figure assassinated since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was killed on the first day of Israeli-U.S. airstrikes on February 28.

Katz said Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Basij forces, had also been killed.

The Basij militia is ​a part-time paramilitary force under the control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that is ​often used to quell protests inside Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that the ‌Israeli ⁠leader had ordered “the elimination of senior officials of the Iranian regime”.

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is in its third week, with at least 2,000 people killed and no end in sight. The Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed off and U.S. allies have rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s ​calls for them to ​help to reopen the ⁠vital waterway, through which about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows.

There was no let-up in attacks by both sides early ​on Tuesday, with Iran launching missiles on Israel overnight, underscoring that ​Tehran retains ⁠the capacity to carry out long-range strikes despite more than two weeks of pounding by U.S. and Israeli weapons.

The Israeli military said it was targeting “Iranian regime infrastructure” with a new wave of strikes ⁠across ​Tehran, as well as Hezbollah sites in Beirut, a day ​after saying it had drawn up detailed plans for at least three more weeks of war with Iran.