Israeli strikes hit Iran and Lebanon as US targets Iranian warship fleet
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Intense Israeli airstrikes targeted Tehran and other Iranian cities, destroying much of Iran’s air defenses and missile launchers, while Iran launched missile and drone attacks on U.S.-host countries in the Middle East, including Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.
- The U.S. struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, the IRIS Shahid Bagheri, setting it ablaze, and deployed B-2 bombers to attack deeply buried ballistic missile launchers and Iran’s space command equivalent, signaling an escalation in military operations.
- Israel conducted multiple airstrikes in southern Beirut, Lebanon, amid renewed fighting with Hezbollah militants, causing civilian displacement and raising the death toll in Lebanon to over 120 since the conflict began.
