Israel’s air force says it dropped more than 1,200 munitions across 24 of Iran’s 31 provinces over the past day in its joint attack with the US.
On the other hand, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has launched attacks on 27 bases in the Middle East where US troops are deployed, as well as Israeli military facilities in Tel Aviv and other parts of Israel.
So far, Iran has launched strikes across nine countries in the region, including Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. An Iranian drone also struck a runway at a UK military base in Cyprus. Most of these attacks have been intercepted.
According to the Red Crescent, 555 people have been killed across Iran in joint US-Israeli attacks. The deadliest incident occurred in the city of Minab in southeastern Iran, where a strike on an elementary girls’ school killed about 180 young children.
An Iranian ballistic missile strike on central Israel’s Beit Shemesh killed nine people and injured more than 20. Rescue workers are still combing through the rubble. One woman in the Tel Aviv area was killed after being struck by falling shrapnel.
Three US soldiers had been killed in action and five seriously injured by Iranian attacks in Kuwait.
Several residential buildings in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, were struck by Iranian drones. The Ministry of Interior confirmed that an Asian worker was killed when debris from an intercepted missile fell onto a foreign vessel undergoing maintenance in Salman Industrial City.
The US and Israel also targeted the Jurf al-Sakher base, in southern Iraq, which houses the Popular Mobilisation Forces, made up of mostly Shia fighters, and the Iran-supported Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah. Iraqi state media and sources within Kataib Hezbollah confirmed that two fighters were killed in the strikes and five were injured.
The Jordanian armed forces reported intercepting 49 drones and ballistic missiles that entered Jordanian airspace. There have been no deaths or injuries within the kingdom.
Kuwait’s Ministry of Health said one person had been killed and 32 injured in a drone-targeted Kuwait International Airport. On Monday, Kuwait’s Defense Ministry said several US warplanes had crashed in the country; however, all the crew members survived.
Hezbollah launched a rocket and drone attack against a military base near Haifa, in northern Israel, in retaliation for the killing of Khamenei. The Lebanese Health Ministry has said that Israeli air attacks have killed at least 31 people and injured 149.
The Oman News Agency, quoting a security source, said two drones had targeted the Duqm port, injuring one foreign worker. Later, Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said a Palau-flagged oil tanker was attacked about 5 nautical miles off Oman’s Musandam governorate, injuring four people.
The Qatari Ministry of Interior confirmed that 16 people were injured. Most injuries were reported to be from falling shrapnel and debris.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Iranian attacks targeted both the capital, Riyadh, and Eastern Province, home to major oil infrastructure and the King Abdulaziz Air Base. The kingdom has officially reported no casualties.
Three people in the UAE were killed, including a Pakistani national and 58 others were injured when debris from intercepted missiles and drones fell on a residential area near Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi.