The Israeli military said it had begun a fresh wave of strikes on Tehran on Wednesday, the fifth day of the ongoing war, as an explosion was reported in the northeast of the Iranian capital.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened on Wednesday to assassinate any Iranian leader picked to succeed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they control the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for oil and gas, and any vessels seeking to pass through the waterway risk damage from missiles or stray drones.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they had launched around 40 missiles at US and Israeli targets, on the fifth day of war in the Middle East.
US President Donald Trump threatened to sever all trade with Spain after it refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran, while also lashing out at Britain for not cooperating more.
The US military commander in the Middle East said that American forces had struck nearly 2,000 targets so far in Iran as part of the largest firepower buildup in the region in a generation.
The Israeli military said that it struck an underground nuclear site in Iran where it alleged scientists were “covertly” developing a key component for nuclear weapons.
An Iranian ballistic missile hit the United States’ military base at Al-Udeid on Tuesday, Qatar’s Defense Ministry said, as Tehran struck targets across the Gulf in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed a drone strike Tuesday adjacent to the US consulate in Dubai and said all personnel were safe.
The Israeli military said that its strikes had disabled around 300 missile launchers in Iran since the US and Israel launched a joint attack on the Islamic Republic over the weekend.
