Three US soldiers have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded after Iranian attacks throughout the Middle East, US Central Command says.
At least nine people have been killed in an Iranian missile attack on the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top security officials have been killed in the US and Israel’s ongoing attacks.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps pledges revenge and says it has launched attacks on 27 bases hosting US troops in the Middle East, as well as Israeli military facilities in Tel Aviv.
Explosions continue to be heard in Qatar and the UAE.
US President Donald Trump warns Iran it will be hit “with a force that has never been seen before” if it hits “very hard today”.
Iran’s government says an interim council, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, will oversee the country until a new supreme leader is elected.
Iranian state media say at least 201 people have been killed in the attacks across 24 provinces.
Iran’s retaliatory attacks have targeted Israel and US assets in multiple Middle East countries, including Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Oman. (Al Jazeera)
