Israel and the US targeted Iranian infrastructure, leading to reported deaths and injuries, while Iran promised to respond to the strikes.
Israel and the United States carried out extensive military strikes across Iran, targeting infrastructure in Tehran and other cities, as reported by Al Jazeera. The Israeli military announced a wide-scale wave of strikes on Monday, with explosions described as unprecedented in volume and size, particularly in eastern Tehran.
Iranian air defense systems were activated in response to drones from the US and Israel, according to Al Jazeera's correspondents. In Tehran, strikes hit residential areas, while similar attacks occurred in cities like Khorramabad and Tabriz, where one child was killed and several others wounded in Khorramabad, and at least six people died in Tabriz.
The US military confirmed targeting a turbine engine production site in Qom province, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for drone and aircraft components. Iranian state media reported additional explosions in cities such as Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Karaj, and Ahvaz, with one person killed at a radio station in Bandar Abbas and a hospital impacted in Ahvaz.
Regional Repercussions and Retaliation
Iran's IRGC vowed to retaliate by targeting power plants and infrastructure linked to US bases if attacked, in response to US President Donald Trump's 48-hour ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC stated they would hit economic and energy infrastructures in which Americans have shares.
Iranian missile strikes continued overnight in Israel, with falling shrapnel reported in southern and central areas, and sirens sounding in northern Israel amid suspected joint attacks from Hezbollah and Iran. An Indian national in the UAE was injured by shrapnel from an intercepted ballistic missile near Abu Dhabi.
The strikes extended to regional allies, with the IRGC claiming attacks on Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan airbase and the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain using missiles and drones. Warning sirens activated in Bahrain and Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile targeting Riyadh.
Iran's death toll from the conflict surpassed 1,500, according to its Ministry of Health, while 15 people were killed in Israel by Iranian attacks. Oil markets reacted with volatility, as the International Energy Agency head warned of severe Middle East tensions worse than the 1970s energy crises.
