Key Highlights
- Five days into a war that US President Donald Trump suggested would last several weeks or longer, nearly 800 people have been killed in Iran, including some Trump said he had considered as possible future leaders of the country.
- Explosions also hit Lebanon, where Israel said it is retaliating against Hezbollah militants.
- Lebanon’s state-run media reported that at least four people were killed in an Israeli strike that hit a residential complex in the city of Baalbeck.
- A day earlier, Israel launched airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site, and Iran struck back against Israel and others, targeting US embassies and disrupting energy supplies and travel.
- The American embassy in Saudi Arabia and the US consulate in the United Arab Emirates came under drone attacks.