US Gulf bases hit, planes crash as Iran conflict hots up

US Gulf bases hit, planes crash as Iran conflict hots upThe
US has hit multiple targets across Iran. Israel has also The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel extended its bombing to Lebanon on Monday as President Donald Trump declared to avenge the first US deaths in the war, he unveiled a plan to topple Tehran’s ruling clerics.
In defense, Iranian forces have fired hundreds of missiles and drones towards the Middle East, killing individuals in Israel and the UAE, in retaliation for the conflict that began Saturday with the murder of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The US military has increased its scope of attacks and extended its targets across Iran on Sunday and said they have destroyed the Headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite unit tasked with protecting the theocracy in place since 1979.
US Central Command has released a statement and said that the IRGC is no longer has a headquarters. The spokesperson of the Israeli military said they were doing a series of strikes in the center of Tehran on Monday and also bombing across Lebanon against Hezbollah, the armed Shiite Muslim movement closely tied to Iran’s Islamic Republic.
An AFP journalist has heard explosions in Beirut. Israel has already weakened Hezbollah, in an earlier Israeli offensive, said in a statement that they had fired rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the blood of Khamenei.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump have urged the overthrow of the government in Iran, the asserted rival of Israel and the United States since the 1979 Islamic revolution ousted the pro-Western shah.
Trump spoke to the official of The New York Times and said the United States and Israel has plan to keep up the level of attacks for four to five weeks, and it’s not difficult for them. They have a huge quantity of ammunition,” he further said that he had a shortlist of three unnamed people he favoured to lead Iran after the war. He posted a video message for Iranian security forces to lay down their arms. In a video address, Trump urged Iranian security forces “to lay down your arms and receive full protection or face certain death.

The Pentagon released an official statement and said that three US service members have also been killed in the operation, and five were seriously wounded in the operation, which it has called “Epic Fury.” “But America will take revenge for their human life loss and punish terrorists strictly who have waged war.”
Trump, who pushed criticizing foreign involvement, has done little to explain the case for war to the US public.
Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, said the soldiers’ deaths were the result of a “hasty decision” and that there was no threat to “justify this type of pre-emptive military strikes.”
555 ‘killed in Iran since the start of the war
There is a rule of death in Iran, and in recent joint attacks of the US and Israel that began two days ago, a total of 555 people have been killed across Iran, the Iranian Red Crescent said Monday.
131 cities have been affected to date, and, regrettably, 555 of our compatriots have been killed in the Zionist-American terrorist attacks carried out in various regions of our country, the humanitarian group said in a post on Telegram.
Iran Guards say targeted Israel PM Netanyahu’s office
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that their missile attacks have targeted the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the headquarters of the Israeli air force commander on Monday.
The Headquarters of the regime’s air force commander and the office of the criminal Prime Minister of the Zionist regime have been targeted,” the Guards said in a statement carried by Fars news agency. They have updated that Khaybar missiles were fired in the attacks.
Several US warplanes crashed in Kuwait
Iran has pressed on with a third day of strikes in the Gulf, and Several American warplanes crashed in Kuwait on Monday morning; however, their crew survived, Kuwait’s defence ministry said. A defense ministry spokesman said in a statement that Several US warplanes crashed this morning. Confirming that all crew members survived. Agencies and respective authorities have initiated search and rescue operations to evacuate the crews and transport them to a hospital for medical evaluation and treatment. He also noted that their condition is now stable, the statement added.
Saudi oil refinery targeted
Iran has taken multiple countries as its target. It has attacked an Oil refinery in Saudi Arabia on Monday. A source said that the attack caused a fire at the Ras Tanura refinery, which, however, has been extinguished.
According to a statement posted by the Saudi Press Agency on X, two drones had targeted the refinery and been intercepted.
The refinery has a production capacity of 550,000 barrels per day. The complex is also serving as one of the world’s largest oil ports. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have targeted Saudi oil infrastructure.
Iranian drone hits UK base in CyprusAn
Iranian drone has targeted the runway of a UK military base in Cyprus on Monday, triggering the EU to pledge solid backing for member states as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran spread.
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides confirmed that just after midnight (2200 GMT), a Shahed unmanned aerial vehicle crashed into the military facilities of the British Bases in Akrotiri, which has caused a minor material damage.
Britain’s Foreign Minister said that the unmanned drone strike specifically on the airport runway had hit the airport runway. They were not able to provide further information and detail at this point in time; however, obviously, all of the precautionary measures were being taken around the base, Yvette Cooper told Sky News.
Upon the attack on Cyprus, the European Union also reacted immediately. The European Union is firmly standing with its member countries, and Cyprus is one of the member countries, although it was not the target; however EU is with Cyprus.
Iran launches missiles on Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday that they had launched missile strikes on Israel’s government in Tel Aviv. Further, they have maintained a series of attacks on military centers in Haifa and an attack on East Jerusalem. It said Khaybar ballistic missiles were used in the attack.
Iranian missile hits US embassy in Kuwait City
Iran has also targeted the US embassy in Kuwait City on Monday. Black smoke was seen rising from the US embassy in Kuwait City after the latest volley of Iranian strikes, an AFP correspondent confirmed.
Sirens began to be sounded all over the city following the latest volley of Iranian attacks, which started across the oil-rich Gulf region on Saturday.
The embassy, however, issued a security warning to its people to stay away. They have stated that there is a continuing threat of missile and UAV attacks over Kuwait

Explosions heard in Gulf cities
Tehran carried out strikes against countries in the region that host US bases for the third day in response to US-Israeli air raids. As a result, multiple loud explosions were also heard across Gulf cities on Monday.
AFP reporters and witnesses said they heard several loud blasts in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Manama, and Kuwait City.
Iran’s continued and extraordinary bombardment of the Gulf has brought a region long seen as a haven of peace and security in the violent Middle East.
Bahrain’s interior ministry said Iranian strikes killed one citizen, the island nation’s first fatality since the start of Tehran’s campaign, bringing the total number of deaths across the Gulf to five since Saturday.
New strikes on Iraq base
Iran has also target Iraqi Military base housing Kataeb Hezbollah, a source from the pro-Iran armed group said on Monday.

Iraq, which has just reclaimed a sense of stability but has long been a proxy battleground between the US and Iran, said it did not want to be dragged into the war.
However, several Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, including Kataeb Hezbollah, have said they would not stay “neutral” and would defend the Islamic Republic.