As Iran retaliates, largest US military base in Middle East hit by ballistic missile, Qatar says
No one was injured, according to the Qatari Ministry of Defense.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Saturday, with daytime strikes in the joint U.S.-Israel attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.
On Sunday, Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed by airstrikes in Tehran on Saturday.
Iran is responding to the U.S.-Israeli operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and Gulf nations. American diplomatic facilities have also been attacked.
In Lebanon, Israel is intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iranian-aligned Hezbollah militia.
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Key Headlines
- Death toll in Lebanon rises to at least 50 killed, over 300 injured: Health officials
- US embassy in Jordan issues shelter-in-place order
- Canadian PM says US-Israeli actions may be 'inconsistent with international law'
- Qatar says Al Udeid Air Base hit by ballistic missile
- Rubio says 'intensity' of attacks on Iran to ramp up
'All I want is freedom for the people,' Trump tells The Washington Post
In a brief phone call with a reporter from The Washington Post just after 4 a.m. on Saturday, President Donald Trump told the paper that all he wants is "freedom for the people" of Iran.
“All I want is freedom for the people,” Trump said when asked about what he hoped his legacy would be as a result of the U.S. operation. "I want a safe nation, and that’s what we’re going to have."
Defense secretary, Joint Chiefs chairman with Trump at Mar-A-Lago
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are at Mar-A-Lago with President Trump monitoring today’s strikes, according to a source familiar.
-ABC News' Luis Martinez
Another wave of missiles launched from Iran toward Israel: IDF
The IDF says it has identified another wave of "missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. "
Sirens sounded in central Israel.
UAE reports 1 civilian death after Iran missile strikes
The United Arab Emirates' ministry of defense said a civilian was killed as a result of fallen debris after "a blatant attack involving Iranian ballistic missiles."
The statement from the ministry said "air defence systems dealt with the missiles with high efficiency and successfully intercepted a number of missiles."
In Israel, the national emergency service said at least one person suffered blast injuries on Saturday.
The man, who injured in northern Israel, was in “mild condition,” according to the service.
The emergency service said its teams also treated "several individuals who were injured on their way to protected spaces, all fully conscious, as well as to people suffering from anxiety across the country."
Iran's state broadcaster IRIB reported that five girls were killed when Israeli strikes targeted an elementary school in the southern city of Minab on Saturday.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.