Iran War: What’s Happening on Day 11 of US-Israel Attack? | US-Israel war over Iran news

Millions of Iranians rallied in Tehran to show their support for new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

In the second week of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran has been experiencing “some intense bombings” overnight.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday the war could end “very soon”, saying he was “not happy” with Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Millions of Iranians rallied in Tehran to show support for Mojtaba, who succeeded his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Here’s what we know so far.

In Iran

• Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that Iran would continue fighting as long as necessary, casting doubt on Trump’s insistence that the conflict would end “soon”.
• A US-Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in the western Iranian city of Arak, killing five people and wounding several others, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported.
• Despite the ongoing bombings, thousands of Iranians rallied in Tehran to show solidarity with Mojtaba Khamenei in what supporters described as a message of protest against countries that attack Iran.
• A spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday that the US intended to “divide the country” and “take the oil”.
• Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said some countries, including China, Russia and France, had approached Iran about a ceasefire, Iran state TV reported.
• Attacks on residential buildings in eastern Tehran killed at least 40 people, while attacks on oil plants blanketed the capital with toxic fumes. Iran says more than 1,255 people have been killed and nearly 10,000 wounded in the fighting.
• Mohammad Baghar, speaker of Iran’s parliament, pledged a “tough response” to attacks on residential areas in Ghalibaf.
• Trump told reporters Monday that the U.S. is “very much on board” with detecting whether Iran has activated “sleeper cells” in the country. Sleeper cells are covert operatives who live secretly within a country and can be enabled to carry out attacks.

In the Gulf countries

• On Tuesday, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain reported intercepting Iranian missiles and drones.
• Saudi Arabia Escalation Warning: A spokesman for Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that the country’s military intercepted and destroyed the drone east of Al-Kharj governorate. Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense Agency said the drone landed on a residential site in the city of Az Zulfi in Riyadh province, causing “limited material damage and no injuries”.
• The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that continued Iranian attacks would lead to further escalation and have a serious impact on relations between the two countries “now and in the future”.

• Bahrain: A 29-year-old woman was killed and eight others injured when a car crashed into a residential building in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, the country’s interior ministry said on Tuesday.
• United Arab Emirates: The government said on Monday that the UAE lost two military personnel in a helicopter crash due to a technical error while defending the nation against Iranian missiles.
• Australia to supply missiles to UAE: Australia will deploy military surveillance aircraft to the Middle East and send missiles to the UAE, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. Australia will not put troops on the ground, he said.
• Australia has granted visas to five Iranian women footballers who could face punishment at home for not singing the national anthem before their first Asian Cup match.

In the US

• The US president made several wide-ranging remarks on Monday, outlining the status and goals of ongoing US military operations in Iran. He said the war would end “very soon” and “very soon”, although he made it clear it would not end this week.
• According to Trump, the US has struck more than 5,000 targets, which he claimed has resulted in the destruction of Iran’s navy and air force, and destroyed 80-90 percent of its missile launchers. He said Iran’s drone capabilities had been severely reduced and its production facilities had come under attack.
• Despite the success, he told Republican lawmakers that the U.S. “hasn’t won enough” and wants a “final victory.” Trump said he was “not happy” with Iran’s new supreme leader.
• He confirmed the seventh US combat death, with families of fallen troops urging him to “finish the job”.
• Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the war in Iran and prospects for peace in Ukraine on Monday, just hours after Kremlin chiefs warned that the global energy crisis threatened the world economy.

In Israel

• Tasnim news agency said Iran’s military has launched drone strikes targeting an Israeli oil and gas refinery and fuel tanks in Haifa.
• The Israeli military says it has detected a missile launch from Iran towards Israel. In a statement, it said efforts are being made to contain the threat.
• Lauding the joint efforts of both the nations, Trump said that together they are “crushing the enemy”. He said that Iran was preparing to attack Israel and if it had nuclear weapons, it would have used them against that country.
• Ambulance workers said a man died of shrapnel wounds at a construction site near Tel Aviv’s international airport, raising the death toll from the Iranian attack to 11.

In Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey

• The death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon has exceeded 486, while nearly 700,000 people have been displaced across the country amid ongoing cross-border fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
• Israeli forces bombarded southern Lebanon, hitting areas including Majdal, Kafr Sasir, Ansaria and Einath.
• A Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest, Pierre al-Rahi, was killed by Israeli tank fire in the Christian village of Qalaia. He reportedly refused an Israeli order to forcibly evacuate the town, a few miles from the Israeli border.
• Lebanon’s Hezbollah forces continued to fire rockets and missiles. Israeli media reported that about 30 launches from Lebanon and Iran were directed at northern Israel. In addition, the Syrian Army reported that Hezbollah fired artillery shells at Syrian military positions in the town of Sarghaya, west of Damascus.
• NATO air defense forces shot down a ballistic missile fired from Iran in Turkish airspace, Turkey said on Monday, the first such incident.

Infrastructure and energy markets

• Putin said Russia, the world’s second-largest oil exporter, was ready to work again with European customers to combat the global energy crisis.
• France and its allies are preparing an operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said.
• The war has crossed a dangerous threshold with attacks on critical water systems. Both sides have traded accusations over strikes on desalination plants that supply most of the Gulf states with drinking water.
• Water economist Esther Krauser-Delberg warns that attacking this life-saving infrastructure could trigger a war “more enormous than the one we have today”. Additionally, the bombing of Iranian oil facilities has pushed up global oil and gas prices, prompting G7 finance ministers to announce they are ready to release energy stockpiles to stabilize markets.
• The conflict has heavily affected global markets, forcing Gulf states to temporarily halt oil and gas production and causing fuel prices to rise. A day after reaching around $120 a barrel, crude prices fell to around $90 after Trump threatened to intensify attacks on Iran if Tehran stopped the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.