A man was seriously injured in the Tel Aviv area after an Iranian missile attack
One person was seriously injured in the Tel Aviv area, according to emergency services
US Secretary General: Not in a position to confirm death of Iran’s Khamenei
Qatar has summoned Iran’s ambassador over the attack on the territory, the FM said
Netanyahu says there are ‘signs’ that Iran’s Khamenei is dead
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there are many signs that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is “no more” without definitively confirming his death.
Netanyahu said Khamenei’s compound had been vandalized and Revolutionary Guard commanders and senior nuclear officials had been killed.
“This morning, in a powerful surprise strike, the compound of dictator Ali Khamenei was destroyed in the heart of Tehran … and there are many signs that this dictator is no longer alive,” Netanyahu said in a televised statement.
The emir’s office said the Qatari ruler would insist on halting a ‘dangerous escalation’ in Trump’s call
Rubio will brief G7 counterparts on Saturday in Iran
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will brief his counterparts from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies on Saturday about the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, a US official said.
“Today, Secretary Rubio will call with G7 leaders to discuss the situation in Iran,” a State Department official said.
Iranian Guards say Israeli bases, Defense Ministry targeted in new wave of attacks
The White House said that Trump held talks with the leaders of Britain, Kuwait and Turkey
Explosions were heard in central Israel, Jerusalem and Ramallah
AFP journalists heard a series of explosions in Jerusalem, central Israel, and Ramallah, the occupied West Bank, while a journalist in Tel Aviv reported the largest explosion.
The blasts followed sirens after the military said it had spotted a new round of missiles fired from Iran.
The strikes killed Iran’s defense minister and the commander of its Revolutionary Guard, the Israeli military said.
Qatar’s defense ministry says it was hit by 65 missiles and 12 drones from Iran
Trump tells NBC that ‘we think’ reports of Khamenei’s death are ‘correct’
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he believes multiple reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in an airstrike are true. – But stopped short of directly confirming the news.
“We think that’s the right story,” he was quoted as saying by NBC News.
Speaking to ABC News about reports of Khamenei’s death, Trump said, “I don’t want to say anything definitive until I see things but we believe he is. And most of his leaders are gone.”
Italy tells EU, G7 ministers to meet in Iran
Foreign ministers from the EU and G7 countries will hold talks on Saturday and Sunday following the massive attack by Israel and the US on Iran, Italy said.
“Contacts with our partners will take place this evening and tomorrow at scheduled meetings at the level of foreign ministers in both the G7 and the European Union,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office said in a statement.
The Group of Seven world powers includes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US.
The Israeli army said the head of the Iranian Guard, Mohammad Pakpour, was killed in the attack
The Israeli military says it has killed seven senior Iranian officials, including the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, General Mohammad Pakpour, in a wave of US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Among those killed were Ali Shamkhani, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, and Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said in a televised statement, showing photographs of some of the men killed.
Eight people were wounded in the Iranian attack on Qatar, one critically, diplomats said
Eight people were injured, one critically, in an Iranian missile and drone attack on Qatar that damaged a radar system at the Al Udeid military base near Doha.
“Qatar was targeted by 44 missiles and eight drones … injuring eight people, including one in critical condition,” a diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
Most of the attacks were intercepted but a long-range radar system was hit and damaged in salvos, the diplomat added.
Trump tells ABC News that ‘a lot’ of Iranian leaders were killed in the strikes
US President Donald Trump told a US broadcaster that several members of Iran’s top leadership were killed in US-Israeli strikes that “disabled” the Islamic republic and that the identity of the country’s next leader was becoming clear.
Asked by ABC News if Washington believes the people in Iran’s leadership are now dead, Trump said “a lot of it is,” adding that he and the administration “have a good idea” of who will fill the positions of power in Tehran.
Israel’s military said Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, was killed in the attack
Fox News reports that the US believes Iran’s Khamenei is dead
The U.S. believes Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and five to 10 top Iranian leaders were killed in the initial Israeli strike, a Fox News reporter quoted a U.S. official as saying.
Trump tells ABC News he has a ‘very good idea’ about the identity of the next Iranian leadership
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