United States President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social publication that more Iranian officials will be targeted, saying: “Iran will be hit very hard today!”
Trump’s post came after comments made to reporters aboard Air Force Eleven, where he made clear that he had no intention of negotiating with Iran and suggested that Iran’s war would only end once Tehran no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power.
The US president also left open the possibility of deploying US troops on the ground.
Here are some images coming out of Lebanon and the border with Israel.
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the US-Israel war against Iran, a conflict that is spreading across the Middle East with devastating consequences as it enters its second week.
US President Trump has remained optimistic about the war’s prospects, saying Iran is being “decimated” even as he has refused to rule out deploying US troops.
Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi condemned the war and said it should never have happened.
If you’re just tuning in, here’s a quick recap of events.
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donald trump claimed that the United States and Israel had “decimated” the Iranian regime, but he offered only a vague description of what he meant by his demand for unconditional surrender. “It’s when they cry man, or when they can’t fight anymore and there’s no one around to cry man, that could happen too,” the president of the United States said aboard Air Force One.
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Trump left open the possibility of deploying US troops on the ground. The US president spoke to reporters hours after traveling to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, to attend the so-called dignified transfer of six US service members killed in the first days of their war against Iran.
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The US-Israel war against Iran “should never have happened,” China’s foreign minister said on Sunday. “The world cannot return to the law of the jungle” Wang Yi he said at a news conference in Beijing, calling for an end to military operations.
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Iran can fight a war of this size and scale for “at least” another six months, a Revolutionary Guard official said. The defiant statement was carried by the semi-official Fars news agency, which has links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian previously apologized to neighboring countries attacked by Iran. He also said Iran’s interim leadership council had approved that no strikes or missile strikes would be carried out against those countries unless an attack on Iran originated from them.
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Huge columns of smoke and fire have been seen rising over the Tehran skyline overnight. He Israeli military He said it affected “several fuel storage complexes” throughout the city.
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At least four people were killed after an Israeli attack on an apartment in the Ramada hotel building in central Beirut. The Lebanese Ministry of Health said. Ten people were injured. Israel said it carried out a “precise strike” against what it called “key commanders” of the foreign operations arm of the IGRC’s Quds Force.
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In a social media post, Trump renewed his criticism of the UK’s lack of immediate support for US-Israeli attacks on Iran.and claimed that Downing Street was now “seriously thinking” about sending two aircraft carriers to the region. “It’s okay, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need you anymore, but we will remember,” wrote the American president.
