In a statement posted to social media, the Israel Defense Forces says it is now striking “targets” of the Iranian “regime in the heart of Tehran”.
Iran has launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks aimed at Israel and several Gulf cities, after pledging retaliation for the killing of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who led the country from 1989.
Multiple siren alerts sounded across central Israel and parts of the occupied West Bank on Sunday morning, and explosions were reported in Doha, Dubai and Manama. Blasts were also heard near Erbil airport, which hosts U.S.–led coalition forces, in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region.
According to the U.S.–based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), at least 133 civilians have been killed and 200 injured during U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran on Saturday.
Hundreds of thousands of travelers have been stranded or rerouted after Israel, Qatar, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain closed their airspace.
We are seeking accounts of how residents and workers in the region have been impacted.
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