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A devastating and unprecedented bombing campaign is underway in Tehran.

Senior American officials in recent days have told their counterparts in Israel and other countries that the United States will be forced to launch a ground operation to capture Iran’s Kharg Island, the primary oil export terminal for the Islamic Republic, in the Northern Persian Gulf, according to two sources familiar with the details who spoke to Israel’s i24News

Very heavy bombardment on Damavand Street in the capital Tehran

Explosions heard and air defenses activated in the Iranian capital, Tehran

Footage from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard shows drones being launched toward Israel and US bases in the Gulf today.

The Iranian army: We targeted Israeli aerospace industries with drones near Ben Gurion Air Base. We also targeted US reconnaissance aircraft sites at Prince Sultan Air Base in the region with drones.

Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters: If Trump carries out his threats to target Iranian energy facilities, we will completely close the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz is only closed to the enemies and has not yet been completely closed; it is under our intelligent control.

Israeli army announces the end of a wave of airstrikes that targeted vital facilities in Iran, including weapons production and storage sites, as well as military and security intelligence headquarters

Explosions east to Tehran

Images circulating online show plumes of smoke rising from the Iranian city of Bushehr after it was hit by airstrikes.

The IDF announced that it carried out a large-scale overnight wave of airstrikes in the Tehran area targeting key Iranian regime military infrastructure. The strikes focused on weapons production and storage facilities, including a Ministry of Defense site, an IRGC Air Force production facility, and a military base used for training and housing missile systems. In addition, Israeli forces targeted intelligence and internal security infrastructure, including a Ministry of Intelligence headquarters and an emergency command center of Iran’s Internal Security Forces.

Kuwaiti Civil Aviation: We have submitted an official protest to ICAO due to the grave violations and Iranian aggressions

Destroyed buildings were seen in Mohammadshahr in Alborz province after Israeli airstrikes, a video sent to Iran International shows

UAE air defenses engaged Iranian ballistic and cruise missiles and UAVs

Emergency forces are responding to reports of cluster munition impacts in several scenes across central Israel

US-Israeli airstrikes target Isfahan nuclear complex, damaging command and control center

Iran's Mehr: If there is even the smallest attack on the electrical infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the entire region will be plunged into darkness

UAE air defenses respond to missile and drone attacks from Iran

Thick plumes of smoke rising. Footage circulating online shows an Iranian air force base in Isfahan being targeted moments ago

Bombing of the air force base in Ahvaz

Israeli media: Air defenses intercept missile launched from Iran

Trump: “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST. Thank you for your attention to this matter”

MDA update: Following missile fire toward southern Israel, 64 people were injured in the Arad area, including 7 seriously and 15 moderately wounded. Emergency teams are treating and evacuating casualties while continuing to search for additional victims

The Israeli Air Force is investigating the failure to intercept the ballistic missile that struck the southern city of Arad a short while ago. The missile, which is assessed to have carried a conventional warhead with hundreds of kilograms of explosives, injured dozens and caused extensive damage. The Home Front Command is also conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the impact. Both the IAF and Home Front Command are also investigating the earlier impact in the nearby city of Dimona, which injured dozens more people.

About 30 people wounded in the Iranian missile attack on Arad in southern Israel

Haaretz: Israeli defenses have failed to intercept four Iranian ballistic missiles since the start of the war, and they have fallen in populated areas.

Footage shows plumes of smoke rising from an Iranian army air base in Bandar Abbas, after it was targeted near the Strait of Hormuz.

Ballistic missiles launches detected from Iran towards Israel

The IAEA is aware of reports of an incident in the city of Dimona, Israel, involving a missile impact and has not received any indication of damage to the nuclear research center Negev. Information from regional States indicates that no abnormal radiation levels have been detected. Closely monitoring the situation, Director General @RafaelMGrossi stressed that "maximum military restraint should be observed, in particular in the vicinity of nuclear facilities"

Israeli Chief of Staff Zamir: “Yesterday, Iran launched a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometers toward an American target on Diego Garcia Island. These missiles are not intended to strike Israel. Their range reaches European capitals—Berlin, Paris, and Rome are all within direct threat range.”

U.S. has informed Israel that the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier has returned to full operational service — Kan News

AFP: The Israeli army confirms that the city of Dimona, where the nuclear reactor is located, was hit by an Iranian missile strike.

The condition of a young boy wounded by an Iranian ballistic missile impact in Dimona has worsened, medical officials say. The Magen David Adom ambulance service says it treated a total of 23 people who were injured by the missile impact, including the boy and a woman in her 30s in moderate condition, along with 21 others lightly hurt. Soroka Hospital in Beersheba says it received the 12-year-old, and his condition is serious after he was hit by shrapnel. Several others are being treated at Soroka in good condition. The missile, which carried a large warhead, caused damage to homes and other buildings in the area, according to rescue services

The Israeli Air Force recently struck an Iranian nuclear research and development site in Tehran, the military announces. According to the Israeli army, the "strategic" site at the Malek Ashtar University was used by Iran's military industries to develop components for nuclear weapons. Malek Ashtar University, subordinate to Iran's defense ministry, is under Western sanctions over its activities relating to Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs

The Israeli army has dispatched Home Front Command search and rescue troops to the site of the Iranian ballistic missile impact in Dimona

Some 20 people are lightly injured by the Iranian ballistic missile impact in Dimona, Magen David Adom says

Footage shows the moment an Iranian ballistic missile struck the southern city of Dimona this evening

Medics and rescue forces are responding to reports of an impact in Dimona following Iran's latest ballistic missile fire

Targeting the headquarters of the Basij and Revolutionary Guard intelligence in Najafabad, Isfahan

After a lull of over eight hours, the Israeli army has detected a new Iranian ballistic missile attack. Sirens are expected to sound in southern Israel in the coming minutes

Iranian Embassy in India: Pezeshkian calls on BRICS group to play an independent role in stopping attacks against Iran

Commander of US Central Command: We bombed Iranian ballistic missile depots and radars used to threaten navigation

Officials told Axios: The Iranian regime is experiencing a leadership crisis, but there are no signs of its collapse.

Several points on the western side of Vahdati Air Base that had previously remained untouched now appear to have been struck. Footage of major Israeli airstrikes hitting Dezful, Iran this afternoon

Reuters, citing two sources: The Revolutionary Guard has replaced Hezbollah's hierarchical command structure with a decentralized structure made up of small units with limited knowledge of each other's operations.

Sources confirm Iran launched an unsuccessful missile attack on the UK-US base at Diego Garcia. The attack was launched before yesterday’s update from the government expanding the use of UK bases by the US to deal with threats to the Strait of Hormuz. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: "Iran’s reckless attacks, lashing out across the region and holding hostage the Strait of Hormuz, are a threat to British interests and British allies. “RAF jets and other UK military assets are continuing to defend our people and personnel in the region. “This government has given permission to the US to use British bases for specific and limited defensive operations.”

New US-Israeli attack on Natanz uranium enrichment facility in Iran; no report of any radioactive leakage at the complex.

Tehran head of police Ahmad-Reza Radan, alongside Basij 2nd tier commanders targeted in airstrikes

Explosions heard in eastern Tehran a short while ago

Several airstrikes on Yazd Kouhestan Missile site,Yazd Province, Iran

Iranian media: Three explosions heard east of Tehran; air defenses intercept targets.

Iranian media: Airstrikes target a Revolutionary Guard camp in Yazd province

Al-Hadath correspondent Marwan Othmaneh: An Iranian missile struck a building in Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv

Footage circulating online shows Israeli and American airstrikes targeting Iranian military sites in the city of Ahvaz

Reports of airstrikes near the Air Force General Staff building in Tehran

At 4:30 in Shahrak Gharb, the sound of multiple explosions, fighter jets flying, and defensive fire was heard.

Iran fired two missiles at the joint US-UK base in Diego Garcia, about 4,000 kilometers from Iran One of the missiles failed in flight, and a interceptor was fired at the second, from a US warship

Israeli media: Iranian missile fragments fall in central Israel

According to @IliaHashemicom, the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry in western Tehran was amongst the targeted sites that was hit earlier this morning

US envoy to the UN: Easing sanctions on Iranian oil is "very temporary"

Iranian media: Bandar Abbas steel dock targeted at night

Kuwaiti Army: Air defenses are currently intercepting missile and drone attacks

Iranian media: Weapons depots bombed in Hashtgerd, west of Tehran