The fifth day of war in the Gulf, following the US and Israeli attack on Iran, which resulted in the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei and the leaders of the Tehran regime. Yesterday, Iran's Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, as the new Supreme Leader, on the recommendation of the Revolutionary Guards . Meanwhile, the conflict continued overnight, spreading like wildfire, with Israel also continuing its attack on Lebanon, launched after Hezbollah launched missiles toward Tel Aviv territory following the first offensive.

An Israeli airstrike struck a four-story building in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek , according to state media. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) stated that "enemy aircraft targeted a four-story building at dawn" inside a residential complex in Baalbek, an area under Hezbollah control. The NNA reported "numerous martyrs and that work is underway to rescue families from the rubble." According to Lebanese state media, the IDF also struck a hotel in the Beirut suburb of Hazmieh.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it maintains "total control" of the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for global oil trade at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. "Currently, the Strait of Hormuz is under the total control of the Islamic Republic Navy," said Mohammad Akbarzadeh, a senior IRGC naval officer, as reported by the Fars news agency.

On the ground, however, while Al Jazeera reports that a drone struck the US embassy's logistical support camp near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, US raids in Iran continue, with missiles falling in various areas of the country.

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Real-time updates

9:30 am – Bombing of Tehran

American and Israeli air strikes have hit some areas in western and northeastern Tehran, with the sky over the capital obscured by thick columns of smoke.

8.20 am – The IDF: extensive Hezbollah infrastructure

The Israel Defense Forces said they have begun targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for 16 villages and towns in Lebanon overnight, and smoke was observed billowing from the southern Beirut neighborhood of Dahiyeh this morning.

8:00 AM – Oil flies

Brent crude oil price continues to rise, rising 3.03% to $83.87/barrel.

7:56 a.m. – Child killed by shrapnel in Kuwait

An 11-year-old girl, injured by fragments of an Iranian missile, was killed in Kuwait, the Ministry of Health announced in a post on X.

7:26 AM – Pasdaran: American ship hit

The IRGC claims to have launched a missile attack against a strategic U.S. asset in the Indian Ocean, targeting an American destroyer. The vessel, which was refueling from a U.S. tanker in the Indian Ocean, about 650 kilometers off Iran's southern coast, "was hit by Qadr-360 and Talaeiyeh missiles." According to the Tasnim news agency, a large fire broke out on the decks of both ships, with plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.

(Unioneonline)

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