Into the early hours of this morning, Israel and Iran continued exchanging direct strikes, while the fighting spread further across Lebanon and the Gulf, and increasingly centred on energy infrastructure.

Iranian officials confirmed the death of Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib

Iranian officials confirmed the death of Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib

Israel widened its campaign inside Iran. Late last night, the Israeli military said it had struck targets in northern Iran for the first time in the current operation, after attacking more than 200 targets in western and central Iran over the previous 24 hours, including ballistic missile storage sites, launch systems, air defences and weapons production facilities. An Israeli strike on the Iranian port of Anzali on the Caspian Sea resulted in at least three vessels catching fire. Iranian reports suggest one ship had returned from Russia just 24 hours earlier, with suspicions that it was carrying drone-related Russian technologies.

The campaign continued to target the Iranian regime’s leadership. Iranian officials confirmed the death of Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, another major blow following the killings of Ali Larijani, the commander of the Basij........

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