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The three US soldiers ki11ed and five seriously wounded so far during the US military campaign against Iran were reportedly based in Kuwait, with US President Trump suggesting more casualties are inevitable.
Israeli police say nine people have been killed and 11 are missing as search-and-rescue teams continue looking for survivors after an Iranian missile attack on Beit Shemesh in Israel.
Trump has urged Iranians to rise up to topple the Islamic Republic, a day after a joint US-Israeli attack killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he accepted a request from the US to use UK bases for “defensive” strikes against Iran.
Gulf states have pledged to defend themselves against Iranian attacks, including by “responding to the aggression” if need be.
The US administration has yet to spell out a “day-after” strategy for Iran, after ⁠joint US-Israeli strikes killed much of the country’s ⁠leadership, lawmakers from both US major political parties say.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has applauded the US-Israeli attack on Iran, suggesting the world is a better place after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an air strike.

“The mothership of terrorism is sinking. The captain is dead. The largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, is close to collapsing. The leader of the largest state sponsor of terrorism and his inner team are dead,” said Graham.

Following the US-Israeli strikes that killed Khamenei and other leaders, Iran’s counterattacks struck US bases in Bahrain and the UAE.

The US military denied Iranian claims that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was struck with ballistic missiles, saying the “missiles launched didn’t even come close”.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has threatened to launch its “most intense offensive operation” ever on Israeli and US military installations.