Overview
- U.S. and Israeli forces carried out large-scale attacks on Iranian targets, with multiple blasts reported in Tehran’s Pasteur and Keshvardoost districts near key government sites.
- Iran responded with missiles and drones against Israel and struck locations used by U.S. forces across the Gulf, with explosions reported in Jerusalem, Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, and one civilian death from debris in Abu Dhabi.
- Early casualty reports include Iranian Revolutionary Guard commanders among the dead and at least 70 civilian fatalities, including 24 students in Minab, according to figures cited by Reuters and local officials.
- Civilian life and travel were severely disrupted as Iran, Israel and several neighbors closed airspace, flights were halted, phone and internet service in Iran were cut, Israel grounded commercial traffic affecting about 38,500 tourists, and Iran’s top football league was suspended.
- Governments issued urgent travel warnings and adjusted embassy staffing, while a separate crisis escalated in South Asia as Pakistan said it bombed Kabul and declared an “open war” with Afghanistan.