Overview
- Air strikes began shortly after 9:30am local time, with Iran’s Red Crescent reporting attacks across 24 provinces that left 201 dead and 747 wounded.
- A strike on a school in southern Iran was reported to have killed at least 115 people, mostly young girls, a figure not yet independently verified.
- Iran launched retaliatory rocket fire within an hour of the initial strikes as the IRGC declared the start of its most devastating offensive operation.
- Explosions were reported across Israeli cities including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa, with emergency services treating 89 people for minor injuries, according to Haaretz.
- Reports indicated Iranian strikes or targeting near U.S. bases and in several Gulf capitals including Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Manama, Doha and Kuwait, with blasts also heard in Amman.