Overview
- Pentagon-named Operation Epic Fury targeted Iranian leadership and missile infrastructure, with Israeli officials saying Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were targeted, though outcomes were unconfirmed.
- Explosions and large smoke plumes were observed in central Tehran and other cities, with ambulances dispatched and no confirmed casualty totals.
- Iran launched missiles and drones toward Israel and at bases hosting U.S. troops in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, and several Gulf governments reported intercepting incoming projectiles.
- Bahrain reported a strike on a U.S. Fifth Fleet service center and the UAE said debris from an interception killed a migrant worker; Iranian state media claimed a girls’ school was hit, which has not been independently verified.
- Israel closed its airspace and declared a 48-hour emergency as regional flight bans, shelter advisories and civil-defense alerts took effect, and officials signaled the campaign could last several days.