Overview
- Drone strikes hit the U.S. embassy in Riyadh, prompting shelter-in-place orders as Washington expanded evacuation directives for regional posts and urged Americans to leave multiple countries.
- The Pentagon says it has achieved local air superiority over Iran, using B-2 bombers on ballistic-missile sites and destroying 11 Iranian warships, with fresh strikes reported in Tehran and targets linked to Natanz.
- Energy shocks deepened after QatarEnergy halted liquefied natural gas production and European gas prices jumped about 40%, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened to torch ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Hezbollah launched rockets and drones at Israel, and Israeli warplanes struck Beirut’s southern suburbs, with Lebanon reporting at least 52 dead as its prime minister ordered an immediate halt to Hezbollah’s military activities.
- U.S. Central Command confirmed six American service members killed to date, and officials said Kuwaiti air defenses mistakenly downed three U.S. jets during an Iranian attack, with all six crew members ejecting safely.