Israel-US vs Iran war widens; Hezbollah clash pulls Lebanon into fight
Dubai | Washington: The US and Israeli air war against Iran widened on Monday, with no end in sight as Israel attacked Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah and Tehran kept up its missile and drone attacks on Gulf states.
President Donald Trump said a "big wave" of further attacks was imminent, without giving details, and said it was unclear who was in charge in Iran, following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the weekend.
Kuwait mistakenly shot down three American F-15E fighter jets during an Iranian attack, US Central Command said. All six crew members ejected and were safely recovered.
The US military Monday said that four service members were killed in the war.
In the first formal Pentagon briefing since the campaign began, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, described a campaign that included hitting more than 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours. He said more forces were still on their way to the region.
"This is not a single overnight operation. The military objectives that CENTCOM and the Joint Force have been tasked with will take some time to achieve, and in some cases will be difficult and gritty work," Caine said.
A new front in the war opened on Monday when the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah launched missiles and drones towards Israel. Tel Aviv responded with sweeping airstrikes, with its military saying it killed the head of Hezbollah's intelligence services, Hussein Moukalled, in a strike in Beirut on Sunday.
The UK's base in Cyprus was struck by a suspected drone attack hours after PM Keir Starmer allowed the US to use British facilities to destroy Iranian missile depots.
President Donald Trump said a "big wave" of further attacks was imminent, without giving details, and said it was unclear who was in charge in Iran, following the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the weekend.
Kuwait mistakenly shot down three American F-15E fighter jets during an Iranian attack, US Central Command said. All six crew members ejected and were safely recovered.
The US military Monday said that four service members were killed in the war.
In the first formal Pentagon briefing since the campaign began, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, described a campaign that included hitting more than 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours. He said more forces were still on their way to the region.
"This is not a single overnight operation. The military objectives that CENTCOM and the Joint Force have been tasked with will take some time to achieve, and in some cases will be difficult and gritty work," Caine said.
A new front in the war opened on Monday when the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah launched missiles and drones towards Israel. Tel Aviv responded with sweeping airstrikes, with its military saying it killed the head of Hezbollah's intelligence services, Hussein Moukalled, in a strike in Beirut on Sunday.
The UK's base in Cyprus was struck by a suspected drone attack hours after PM Keir Starmer allowed the US to use British facilities to destroy Iranian missile depots.
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