Israel says Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib has been killed in an overnight strike.
It comes after Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani, was also killed yesterday. Iran has not yet commented on Khatib’s presumed death.
Meanwhile, Israel has launched a series of strikes on Lebanon’s capital Beirut, as it continues its offensive against Hezbollah
One blast flattened a building in the city centre – this isn’t the so-called Hezbollah heartland of southern Beirut, but an area surrounded by businesses and hotels.
Retaliatory strikes by Iran and its allied militia groups continue across the Middle East.
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In Israel, two people were killed in Tel Aviv, with blasts and drone interceptions reported in Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia.
Earlier, the US military said it used bunker-busting “deep penetrator” bombs to hit Iranian missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz; the vital waterway for transporting oil has been effectively blocked by Iran since the war began
In Iran, residents live in constant dread, with one woman saying that leaving home “is like gambling with my life.”
