A consulate in Dubai, CIA station in Saudi Arabia and US base in Qatar all sustained hits
• Military and leaders targeted: US President Donald Trump said Iran’s air force and navy had been “knocked out,” and that strikes had targeted the country’s leadership.
A source told CNN Israel struck a compound belonging to a group responsible for electing Iran’s next supreme leader, though Iranian state media said the building was evacuated before the attack.
• Scramble to evacuate: The US has closed embassies in three countries, reduced its regional diplomatic staffing and warned Americans to leave. The United Arab Emirates said it opened safe air corridors with its neighbors as countries rush to evacuate stranded nationals.
• Oil trade rocked: Trump ordered US “insurance and guarantees” for ships traveling through the Gulf and suggested the navy would escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz “if necessary.”
Israeli strike hits residential building in Lebanon, killing 5, state media reports
An Israeli strike hit a four-story residential building in the Lebanese city of Baalbek Wednesday morning, killing at least five people and wounding 15 others, according to Lebanese state media.
Response teams were working to rescue families from under the rubble, Lebanon’s state National News Agency (NNA) reported.
CNN cannot independently confirm the report and has reached out to the Israeli military for comment.
It comes as Israeli bombardments in Lebanon continued Wednesday morning.
Earlier, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported an airstrike in Aramoun, south of the capital Beirut, killed at least six people.
Photo geolocated by CNN shows plume of smoke near Isfahan
Here’s how governments are trying to evacuate citizens from the Middle East
Despite regional travel being paralyzed, foreign nationals have been urged to leave the Middle East. Several countries are now working to evacuate stranded nationals.
4 US troops in war with Iran identified
The US and Israel are aiming to destroy Iran’s leadership and military. Here’s the latest
US President Donald Trump said strikes targeted another set of Iranian leaders. A source told CNN Israel struck a compound belonging to a group responsible for electing Iran’s next supreme leader, though Iranian state media has said that the building was evacuated before the attack.
Trump also said Iran’s air force and navy had been “knocked out,” with the US military saying it destroyed 17 Iranian ships.
The war has disrupted global travel, stranded foreign nationals, and spiked global commodity prices.
Here are the latest developments:
GOP leaders refuse to call US military action in Iran a war
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tells Kaitlan Collins it “makes no sense” the Trump administration didn’t have a plan to evacuate American citizens following the attacks on Iran
