Here's the most critical developments as of now:
Hezbollah's political leader eliminated: Muhammad Raad, head of the group's parliamentary bloc in Lebanon, was killed in Israeli precision strikes on Beirut and southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah officially joins Iran's fight: the group claimed responsibility for a major rocket + drone barrage on Israel at dawn.
Massive US strikes deep inside Iran: Trump announced hundreds of targets hit, including IRGC bases, air defenses, naval headquarters, and 9 warships.
Iran hits back at US bases across the Gulf: Fresh waves of missiles + drones targeted American facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE (Abu Dhabi/Dubai areas), and more.
US F-15 downed in Kuwait: US says it was friendly fire, pilots ejected safely
Civilian tragedy in Iran: state-linked reports say ~170 students and teachers killed in strikes on education-related sites — numbers still being verified amid the chaos. UK green-lights US use of its bases for strikes on Iranian missile stockpiles
Saudi Arabia shut its largest domestic oil refinery, Ras Tanura, after an Iranian drone strike
IRGC showed the downing of another Israeli Hermes-type drone in Iranian airspace (may be an MQ-9 as well)
Israeli Air Force, guided by military intelligence, launched an additional broad wave of strikes on Iranian capital earlier on Monday.
Protests against the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader continued for the second day in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Ayatollah Khamenei’s wife dies days after sustaining injuries, Tasnim News Agency.
Iranian forces launch new missiles at US military bases in the area.
Iranian media share a symbolic image: 165 graves for girls killed in the Minab school attack after the US-Israeli strike, with victims aged 7 to 12. A caption calling it "Trump’s gift to the people of Iran."
