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Iran-Israel War Escalates, Gulf Neighbors Drawn In

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Tensions escalate in the Israel-Iran conflict as Iran continues building missiles despite Israeli claims. A top Revolutionary Guard spokesman is killed in an airstrike. Gulf neighbors are drawn into the conflict, with air defenses intercepting incoming fire and warehouses being hit. Israel strikes Tehran during Nowruz celebrations. Over one thousand killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon. Oil prices surge amid the war, which shows no signs of abating. Irans new Supreme Leader urges stripping enemies of security, but his absence from public view fuels speculation about his condition.

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Iran-Israel War Escalates, Gulf Neighbors Drawn In

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Birmingham News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Iran-Israel War Escalates, Gulf Neighbors Drawn In. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

Reporting from the Daily News, now, I'm Cory with the story with the latest in Birmingham. Tensions in the Israel-Aran War remain sky-high as a top revolutionary guard spokesman declare Friday that Iran continues building missiles despite. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claims otherwise. General Ali Muhammad Naini emphasized the fight would drag on until the enemy weakens, but shortly after, Iranian state media confirmed he was killed. In an air strike, the conflict is pulling in Gulf neighbors, too. Early Friday, air defenses overdue by intercepted incoming fire mid-Aid al-Fitr celebrations, marking the end of Ramadan. Bahrain reported a warehouse fire from fallen Shremmel, Kuwait intercepted threats, and Saudi Arabia down several Iranian drones aimed at its oil-rich eastern region. Israel struck Tehran that same morning, as locals observed, the Persian New Year holiday narrows. This came after Israel's promise to avoid hitting a major Iranian gasfield, even as Iran

keeps targeting Gulf oil and gas sites, forcing millions, into shelters and rattling world markets. Death tolls climb with over 1,000 killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon amid clashes with Hezbollah. Oil prices for Brent Crude have surged since Israel, and the U.S. launched the war against Iran back on February 28. Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mochaba Kaminay, who succeeded his father after the elders' death in an early Israeli strike, urged stripping. Enemies of their security in a public message, Friday, he hasn't appeared publicly since taking over. Fuelling U.S. and Israeli speculation that he may have been injured as the war shows no signs of, letting up.

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