Middle East War: Escalating Tensions and Casualties

0:00This is Cory, here with your quick two-minute update from Birmingham News Today. Tensions in the Middle East war with Iran keep escalating as former President Donald Trump boasted on truth social about wiping out Iran's navy, air, force, missiles, and leaders. He claimed the U.S. is totally destroying the regime militarily and economically after 47 years of terror. This came amid fresh strikes, including a big explosion in Tehans for Daozi Square during the annual quid's-day rally supporting Palestinians. Iran's new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba-Khamenei vowed revenge for killed Iranians and warned Gulf nations against hosting U.S. bases. Crowds still chanted death to Israel and America despite the blast, which followed an Israeli warning to clear the area. Meanwhile, Israel hit over 200 targets in Iran like missile sites and factories in the last day. Attack spread to the Gulf, where Saudi Arabia down nearly 50 Iranian drones, Oman saw two deaths from drone crashes and

1:02debris from intercepts, spark fires in Dubai and Bahrain. In Turkey, NATO defenses stopped another Iranian ballistic missile near a U.S. base, the third since the war started. Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel, wounding nearly 60 while Israeli strikes killed several in Lebanon. Casualties mount fast, with over 1,300 dead in Iran, 12 in Israel, and at least 11 U.S. soldiers lost, plus eight badly. Hurt. In Lebanon, more than 600 have died, and nearly 800,000 displaced in Spiting began. Iranian officials call the strikes desperate, saying pressure only strengthens their resolve. Recovery continues after a U.S. KC-135 refueling plane crash in Iraq, killing four crew and leaving two missing unrelated to combat. Fire. A French soldier died in a northern Iraq drone attack, with others injured among U.S., British, and Italian troops there. Iran keeps targeting ships in the strait and vows to hit banks after one was struck in Tehran.

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