As the war in the Middle East intensifies, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. has "the capability to go far longer" than its projected four-to-five-week time frame for its military operations against Iran.
Across Tehran, the sound of explosions rang out through the night and into the early morning hours Tuesday, as the U.S. and Israel have continued to pound Iran since killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday.
Tehran and its allies have hit back against Israel, neighboring Gulf states, and targets critical to the world's production of oil and natural gas.
The intensity of the attacks and the lack of any apparent exit plan set the stage for a prolonged conflict with far-reaching consequences. Israel and the U.S. have given conflicting answers about what exactly the war's objectives are or what the endgame might be.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Monday defended the decision to go to war, contending in an interview on Fox News Channel's "Hannity" that Iran was rebuilding "new sites, new places" that would make "their ballistic missile program and their atomic bomb program immune within months," without providing evidence.
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press showed limited activity at two nuclear sites in Iran before the war, with analysts saying it was likely Tehran was trying to assess damage from American strikes in June and possibly salvage what remained there.
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UAE says it has repelled hundreds of missiles and drones
The United Arab Emirates said that it possesses all defense capabilities and ammunition stockpiles to protect itself "regardless of the time frame and the length of the escalation period in the region".
The country's defense ministry said in a briefing Tuesday that it has so far repelled hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones fired into the country.
It said a total of 186 missiles and 812 drones were fired towards the country since the weekend.
Ministry spokesperson Abdel Nassir al-Hameedi said injuries that resulted from the Iranian attacks and what he called "minor damages" were the result of shrapnel from interception efforts, not a result of successful attacks against the country.
UN peacekeepers say Israeli forces made forays across border into Lebanon
The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, says its peacekeepers saw Israeli forces crossing into Lebanon in several areas Tuesday morning "before returning south of the Blue Line," referring to the border between the two countries.
It said Israeli forces were seen crossing in areas near the villages of Markaba, Odaisseh, Kfar Kila and Ramia.
"Over the past two days, as well as dozens of rockets and missiles fired into Israel claimed by Hizbullah, UNIFIL has recorded several airstrikes and hundreds of incidents of firing across the Blue Line and 84 air violations," the statement said.
The Israeli military said earlier that its troops were positioned at several points near the border as it continues strikes against Hezbollah.
Drone hits Oman's largest port; no casualties
A drone struck Oman's largest port of Salalah on Tuesday, authorities said.
The government media office also said two drones were shot down in the southwestern province of Dhofar.
The attacks left no casualties or damage in both Salalah and Dhofar, it said.
Thousands of Syrians leave Lebanon to flee Israeli strikes
Thousands of Syrians have crossed from Lebanon into Syria to flee Israeli strikes over the past two days as Israel and the Iran-allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah escalated their attacks against each other.
The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, said in a statement that around 3,900 to 4,400 people would typically cross from Lebanon into Syria during Ramadan. On Monday, after Hezbollah launched missiles toward Israel and Israel retaliated with bombarding Lebanon, a total of 10,629 people crossed, the vast majority of them Syrian.
Azzam Sweiri, a Syrian farm worker who had been working in southern Lebanon, crossed back into Syria Tuesday.
"The streets were packed with cars and people" as he fled, he said. "It took us 10 or 12 hours just to make it 30 or 40 kilometers."
Zelenskyy offers to help UAE protect itself against Iranian drones
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he has offered to help the United Arab Emirates protect itself against Iranian aerial attacks.
Ukraine has built significant expertise in countering Iranian-designed Shahed drones that Russia has launched almost daily at Ukrainian targets since Moscow's invasion more than four years ago.
Zelenskyy said on X that he spoke by phone with the United Arab Emirates president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and "discussed how we can help" protect lives in the UAE.
On Sunday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that Ukrainian and British experts will work together to help Middle East countries shoot down Iranian drones.
UN human rights chief calls for investigation into reported strike on school
The U.N. human rights chief is calling for a "prompt, impartial and thorough investigation" into what Iran says was an airstrike that hit a girls' school in the southern city of Minab.
Volker Türk said he is "deeply shocked" by the fallout of the hostilities on civilians and civilian infrastructure in the conflict.
Alluding to the reported strike on the girls school, rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said "the onus is on the forces that carried out the attack to investigate it."
She called for those forces to make the findings public and ensure accountability and redress for victims. The rights office said it was making no assessment who might be responsible.
An Israeli military spokesperson said Sunday he is not aware of any Israeli or American strikes in the area.
Qatari official says Iranian attacks 'will not go unanswered'
A Qatari official says Iranian attacks in the gas-rich country "will not go unanswered" as the Iran war expands in the Middle East.
Majed Al Ansari, a spokesman of the Qatari foreign ministry, said the Iranian attacks not only targeted military facilities but struck across all of Qatar's territory.
"Such attacks will not go unanswered," he said in a briefing.
He said there were attempted attacks on the Hamad International airport, adding that more than 8,000 people have been stranded as the country's airspace remains closed.
China calls for safe passage in Strait of Hormuz
China, a major importer of oil and natural gas from the Mideast, has called on all sides to stop the fighting and ensure ships can pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has attacked several ships in the the narrow strait through which a fifth of all oil traded passes, sending oil and gas prices soaring.
"China urges all parties to immediately cease military operations, avoid escalating tensions, safeguard the safety of shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and prevent greater impacts on the global economy," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in Beijing.
Israel military says airstrikes hit Iran's presidential office
The Israeli military said Tuesday it has struck Iran's presidential office and the building of the country's Supreme National Security Council.
It said the airstrikes happened overnight.
"In addition, the gathering site of the regime's most senior forum responsible for security decision-making was targeted, as well as the institution for training Iranian military officers and additional key regime infrastructure," it added.
Iran did not immediately acknowledge the strikes.
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran nuclear enrichment site sustained damage
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment site sustained "some recent damage" during a U.S.-Israeli airstrike campaign, though it said there was "no radiological consequence expected" from it.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said the damage was focused on "entrance buildings" to the underground portion of the atomic site.
Natanz earlier came under attack by the U.S. in the 12-day Iran-Israel war in June.
The IAEA said it saw "no additional impact" detected at Natanz's fuel enrichment plant, which is buried underground.
Nuclear material is still believed to be buried at the plant alongside damaged and destroyed centrifuges. However, the IAEA has not been allowed to visit any of the attacked sites by Iran since that war.
Red Crescent Society says at least 787 people in Iran killed in airstrikes
Airstrikes by the United States and Israel have killed at least 787 people in Iran since the start of the war, the Iranian Red Crescent Society said Tuesday.
The organization offered the toll in a message on X.
Israeli military says Iran launched missiles
Israel's military said Iran launched missiles at the country and it was working to intercept them.
Israeli military strikes building housing Hebzollah TV and radio station
The Israeli military struck a building in a southern suburb of Beirut housing Hebzollah's TV and radio station, causing heavy damage.
The strike after midnight Monday came after a warning by the Israeli military to evacuate the building. Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV was interrupted for about an hour before the station resumed its programs.
During the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, Al-Manar TV and al-Nour Radio station were both struck but continued broadcasts from secret locations.
France will dispatch warship to Cyprus
Cypriot officials say France will dispatch a warship to Cyprus to help bolster the country's anti-drone defenses after a Rashed drone struck a British military base on the east Mediterranean island.
France also will send additional land-based, anti-drone and anti-missile systems to the country, officials confirmed Tuesday.
Germany also responded positively to a request to send a warship, according to three officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to provide details publicly.
The equipment will arrive in Cyprus as soon as possible, they said
The French military did not respond immediately to a request for information from The Associated Press.
The drone struck the British base, RAF Akrotiri, shortly after midnight Monday and caused only minor material damage to an aircraft hangar. Another two drones were intercepted by British warplanes around midday Monday after they were scrambled from the air base, officials said.
Greece has sent four F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus while two of its state-of-the-art frigates are on their way.
Fire reported at Fujairah oil facility as drone attack intercepted
A fire broke out in an oil industrial facility Fujairah, one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, as forces intercepted a drone attack, authorities said.
No casualties were reported.
The government media office in Fujairah said the drone was intercepted and that shrapnel landed in the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone.
The office said the fire was put down and operations resumed.
Iran's state media reports deaths in Hamadan
At least five people were killed or wounded in airstrikes in Iran's western city of Hamadan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Strikes also were reported across other cities, including Isfahan and Shiraz.
Lebanese army evacuating 'advanced positions' along Israeli border
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the Lebanese army is evacuating some of its positions along the border with Israel.
The agency said the troops are redeploying to other posts.
The report comes after Israel's military said it is conducting operations inside Lebanon along the border with Israel.
Israel says Iran's firepower significantly limited
Israel's army said Tuesday that Iran's firepower has been weakened.
Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran have "limited significantly" Iran's ability to fire.
Shoshani said Israel has been going after Iran's missile launchers and have taken out dozens of them.
Iran has fired hundreds of missiles but it's hard to tally the total amount with Iran also striking other countries, he said.
The pace of missiles being launched at Israel has slowed since the first two days of the war.
Shoshani said the slowdown also could be partly attributed to Iran understanding the war could go on for longer than they had thought and they are trying to pace themselves.
Qatar Airways to remain grounded
Qatar Airways said it would remain grounded Tuesday over the war.
Drone strikes hit Amazon data centers
Amazon said Monday that two of its data centers in United Arab Emirates were hit by drones, while a drone strike near one of its facilities in Bahrain "caused physical impacts to our infrastructure."
The tech giant said on its website that the strikes have caused structural damage and gotten in the way of power getting to infrastructure. The company did not say who was responsible for the strikes.
"We are working to restore full service availability as quickly as possible, though we expect recovery to be prolonged given the nature of the physical damage involved," Amazon said.
Iran threatens shipping in Strait of Hormuz
Iran is continuing to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Perisan Gulf through which a fifth of all oil traded passes.
Brig. Gen. Ebrahim Jabbari, an adviser to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, issued the threat on Iranian state television on Monday.
"The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Anyone who wants to pass, our devotee heroes in the IRGC navy and the army will set those ships on fire," he said. "Don't come to this region."
Israel striking Tehran and Beirut
The Israeli military said Tuesday it was conducting "simultaneous targeted strikes against military targets in Tehran and Beirut," without elaborating.
Iraq added to evacuation list
The U.S. State Department said it added Iraq to the evacuation list from its Mideast diplomatic outposts.
US State Department orders Bahrain and Jordan evacuation
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of non-emergency personnel and family in Bahrain and Jordan.
The State Department announcement online said the decision came "due to safety risks." The department has urged Americans across the Mideast to leave over the ongoing war with Iran.
US Embassy in Saudi Arabia tells Americans to avoid embassy
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia acknowledged coming under attack from Iranian drones Tuesday and urged Americans to avoid the diplomatic post for the time being.
The Saudi Defense Ministry earlier Tuesday said the embassy was attacked by two drones.
Explosions heard in Tehran
Across Iran's capital, the sound of explosions rang out throughout the night into the early morning hours.
Witnesses described hearing aircraft overhead as well.
It wasn't immediately clear what had been hit.
Iran launches attack on Bahrain air base, state TV reports
Iranian state television early Tuesday read a statement from the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, saying that it launched a missile and drone attack targeting an air base in Bahrain.
Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut
Israeli airstrikes hit the Lebanese capital Tuesday morning.
The Israeli military said it was targeting "Hezbollah command centers and weapons storage facilities in Beirut."
Hezbollah also said it launched drones targeting an Israeli air base.
The Israeli military said it downed two drones.
Japan tells its shipowners to steer clear of Persian Gulf
Tokyo has told Japanese shipowners to have their ships stay away from the Persian Gulf to ensure the safety of their crew members.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters Tuesday that the Transport Ministry has notified the Japanese Shipowners' Association to do the utmost to protect crews on board the ships in the region.
Kihara said those already in the Gulf are urged to lie at anchor where it is safe to do so.
On Monday, Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with Iranian ambassador to Japan Peiman Seadat and conveyed Japan's consistent stance that Iran must stop attacks on neighboring countries and other actions destabilizing the region.
Motegi also noted the importance of ensuring safety in the Strait of Hormuz, which is key to Japan's energy security.
Iranian foreign minister says US entered 'war of choice on behalf of Israel'
Iran's top diplomat early Tuesday sought to turn the tables on the United States, describing it as entering "a war of choice on behalf of Israel."
After Trump urged Iranians to take over their government, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the same call to Americans.
"Shedding of both American and Iranian blood is thus on Israel Firsters," Araghchi wrote on X. "American people deserve better and should take back their country."