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Australians are waking up to some major developments that have happened overnight in the fast-moving conflict between the US, Israeli and Iranian forces in the Middle East.
As the crisis unfolds, the death toll is rapidly rising. The US has announced the first casualties on the American side, though at this point we don’t know how or where these casualties occurred. An Iranian missile attack in central Israel has left at least nine people dead, while strikes on Iran’s capital Tehran have reportedly targeted a hospital. Others have died in pro-Iranian protests.
Here are the top lines:
- Three US service members have been killed and five seriously wounded in fighting against Iran — the first American casualties of the war.
- After killing Iran’s supreme leader Hosseini Khamenei on Saturday, the US and Israel are continuing heavy bombardments, with Iran striking back at regional targets.
- Iranian news agency ISNA has reported that Gandhi hospital in northern Tehran has been targeted by strikes — we’re unsure of the damage at this stage.
- An Iranian missile attack on the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh has killed at least nine people and left 11 missing, police said, in the deadliest strike in the country since the war began.
- At least 17 people have been killed across Pakistan as pro-Iranian protesters, angered by the death of Iran’s supreme leader, took to the streets.
- US President Donald Trump has made no mention of US losses but highlighted the sinking of nine Iranian naval ships. He told Fox News that 48 Iranian leaders had been killed “in one shot”. In another interview with CNBC, he said “things are evolving in a very positive way right now”.
- The conflict has sent global air travel into chaos that analysts are calling unprecedented.
- The Middle East conflict is expected to send oil prices soaring when markets open today, with fears a prolonged conflict could hit the global economy.
We’ll be bringing you updates throughout the day.
– Caroline Riches
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