- Iran fired missiles at Israel and US bases in the region.
- The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sparked mass anti-American and anti-Israeli demonstrations in Tehran.
- Explosions and rocket attacks also hit Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and Jordan.
Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel and US bases in the region on Sunday, state television said. The Israeli army said that sirens were activated in the central part of the country and in the occupied West Bank. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
“After the identification of missiles fired from Iran towards the State of Israel, sirens sounded in several areas of the country,” the army said in a statement, adding that the Air Force “operates to intercept and deter threats where necessary.” Among Tehran’s targets was, according to Iranian state television 27 US bases in the region, as well as Israel’s military headquarters and defense industrial complex in Tel Aviv.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards earlier on Sunday in response to the confirmation of the death of supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, they announced that they would launch the “fierceest” operation in history against Israel and US bases. “The most ferocious offensive operation in the history of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will begin at any moment,” the guards said on the Telegram platform.
AFP journalists are informed that on Sunday thousands of mourners gathered in the center of the Iranian capital Tehran after the death of Khamenei. Dressed mostly in black, some crying, they chanted “death to America” and “death to Israel” in the Square of the Islamic Revolution (Mejdán-e Engeláb-e Eslámí). with many waving Iranian flags and holding photos of Khamenei.
The US Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday that the head of US diplomacy, Marco Rubio will not travel to Israel on Monday given the current circumstances, writes the DPA agency.
More explosions are reported from Qatar, the UAE and Bahrain
On Sunday morning, the cities in the Persian Gulf were – in Dubai, Doha and Manama – heard fresh explosions after Iran launched another round of retaliation for US and Israeli attacks. AFP reporters explosions were reported in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain, writes TASR.
Al Jazeera journalists reported that sirens are sounding in Kuwait after Tehran launched a new series of strikes. From Jordan, they report that the defense systems shot down the rockets, which entered the airspace above the capital Amman and in the northern regions of the country. AFP reported that On Sunday morning, thick black smoke could be seen after explosions over the Qatari capital of Doha.
