According to reporting by Axios, the United States and Israel have discussed sending special forces into Iran to secure its stockpile of highly enriched uranium at a later stage of the war. They cited four sources with knowledge of the discussions.
The Guardian could not immediately verify the report.
Kuwait authorities said two border guards were killed when the Gulf country was hit by a barrage of missiles and drones.
Kuwaitâs military said it was still intercepting âhostile missile and drone attacksâ on Sunday.
âKuwaiti air defences are currently engaging hostile missile and drone attacks,â the military said in a post on X, adding that explosion sounds were the result of interceptions by air defence systems.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait all reported new attacks on Sunday, after loud explosions were heard in Dubai and Bahrainâs Manama a day earlier.
Kuwaitâs national oil company announced a âprecautionaryâ cut to its crude production, as the countryâs military said Sunday it had responded âto a wave of hostile drones that penetrated the countryâs airspaceâ.
Fuel tanks at Kuwaitâs international airport were targeted in a drone attack, the military added. The official Kuwait News Agency said a fire at the airport was brought under control,
It called the drone attack âa direct targeting of vital infrastructureâ.
The Kuwaiti interior ministry said two border guards âwere martyred… while performing their national dutyâ, without elaborating. It was not clear whether their deaths were the result of an Iranian attack.
Israel is renewing its assault on southern Lebanon, including targeting commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iranâs Revolutionary Guardsâ Quds Force in Beirut.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it would ânot allow Iranian terrorist elements to establish themselves in Lebanese territoryâ.
The latest strikes in Lebanon followed an Israeli attack Saturday on an oil storage facility in Tehran , which sent up pillars of fire into the night sky.
Air raid sirens sounded across Israel early on Sunday, warning of incoming missiles from Iran, with no reports of damage or casualties.
Israeli military statements said air defences were responding to at least two waves of âmissiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israelâ.
Alerts were activated across much of northern Israel including the port city of Haifa, according to the armyâs Home Front Command, which ordered residents to go into shelters or safe rooms.
The alerts were later lifted, with the military saying, âit is now permitted to leave protected spaces in all areas of the countryâ.
Air raid sirens were later activated across southern Israel, including the city of Beersheba as well as parts of the occupied West Bank, according to the Home Front Command.
Israeli media reported that several missiles were launched and most had been intercepted.
US President Donald Trump has warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying: âToday Iran will be hit very hard!â.
Trumpâs post came after comments made to reporters on board Air Force Once where he made it clear he had no intention of negotiating with Iran and suggested the Iran war would only end once Tehran no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power.
The US president also left open the possibility of deploying American troops on the ground.
Here are some images coming out of Lebanon and the border with Israel.
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran, a conflict that is rippling across the Middle East with devastating consequences as it enters its second week.
US President Trump has remained sanguine about the prospects of the war, saying that Iran is being âdecimatedâ even as he has refused to rule out deploying US troops.
Meanwhile Chinaâs foreign minister Wang Yi has condemned the war, saying it never should have happened.
If you are just tuning in, here is a quick recap of events.
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Donald Trump claimed the US and Israel had âdecimatedâ the Iranian regime, but offered only a vague description of what he meant by his demand for an unconditional surrender. âItâs where they cry uncle, or when they canât fight any long longer and thereâs nobody around to cry uncle â that could happen too,â the US president said aboard Air Force One.
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Trump left open the possibility of deploying American troops on the ground. The US president addressed reporters hours after travelling to Dover air force base in Delaware to attend the so-called dignified transfer of six US service members killed in the opening days of his war against Iran.
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The US-Israel war on Iran âshould never have happenedâ, Chinaâs foreign minister said on Sunday. âThe world cannot return to the law of the jungle,â Wang Yi told a press conference in Beijing, calling for an end to military operations.
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Iran can fight a war of this size and scale for âat leastâ another six months, a Revolutionary Guards official has claimed. The defiant statement was carried by the semi-official Fars news agency, which has links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian previously apologised to neighbouring countries attacked by Iran. He also said Iranâs interim leadership council had approved that no attacks or missile strikes would be carried out against such countries unless an attack against Iran originated from them.
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Vast plumes of smoke and fire have been seen rising over the Tehran skyline overnight. The Israeli military said it struck âseveral fuel storage complexesâ across the city.
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At least four people were killed after an Israeli strike on an apartment in the Ramada hotel building in central Beirut, Lebanonâs health ministry said. Ten people were injured. Israel said it conducted a âprecise strikeâ on what it called âkey commandersâ in the IGRCâs Quds Force foreign operations arm.
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In a post on social media, Trump renewed his criticism of the UKâs lack of immediate support for US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and claimed Downing Street was now âgiving serious thoughtâ to sending two aircraft carriers to the region. âThatâs OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we donât need them any longer â But we will remember,â the US president wrote.
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