12 killed in Lebanon as Israel strikes oil storage in Tehran

Israel struck southern Lebanon and Beirut early Sunday, killing 12, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported, as the Middle East conflict intensifies. Israeli officials said the strikes targeted commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise of “many surprises” in the next phase of the war. UNB News

In the Gulf, two Kuwaiti border guards were killed when missiles and drones hit the country. On Saturday, an Israeli strike on an oil storage facility in Tehran sent pillars of fire into the night sky, marking the first reported attack on a civilian industrial site during the conflict.

The war, which erupted on Feb. 28 after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, has killed at least 1,230 in Iran, over 300 in Lebanon, and around a dozen in Israel.

Bahrain reported that an Iranian drone caused “material damage” to a desalination plant, the first such attack on an Arab country during the nine-day conflict. Three people were injured in Muharraq city when shrapnel from a missile fell on a university building.

Meanwhile, Israel said it struck F-14 fighter jets at Isfahan Airport, purchased pre-revolution from the U.S., along with detection and air defense systems, without confirming whether the jets were destroyed.