DayofPal—At least 555 people have been killed across Iran and 31 others in Lebanon amid a sweeping US-Israeli military attack that has sharply escalated tensions across the Middle East.
According to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Israeli and US strikes have so far affected 131 cities across Iran, leaving at least 555 dead.
The bombardment marks one of the deadliest coordinated assaults on the country in recent years, targeting multiple urban centers and strategic sites.
The escalation widened further after Israel announced the launch of a new offensive against Hezbollah.
Israeli army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir declared the beginning of what he described as an “offensive campaign” against the Lebanese group, following rocket fire from Hezbollah into northern Israel. The group said its attack was retaliation for the strikes on Iran.
In Lebanon, authorities confirmed that at least 31 people have been killed and 149 wounded in Israeli air raids. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that strikes heavily targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut as well as southern regions of the country.
Twenty people were killed and 91 injured in the capital’s suburbs, while 11 were killed and 58 wounded in southern Lebanon.
Israeli forces also issued forced displacement warnings across parts of southern Lebanon, triggering mass civilian flight and raising fears of a widening humanitarian crisis.
The escalation intensified dramatically at its outset when Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, along with several senior commanders, was reportedly killed in Tehran.
In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vowed retaliation, announcing “the heaviest offensive operations in the history of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic” against Israeli targets and US military bases.
As attacks expand across multiple fronts, regional observers warn that the confrontation risks evolving into a broader, sustained war with far-reaching geopolitical and humanitarian consequences.
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