A U.S. service member has died from injuries sustained in an Iranian attack on American troops in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. military said.
Israel struck southern Lebanon, Beirut and oil storage facilities in Tehran on Sunday as fighting across the Middle East intensified, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising "many surprises" in the next phase of the conflict.
Iran, meanwhile, hit a desalination plant in Bahrain. Earlier Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a U.S. airstrike damaged a desalination facility on Qeshm Island, warning that "the U.S. set this precedent, not Iran." Such plants are vital sources of drinking water in the Gulf’s arid climate.An Israeli strike on oil storage sites in Tehran sent towering flames into the night sky, according to Associated Press video, marking what appeared to be the first attack on a civilian industrial facility in the war.RELATED: Watch: US Navy submarine sinks Iranian warship, a first since World War IIThe conflict began Feb. 28 with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and has since killed at least 1,230 people there, more than 300 in Lebanon and about a dozen in Israel, according to officials.Here is the latest:U.S. Central Command said Sunday that a U.S. service member has died from injuries sustained during Iran’s initial wave of attacks across the Middle East, bringing the number of American troops killed in action during Operation Epic Fury to seven."Last night, a U.S. service member passed away from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East," CENTCOM said in a statement posted on X. The service member had been seriously wounded during an attack on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia on March 1.CENTCOM said the identity of the fallen service member will be withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification. Major combat operations tied to Operation Epic Fury are ongoing, the command added.Saudi Arabia reported its first deaths, saying a military projectile fell onto a residential area and killed two people of Indian and Bangladeshi nationality. It said 12 other Bangladeshis were wounded. Foreign residents and workers have made up most of the war’s deaths in Gulf nations.Lebanon’s health minister said 83 children are among 394 people killed over the past week. Israel renewed its offensive after Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel.Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Sunday pledged to intensify missile and drone strikes against Israel and U.S. assets in the Middle East, state media reported, citing what it called the "brutality" of U.S. and Israeli attacks.Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran and urged dialogue, warning the conflict is spreading fear and instability across the Middle East, including Lebanon.RELATED: US attacks Iran: Will gas prices go up?The Vatican, maintaining its diplomatic neutrality, rejected the idea of "preventive war," with Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin warning such a doctrine could "set the whole world ablaze" and calling for respect for international law and multilateral diplomacy.Iran’s Health Ministry said U.S. and Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,200 people since Feb. 28, including 200 children and around 200 women. More than 1,000 others — about 400 of them women — have been injured, a spokesman said.
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