Overview

• Overnight launches from Iran prompted Israeli interceptor volleys and an IDF counter-strike campaign on sites around Tehran.
• In a Situation Room meeting, Trump threatened an “unconditional surrender” from Tehran and asserted US control of the skies above Iran.
• Washington deployed the USS Nimitz and Carl Vinson carrier strike groups, staged B-52 bombers at Diego Garcia and sent 30 aerial refueling tankers to the region.
• Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei proclaimed “the battle has begun” as he transferred wartime authority to the IRGC amid reports of Israeli strikes on key command bunkers.
• Casualties exceed 450 in Iran and 24 in Israel, fueling global appeals for restraint over fears of wider regional and nuclear escalation.