Intelligence feed
Showing 1341–1360 of 1559 events tracked across the Iran conflict
IDF announces approximately 200 Hezbollah and other militant operatives killed in Lebanon since Monday, including 80 Radwan Force elite fighters and 70 artillery operatives. Over 600 IDF strikes using 820+ bombs. Lebanon health ministry counts 394 total killed in the country. PIJ Lebanon chief also eliminated.
Southern LebanonIDF announces strikes on IRGC Space and Satellite HQ in Tehran — the command-and-control centre for the Khayyam satellite used to surveil Israel. Additionally hit: 50 ammo bunkers at internal security forces base, Basij paramilitary HQ, internal security headquarters, IRGC Ground Forces compound.
Tehran, IranUkrainian President Zelensky announces Kyiv's drone experts will be 'on site' in the Middle East next week, offering expertise to counter Iranian drones in exchange for US air defence missiles. Ukraine is positioning as a third-party technical contributor to the Gulf coalition against Iran.
Middle East / GulfUS Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNN the US is targeting zero energy infrastructure in Iran. Downplays Tehran oil depot fires as 'local fuel depots.' WTI crude up 36% in a week, 12% on Friday alone. Separate signal: UK PM Starmer calls Trump after criticism — RAF bases confirmed for regional operations.
Washington D.C. / LondonHezbollah claims to have shot down an Elbit Hermes 450 UAV (known in IDF service as 'Zik') over the Wadi Saluki area of southern Lebanon. IDF has not commented. If confirmed, would be Hezbollah's first drone kill of the war.
Wadi Saluki, Southern LebanonIranian ballistic missile carrying a suspected cluster bomb warhead strikes central Israel. Multiple impact sites across Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva — spread pattern confirms cluster munitions. 6 injured: one man in his 40s seriously wounded in Tel Aviv, five in Petah Tikva. First confirmed Iranian cluster bomb use against Israeli civilian areas.
Tel Aviv / Petah Tikva, IsraelUAE Ministry of Defence confirms: 17 ballistic missiles detected today, 16 destroyed, 1 fell in sea. 117 UAVs detected, 113 intercepted, 4 fell within UAE territory. 4 deaths among Pakistani, Nepalese and Bangladeshi nationals; 112 injured. Gulf ceasefire is not holding. Fresh blasts also heard in Abu Dhabi.
United Arab Emirates / Abu DhabiUAE Federal National Council defence chairman Rashid Al Nuaimi categorically denies Israeli media reports that the UAE conducted a symbolic retaliatory strike on an Iranian desalination plant. 'Fake news. When we do something, we have the courage to announce it.' Reports cited anonymous Israeli officials.
United Arab EmiratesDefence Minister Katz: IDF has killed Abu-al-Qasem Baba'iyan, newly appointed head of the military bureau of Iran's supreme leader. Baba'iyan was appointed only days ago after his predecessor was eliminated in the opening Israeli strike. The new leader's first military aide is already dead.
Iran (strike location undisclosed)Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit publicly castigates Iran's attacks on member states as 'reckless' at the Cairo emergency meeting of foreign ministers. Strongest official Arab institutional condemnation of Iran so far in the war.
Cairo, EgyptEgypt's currency falls to a record low of 52 per US dollar as the Iran war disrupts Suez Canal traffic and regional trade. Egypt's import-dependent economy — already under pressure from January inflation of 11.9% — faces renewed crisis. El-Sissi warned of 'near-emergency' last week.
Egypt / CairoThe Assembly of Experts announces a vote has taken place and a new supreme leader has been chosen. Member Ahmad Alamolhoda: 'The vote to appoint the leader has taken place and the leader has been chosen.' Another member suggests Mojtaba Khamenei — son of the late Ali Khamenei — has been selected. Name not yet formally announced. Trump had rejected Mojtaba as a 'lightweight.'
Tehran, IranRocket sirens sound in Haifa and Karmiel as Hezbollah ramps up attacks. IDF says Hezbollah has fired dozens of rockets and drones in the past day and is now launching from deeper within southern Lebanon — not border areas. Over 420,000 Lebanese civilians have evacuated south of the Litani River.
Haifa / Karmiel, Israel / Southern LebanonIDF announces over 400 Iranian targets struck in the past day including ballistic missile launchers and weapons production sites. Largest single-wave target count of the war. Campaign expanding into central Iran with Isfahan and Yazd province both struck.
Western and Central IranIran's women's national football team, competing in the Women's Asian Cup in Australia when the war began, is eliminated and faces return to Iran. Over 50,000 sign petition urging Australia to grant protection. Reports that players are under IRGC surveillance in their hotel, cannot leave alone, and that families in Iran have been threatened with arrest if players seek asylum.
Gold Coast / Brisbane, AustraliaForeign ministers of the Arab League convene an emergency session in Cairo to formally discuss Iranian attacks on several Arab League member states. First institutional Arab world response to the war. Meeting reflects the diplomatic isolation Iran faces from its own regional neighbours following attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, and strikes near Dubai.
Cairo, EgyptEl Al begins selling one-way repatriation tickets to the general public from 22 destinations. Ben Gurion Airport partially reopened Wednesday. Tickets from Larnaca $99, Athens $149, New York $699. 38,000 stranded El Al customers had already been rebooked. Normalisation signal amid ongoing war.
Tel Aviv / Ben Gurion Airport, IsraelTwo IDF soldiers killed in a Hezbollah attack near Manara, southern Lebanon. Sgt. First Class Maher Khatar (38) and one unnamed soldier killed when their D9 armoured bulldozer was struck by an anti-tank missile or mortar during an APC extraction operation. First confirmed IDF ground fatalities in Lebanon in this war.
Southern Lebanon / Manara border crossingOman Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi hails 'significant progress' after a round of Oman-mediated indirect US-Iran talks. US negotiators left disappointed but Oman and Iranian officials more optimistic. Follow-up talks scheduled for Vienna next week. First serious ceasefire back-channel of the war to show tangible momentum.
Muscat, Oman / ViennaIran attacks a desalination plant in Bahrain despite Pezeshkian's Gulf ceasefire announcement two days ago. The strike marks the first breach of the Gulf ceasefire and raises serious questions about Iranian command coherence. Either IRGC units are executing prior-authorised strikes or the ceasefire was never fully implemented operationally.
Bahrain