With Hezbollah's situation intensifying, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered significant reinforcements to the North, in a sign that the military may deepen its ground forces involvement.
IDF warns residents of Dahiyeh, Beirut to evacuate as IDF strikes Hezbollah ● US destroyed over 5,000 Iranian targets since the start of Operation Epic Fury ● Trump claims that little is left in Iran
Shipping in the Gulf and along the narrow Strait of Hormuz, which carries around a fifth of the world's oil, has come to a near-standstill since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28
At least ten people were killed in the strikes, according to IRGC-linked Fars News.
The strikes, which took place over the course of 30 minutes, targeted a Hezbollah intelligence headquarters, a headquarters of the terror group’s Radwan force, and other command centers.
One source told Reuters that a "multitude" of intelligence reports provide "consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger" of collapse and "retains control of the Iranian public."
"You never like to say too early you won. We won," US President Donald Trump told a campaign-style rally in Hebron, Kentucky. "In the first hour, it was over."
Iran is using Mojtaba Khamenei's injuries to craft a hero image, but experts question if he is truly in charge, citing his silence and absence from public view since his appointment.
The officials, who remained unnamed, said that the main concern of the regime is a resumption of the operations by Israel once the current war is over, Bloomberg noted.
The building had originally been a part of the adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) naval base, though officials told the NYT that it isn’t clear when the two had separated.
Iran’s regime strengthens its grip on dissent, with continued arrests and a strict internet blackout, as the threat of future protests looms over the country’s fragile stability.
