US strikes Iran as regional retaliation widens

Key points

• The US military said it struck dozens of IRGC targets, including command centers, missile facilities and coastal defense sites in Iran.
• Iranian authorities reported three deaths and two injured children after a residential building was struck on Qeshm Island; two people remained trapped.
• Jordan’s armed forces said air defenses intercepted five missiles launched from Iran toward the kingdom, with no casualties reported there.
• Kuwait’s Defence Ministry said an Iranian attack on a building belonging to a Chinese company in northern Kuwait killed one worker.
• The IRGC said it would retaliate after the US strikes, while Egypt reported a drone attack that damaged two ships at Damietta port without identifying the attacker.