Overview
- Iran's military, which issued a public warning Friday, said new hits on bridges or power sites would trigger harsher strikes on U.S., Israeli and allied targets.
- The warning followed a bombing of a bridge under construction in Alborz province, where Iranian emergency teams moved in to keep operations running.
- Kuwait said an Iranian-launched attack damaged a plant that provides electricity and desalinated water, raising concern about service disruptions for civilians.
- Pope Leo XIV called Israeli President Isaac Herzog and urged reopening all diplomatic channels to end the fighting and to uphold international humanitarian law.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed 70% of Iran's steel capacity was destroyed, a figure that outside and allied assessments have not confirmed.