Overview
- The Pentagon disclosed Monday it has more than 50,000 U.S. personnel in the region and says strikes have hit over 10,000 targets inside Iran since the campaign began.
- A Washington Post review of satellite images found four core production hubs and at least 29 launch sites in Iran damaged, including Khogir, Parchin, Hakimiyeh, and Shahroud, with entrances to tunnel stores and above‑ground pads struck to block access and firing.
- Israel carried out new waves of strikes in Tehran on Sunday, with blasts heard across the capital as the military said it hit weapons storage, air‑defense facilities, and sites tied to ballistic missiles.
- Senior U.S. officials said the Pentagon has prepared options for weeks‑long ground operations inside Iran that could involve special operations and infantry raids, pending President Donald Trump’s approval.
- Cross‑border fire reached a UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon on Sunday, where a projectile explosion killed one UNIFIL soldier and seriously wounded another as the mission opened an investigation.