Shortly beforehand, the Israeli army had simply announced that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia’s infrastructure in the southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahija, was being bombed again. Previously, the Israeli army said it had attacked and destroyed a Shiite militia launch site in response to rocket fire from Lebanon.
Kuwait was also attacked with ballistic missiles during the night. The air defense intercepted and destroyed three projectiles that had penetrated the airspace, the army of the Persian Gulf country said on Platform X.
Shortly before, fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport had been the target of drone attacks, according to the Defense Ministry. There was initially no further information. The army said civilian facilities were damaged by debris from the use of air defense. Kuwait was attacked by a “wave of enemy drones” and missiles, it said. Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry also reported that night that drones had been intercepted and destroyed in the east of the capital Riyadh.
According to the army, Israel launched another wave of attacks on Iran on Sunday. The armed forces explained that the “military infrastructure of the terrorist regime” in several parts of the country was being targeted.
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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has criticized the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Power does not give you rights, and the world must not return to the “law of the jungle,” said China’s chief diplomat in Beijing on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress meeting there. China is calling for a ceasefire and an end to the war. “This is a war that should never have happened and has no benefit to any side involved,” Wang said.
According to an agency report, the expert council in Iran has largely reached agreement on the successor to the slain spiritual leader of Iran Ali Khamenei. However, some hurdles still need to be cleared in the succession process, says expert council member Ayatollah Mohammadmehdi Mirbaqeri, according to the Mehr news agency. According to Iranian media, it is controversial whether a face-to-face meeting of the committee is mandatory for the final decision.
