US-Iran war LIVE: 121 kids with cancer evacuated from hospital hit by Trump; IRGC says Jordan strike avenged Minab 168
A live report details escalating military conflict between the US and Iran, involving airstrikes on hospitals and military bases. Both nations have engaged in retaliatory missile and drone attacks across the Middle East.
Why it matters
The rapid escalation of direct military conflict between the US and Iran poses a significant threat to regional stability and global oil markets.
US-Iran war LIVE: About 211 patients were evacuated from Shahid Baghaei Hospital in Ahvaz after the children's facility was struck by the US, Iranian media reported. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it carried out a ballistic missile strike on Jordan's Azraq US airbase.The IRGC said the missile attack was retaliation for US strikes that forced the evacuation of 121 children with cancer from a hospital in Ahvaz. It also cited US attacks in March that it said killed 168 children at a school in Minab.Iran also attacked Bahrain's Sheikh Isa US airbase and said they destroyed air surveillance radars and a fuel pumping station for fighter jets.US-Iran strikesThe United States carried out strikes around Tehran, Semnan, Greater Tunb Island and other military targets while enforcing its naval blockade on Iranian ports.US forces also disabled an oil tanker they said was attempting to breach the blockade near Kharg Island.…
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