What to know
- President Donald Trump has vowed that Iran will be “hit very hard” as the widening war entered its second week.
- Trump traveled to Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base today to witness the return of the bodies of six American service members killed in the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
- Israel has continued to pummel Beirut and Tehran as the death toll in the Middle East has risen to an estimated 1,700. Plumes of smoke from fresh explosions were seen in Beirut this afternoon.
- Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, rejected a U.S. demand for unconditional surrender. But he apologized to neighboring countries, saying Iran will not fire at them without provocation.