Iran launched ballistic missiles and drones at Prince Sultan air base, a Saudi facility outside Riyadh shared with U.S. forces. At least 12 U.S. service members were reported wounded, several seriously, according to the Associated Press and other outlets. A U.S. official, speaking on background, said some aircraft at the base appear to have been damaged. Iran published Chinese satellite images it said showed burning aircraft at the site and claimed one aerial refueling tanker was destroyed and three others damaged.
The strike on Prince Sultan comes as the conflict hits its 30th day and follows a pattern of attacks by Iran on U.S. forces across the region in retaliation for U.S. strikes and to pressure American forces to withdraw. The Pentagon has reported 13 U.S. personnel killed and more than 300 injured since the fighting began.
Multiple fronts are active:
Strikes in Israel and Iran
– Early Saturday, strikes struck Israel, with eight impact sites reported in Tel Aviv, including at a university; authorities said one person was killed and two injured.
– Iran reported that strikes hit several industrial production facilities across the country as U.S. and Israeli forces continued operations. Residents who bypassed an Iranian internet blackout shared video footage showing strikes on steel and cement factories in southern and central Iran, including near Isfahan.
– Israel said it struck a heavy water reactor in Iran that it links to the country’s nuclear enrichment efforts.
– Bahrain and the UAE reported intercepting Iranian drones overnight. In Oman, a worker was hurt by falling drone debris.
Houthis open a new front
– Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel, marking the first time during this war that Israel faced fire from Yemen. Iran-aligned Houthi rebels claimed responsibility.
– The Houthis control much of Yemen, including Sanaa and western regions, and previously attacked commercial shipping in the Red Sea during the Israel-Hamas war, striking more than 100 vessels with missiles and drones between November 2023 and January 2025.
Escalation in Lebanon
– Israel stepped up strikes across southern Lebanon and moved thousands of troops northward, saying it would seize territory up to the Litani River and ordering evacuations beyond that line.
– Lebanese authorities say the campaign has displaced about one-fifth of the population and killed more than 1,100 people, with thousands sheltering in makeshift locations such as a soccer stadium in southern Beirut.
– Israeli strikes have hit highways, bridges, homes and fuel stations. Hezbollah released video it said showed a guided missile striking an Israeli tank. Israel says it has killed several members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Lebanon; Iran reports six diplomats killed there.
Iran’s missile program and U.S. response
– A U.S. official told NPR that American forces have been able to confirm the elimination of roughly one-third of Iran’s missile capabilities, a figure first reported by Reuters. That assessment covers production facilities, launchers and missiles themselves.
– U.S. officials say Iranian missile and drone attacks have fallen off significantly since the early days of the war, but those weapons remain among Iran’s most effective tools.
Diplomacy and international reaction
– U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with G7 foreign ministers in France, where the group issued a joint statement urging an immediate end to attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure and calling for restoration of safe, toll-free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. Rubio warned that Iran might seek to impose a fee on passage through the strait, a critical chokepoint for roughly one-fifth of global oil shipments.
– Rubio suggested the conflict need not be prolonged and that objectives might be achieved without large-scale ground operations, even as thousands of U.S. Marines and Army personnel are being deployed to the region.
– The G7 statement emphasized protecting civilian shipping and restoring freedom of navigation amid Iranian actions that have effectively blocked many ships from transiting the Strait of Hormuz during the war.
This report includes contributions from Jane Arraf in Amman, Emily Feng in Van, Turkey, Lauren Frayer in Beirut, Greg Myre and Alex Leff in Washington, Carrie Khan in Tel Aviv, and Miguel Macias in Seville.