Sirens sounded around the Middle East late on Tuesday night and into early Wednesday morning as Israel and the United States kept up their attacks on Iran, while Iranian forces retaliated, targeting Israel and American allies in the region.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said late on Tuesday that it was beginning the 35th wave of its operation, attacking American military bases in the Middle East and locations in central Israel, according to Tasnim, a news agency affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards.
The Israeli military also said late on Tuesday that it had begun “an additional wave” of strikes on Iranian government targets in Tehran. About 20 minutes later, the Israeli military announced that it had identified missiles coming from Iran and had sent directives for the public to shelter in protected spaces.
And the practice repeated shortly thereafter, with the Israeli military telling residents they were free to leave protected spaces, only to send some people back to shelters an hour later.
In Lebanon, residents of Beirut, the capital, reported explosions from Israeli airstrikes targeting Dahiya, a densely populated area on the southern outskirts of the city known as a stronghold of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The explosions were seen and heard across the city and continued for hours, residents said.
Residents said the explosions started in the afternoon, several hours after the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning. The Israeli military spokesman posted on social media earlier Tuesday that Hezbollah was hiding its weapons in the area. After midnight in the Middle East, the Israeli military said it was attacking Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiya area “in parallel” to the attacks on Iran.
Hezbollah said in a statement that it had conducted 30 attacks on Tuesday.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health said that at least 95 people had been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon on Tuesday.
Elsewhere in the Middle East, the effects of the war also continued to be felt widely.
Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior warned residents to seek shelter as sirens sounded early on Wednesday morning in the kingdom. Bahrain’s Defense Force reported late Tuesday that 106 missiles and 176 drones had been intercepted since the conflict began.
The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry said that it had detected five drones entering the country’s airspace on Tuesday.
Qatar’s Defense Ministry said across several announcements Tuesday that it had faced seven missile attacks.
Early on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry reported intercepting four drones and seven ballistic missiles in several attacks. On Tuesday it reported more than 110 drone attacks, at least nine ballistic missile launches and six cruise missiles aimed at the kingdom since the fighting began late last month.
The United Arab Emirates Defense Ministry also said early on Wednesday that it was contending with a barrage of ballistic missiles coming from Iran. Late Tuesday, the ministry said that it had detected nine ballistic missiles and 35 drones through the day. It noted that since the fighting began, 1,475 Iranian drones, more than 260 ballistic missiles and eight cruise missiles had targeted the Emirates.
Dayana Iwaza and Hwaida Saad contributed reporting from Beirut, Lebanon.
Ephrat Livni is a Times reporter covering breaking news around the world. She is based in Washington.
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