U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed the commencement of "major combat operations," characterizing the mission as a necessary preemptive strike to dismantle Iran’s nuclear ambitions and missile capabilities. In a televised address, President Trump asserted that the objective is to eliminate "imminent threats" to American citizens and allies, vowing to "raze the regime's missile industry to the ground." Simultaneously, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the mission as a coordinated effort to neutralize an "existential threat," confirming that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had successfully struck targets near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran
The fallout was immediate for Iran’s neighbors. In the United Arab Emirates, residents in Abu Dhabi reported hearing a series of loud blasts that shook windows in residential districts. While the UAE Ministry of Defense confirmed the successful interception of several ballistic missiles, at least one casualty has been reported. Similar scenes played out in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, where authorities activated missile defense systems—including Patriot and THAAD batteries—to counter incoming projectiles targeting areas near the Al Udeid and Prince Sultan Air Bases. In Bahrain, the National Communication Centre confirmed that a missile struck a service center at the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters in Manama, though the full extent of the damage remains under assessment
The escalation has triggered a total paralysis of regional aviation. Nations including Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar have officially shuttered their airspace to all civilian traffic. Global carriers, including Air India, Lufthansa, and Qatar Airways, have suspended operations across the Middle East, with dozens of flights currently in the air forced to divert to secondary hubs like Mumbai and Delhi. As sirens continue to wail from Amman to Kuwait City, the international community remains on edge, watching as a long-simmering shadow war erupts into a direct, multi-front conflict with no immediate end in sight
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