The Kabul Tribune (KT) — The Associated Press reported that the war involving Iran, the United States and Israel has expanded to include civilian infrastructure, raising concerns across the Middle East.
According to AP, Bahrain accused Iran on Sunday of striking
a desalination plant that supplies drinking water to Gulf nations, while
Israeli strikes set oil depots ablaze in Tehran, prompting environmental
warnings.
Saudi Arabia also reported its first deaths from the
conflict, saying a military projectile struck a residential area and killed two
foreign residents — one Indian and one Bangladeshi — while 12 other Bangladeshi
nationals were wounded.
AP said Gulf countries have already faced hundreds of
Iranian missiles and drones, and Iran’s president has vowed to expand attacks
on U.S. targets as the war entered its ninth day.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu have pledged to continue their coordinated campaign against
Iran. Trump also told ABC News he wants a role in determining Iran’s future
leadership after the war.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military reported the first soldier
deaths since the war began, saying two soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon
during operations against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
According to officials cited by AP, the conflict — which
began with U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Feb. 28 — has killed at least 1,230
people in Iran, 397 in Lebanon and 11 in Israel.
The U.S. military also confirmed that a service member died
from injuries sustained in an Iranian attack on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia on
March 1, bringing the total number of U.S. soldiers killed in the war to seven.
AP reported that the conflict has disrupted global markets,
affected air travel and weakened Iran’s leadership following thousands of
Israeli and U.S. airstrikes.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would not
yield to pressure and warned that stronger attacks would follow if pressure
continued, while urging neighboring countries not to participate in the U.S.
and Israeli campaign
