Iran rejects Trump deadline, launches retaliatory strikes
2 min readIran on Monday rejected a deadline set by US President Donald Trump and warned of retaliatory strikes.
President Trump earlier set a Tuesday deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face raids on its power plants and bridges.
The Iranian military responded to Trump’s threat with air and drone strikes on US and Israeli assets in the region.
According to a report in Al Jazeera, an Iranian missile hit a residential building in Israel’s Haifa, killing at least two people and wounding four others. Two more people remain missing.
Israel’s Ynet News outlet said that a 34-year-old woman has been “seriously injured” by interceptor missiles in Petah Tikvah following the latest Iranian attacks on central Israel.
It said there are “at least 15 crash sites” across central Israel and that a building in Tel Aviv was damaged.
The Channel 2 broadcaster published images of smoke rising over Gush Dan and Bnei Brak, as well as a video of minor damage to a building in Tel Aviv.
Iran’s military also fired rockets and drones at power, water desalination and oil plants in regional countries, including the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain.
A Ghanaian national in Abu Dhabi sustained “moderate injuries” from falling shrapnel, according to the city’s media office.
The incident occurred at the Rinn Systems Company in Musaffah after a successful interception by air defences, according to the media office.
“The competent authorities urge the public to obtain information from official sources only and to avoid circulating rumours or unverified information,” the office said in a post on X.
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