What to know
- President Donald Trump said in an early morning social media post that Iran will be “hit very hard today” as the widening war entered its second week.
- Trump is scheduled to travel to Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base today to witness the return of the bodies of American service members killed in the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
- Israel has continued to pummel Beirut and Tehran as the death toll has risen, with at least 1,230 people killed in Iran, more than 200 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel, according to The Associated Press.
- Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, rejected a U.S. demand for unconditional surrender. But he apologized to neighboring countries today, saying Iran will not fire at them without provocation.