The Israeli military says it has launched more strikes on Iran as well as hitting targets in Lebanon, as the US-Israeli war with Iran continues for a tenth day.
In Turkey, the defence ministry said a ballistic missile launched from Iran was destroyed by “Nato air and missile defence assets”.
Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia reported new attacks overnight. The UAE says it intercepted 17 ballistic missiles and six drones from Iran on Monday.
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) says 1,205 civilians are reported to have been killed in Iran since 28 February. Seven US service personnel have been killed since the start of the conflict, according to the Department of Defense.
Where in Iran has been hit by US and Israeli strikes?
The first US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on 28 February with Israel’s military saying it targeted Iran’s leadership and its military infrastructure. The former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in Tehran during the initial strikes.
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On Sunday evening the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said “approximately 3,400 strikes” had been carried out so far with more than 150 Iranian defence systems disabled.
BBC Verify has seen footage of smoke and fires at four Iranian oil facilities following Israeli strikes. Iran’s foreign ministry said these attacks had released “hazardous materials and toxic substances into the air” and accused Israel of “poisoning civilians”.
IDF spokesman Lt Col Nadav Shoshani said such sites were a “legal, military target”.
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BBC Verify has so far confirmed visual evidence of more than 110 attacks across Iran, including at least 49 strikes in Tehran.
Satellite imagery reviewed by BBC Verify since the conflict began on 28 February has shown:
Damaged aircraft at Mehrabad airport in Tehran
Damage to a naval and air base in the port city of Bushehr
At least 11 Iranian naval vessels damaged or destroyed by US and Israeli strikes on the Konarak and Bandar Abbas naval bases
Damage to a nuclear facility at Natanz and to at least three Iranian missile sites
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In Minab, in the south of Iran, at least 168 people including children were killed at a girls’ school when it was hit on 28 February, Iranian authorities said. Two buildings could be seen in satellite imagery – an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) base was left completely flattened and the school building partially collapsed.
Analysis of the imagery revealed multiple strikes and burn marks around the school suggesting it was hit more than once.
Experts who have analysed a video showing a missile moments before it struck the IRGC base next to the school have told BBC Verify the munition was a US Tomahawk. Neither Israel nor Iran are known to possess Tomahawks, experts said.
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Iranian strikes across the Middle East
The governments of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE all reported what they said were Iranian missile and drone attacks on Sunday.
Kuwait said it contained a major fire in a government office block following a reported attack during the early hours of the morning.
The UAE said its air defences intercepted 16 ballistic missiles and 113 drones on Sunday. The latest attack came after an apparent drone strike hit Dubai International airport on Saturday. The UAE said that in the past week 238 missiles and 1,422 drones had been launched at the country.
On Monday 9 March, Bahrain said a drone attack injured 32 civilians – the highest number of casualties in a single incident in the Gulf states since the war began.
Bahrain officials reported that a drone attack on 9 March caused a fire at its largest oil refinery.
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Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iraq have also come under attack.
Shipping in the Gulf has been severely disrupted after Iran threatened to “set fire” to vessels in the Strait of Hormuz through which 20% of the world’s oil and gas flows.
Israel strikes Lebanon after Hezbollah attack
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Israeli forces have carried out air strikes in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been backed by Iran. Hezbollah launched missiles towards Israel on 2 March following the killing of Khamenei.
Israel said it carried out a “precise strike” on the Lebanese capital Beirut on Sunday targeting commanders from the Quds force – the foreign operations arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The Lebanese health ministry said four people died in an Israeli strike on a hotel in central Beirut.
According to the health ministry, 394 people have been killed in the past week from Israeli strikes.
A missile attack on 1 March, which Israel said came from Iran, killed at least nine people and injured 27 others in the city of Beit Shemesh, according to emergency services.
Attacks outside the Middle East
The US-Israeli war with Iran has also spread beyond the region.
An Iranian warship was sunk by a US submarine off Sri Lanka, according to the Pentagon. Eighty-seven of the 130 people onboard were killed, Sri Lankan officials said
Azerbaijan accused Iran of launching drones that it said injured two people in the western territory of Nakhchivan on Thursday. Tehran denied being involved
A UK air base on the island of Cyprus was hit by a drone on 1 March which British officials believe was launched by Hezbollah forces from Lebanon
This story is being updated daily by BBC Verify.
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