Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran: what we know on day five of war

"Hegseth declared that America is winning and suggested that in under a week the US and Israel will have complete control of Iranian skies. Hegseth said the US is able to continue the military action against Iran for as long as we need to and Iran can no longer shoot the volume of missiles they once did."

"Dan Caine, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, said more than 20 Iranian naval vessels have been destroyed and that the US had effectively neutralised Iran's major naval presence. Hegseth said that the leader of the Iranian covert unit that planned to assassinate Trump in 2024 had been killed in the strikes."

"All I can say is that we're investigating, and that we, of course, never target civilian targets, Hegseth said regarding the deadly strike on a girls' school in Iran that killed a reported 168 people on Saturday, but provided no further detail."

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that a US submarine destroyed an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast, killing more than 80 people in the first US attack on Iranian forces outside the Middle East. Pentagon officials declared America is winning the conflict and predicted complete US-Israeli control of Iranian skies within a week. The US destroyed over 20 Iranian naval vessels, effectively neutralizing Iran's major naval presence. Hegseth stated the US can sustain military operations indefinitely and that Iran's missile capabilities have been significantly reduced. An Iranian covert unit leader who planned Trump's assassination was killed in strikes. Investigations continue into a deadly strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed approximately 168 people. Concurrent Israeli airstrikes targeted Tehran's security forces, prompting Iranian retaliatory strikes across the region affecting Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait. Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed six people, with 30,000 displaced.

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