A day after the assassination of Mohammad Pakpour in the opening blow of the campaign, reports say that his replacement is the former interior minister Ahmad Vahidi, wanted for involvement in the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center building in Buenos Aires

Operation Roaring Lion updates: Interceptor debris fell in Beersheba and a main road was damaged near Beit Shemesh; the Air Force destroyed headquarters in Tehran as the IDF confirmed Khamenei’s killing; the Revolutionary Guards threatened unprecedented action and Trump warned of overwhelming force

'In the evening we were still selling baguettes, in the morning everything was destroyed': Café Graziani has operated in central Tel Aviv for the past 12 years;  Owner and baker Yaniv Graziani intends to rebuild and reopen

Open-source analysts link aircraft to missions; no official confirmation from Washington

Witnesses told Reuters that Iranian civilians seeking to cross into Turkey are stranded at the Razi border crossing in northwestern Iran a day after Israel and the US launched strikes, with authorities citing a possible passport system malfunction

Bin Salman publicly backed diplomacy and said Saudi soil would not be used for an attack, but in talks with Trump warned of dangerous consequences if the US did not act; a report detailed Khamenei’s meeting with advisers and the strike that was moved up

As tens of thousands mourn in Tehran, Iranian media report additional senior officials killed in the strikes and announce the appointment of interim successors to assume Khamenei’s leadership duties