45tv: Iran launches new wave of attacks as Israel-U.S. strikes intensify into sixth day
45tv is tracking a fast-widening war as Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases, and countries around the region on Thursday, while Israel and the United States continued nationwide strikes for a sixth day. The fighting is spreading across multiple fronts from Iran to Lebanon, with officials in several countries issuing warnings and accusations as the pace of strikes increases. The conflict is also rippling into oil supplies and global air travel disruption, adding immediate pressure beyond the battlefield.
Sixth day: New attacks, new warnings, and a widening map
Iran’s expanding retaliatory strikes came with a warning that the United States would “bitterly regret” what Iran described as the torpedoing of an Iranian warship. In parallel, Israel and the U. S. continued to hit Iran with nationwide strikes targeting military capabilities, leadership, and Iran’s nuclear program, as described by officials in the countries involved.
the war has escalated each day, affecting an additional 14 countries across the Middle East and beyond. On Thursday, Azerbaijan accused Iran of attacking it with drones, while Tehran denied the allegation. Separately, the U. S. said it sank an Iranian frigate in waters off Sri Lanka; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the war was “only just begun” and added at the Pentagon: “We are just accelerating, not decelerating. ”
45tv: Beirut evacuation warning, reported ground combat, and rising casualties
Israel issued a mass evacuation warning for all of Beirut’s southern suburbs as fighting escalated with Lebanon’s Iran-allied Hezbollah militants. U. N. peacekeepers reported ground combat in southern Lebanon as more Israeli troops crossed the border, signaling that the conflict is not confined to air and missile exchanges.
Iran’s attacks have also targeted Arab neighbors, while officials described disruptions to oil supplies and snarled global air travel. The toll is mounting: officials in the countries involved said the war has killed at least 1, 230 people in Iran, more than 70 in Lebanon, and around a dozen in Israel. Six U. S. troops have been killed, with U. S. Central Command attributing their deaths to retaliatory strikes; the Department of Defense said they were killed by a drone strike while stationed in Kuwait.
Immediate reactions: U. S. military stance, Iran’s outrage, and hostile rhetoric
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the U. S. Navy of committing what he called “an atrocity at sea” for sinking the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean earlier in the week, saying at least 87 people were killed. “Mark my words: The U. S. will come to bitterly regret (the) precedent it has set, ” Araghchi said on social media.
In Washington, President Donald Trump defended ordering U. S. strikes without congressional approval, saying Iran’s refusal to halt its pursuit of nuclear weapons, combined with a growing ballistic missile program, posed “an intolerable threat. ” In a separate political development tied to the operation, Senate Republicans defeated a measure on Wednesday that would have forced Trump to seek congressional authorization before launching further attacks.
Inside Iran, an Iranian cleric later called on state television for the shedding of both Israeli and “Trump’s blood, ” underscoring the intensity of the rhetoric surrounding the conflict.
Quick context and what’s next
the war began Saturday with U. S. -Israeli strikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and its aims and timelines have repeatedly shifted. Israeli and American leaders have suggested that toppling the government was a goal, while U. S. officials have also said regime change is “not the objective, ” reflecting a contested public message about end goals.
Next developments are expected to hinge on whether strikes deepen into Iran, how Iran’s next retaliatory wave is directed across the region, and whether the Lebanon front expands further. 45tv will continue tracking official updates on military operations, evacuations, and casualty reporting as the conflict remains open-ended and fast-moving.
