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In turn, Ukraine has rapidly developed several types of small, effective drone interceptors that can cost as little as $1,000.

Ukraine says that on many nights, it shoots down 90% or more of the drones that Russia fires.

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Central Command, which is responsible for operations in the Middle East, says that in addition to those killed and seriously wounded, others sustained minor shrapnel injuries.

The brief statement did not provide details.

However, the reference to shrapnel wounds suggests the casualties were caused by the missiles or drones that Iran is firing at U.S.

forces in the region on land and at sea.

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and Israeli airstrikes last June and in the current air campaign have significantly weakened Iran's military, but it still has the ability to carry out deadly attacks.

In another lethal Iranian strike, a missile hit a civilian area near Tel Aviv on Sunday, killing at least nine people.

Greg Myhre, NPR News, Washington.

Iranian officials say the interim committee will consist of three members.

President Massoud Pazeshkian, the head of the judiciary, and another senior official.

The country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in an airstrike at his compound in the capital, Tehran.

Israel says it simultaneously bombed three meetings filled with senior political and military figures at the start of the massive air campaign Saturday.

Iran's Assembly of Experts, consisting of 88 senior Islamic clerics, is supposed to choose the country's supreme leader and may well do so.

But given the current crisis, the interim committee will lead for now.

Greg Myhre, NPR News, Washington.

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