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Chapter 1: What recent military actions are taking place between the U.S., Israel, and Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. The U.S. and Israel are continuing to pound Iran with airstrikes, hitting key military targets. Iran is retaliating, striking Israel and some Gulf states. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
A new front opened in the war in Lebanon after Iran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel. It responded with airstrikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon, further widening the three-day-old war. Three U.S. service members have been killed and President Trump says more may die before the conflict is over.
The White House says Iran wants to restart negotiations and that Trump will eventually talk with whoever is in charge. But a top Iranian security official said on social media that Iran will not negotiate. Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command says several U.S. warplanes crashed in Kuwait due to friendly fire. The crews managed to eject.
And an Iranian drone forced the shutdown of one of Saudi Arabia's largest oil facilities. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
Reports from Lebanon say at least 31 people there have been killed by Israeli strikes. Schools have been closed in Beirut. NPR's Jawad Rizkallah says they've been turned into makeshift shelters.
I'm here outside a school in Beirut. where people fleeing from the southern suburbs have come to take shelter. Outside, there are people coming with mattresses and blankets, on motorcycles and by car and on foot, coming to have a safe space to sleep, coming for their safety. Jawad Rastallah, NPR News, Beirut.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society says 555 people have been killed in the attacks in Iran. It's not clear if this includes victims from a weekend attack on a girls' elementary school. Iranian media say more than 168 children were killed. Members of the Trump administration are expected to brief Congress tomorrow on the U.S. war in Iran.
This comes as lawmakers were already expected to take up measures this week on limiting the president's war powers. NPR's Luke Garrett reports top lawmakers involved in intelligence have different views of the war in Iran.
Republican chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Tom Cotton, celebrated the operation on CNN and called it necessary to deter Iran from long-range missile development. It's much easier... to kill the archer on the ground than it is to shoot his arrow out of the sky. Cotton said the stage is set for regime change.
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Chapter 2: How is the conflict in Lebanon impacting civilians?
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