Iran kept firing missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab nation on Friday, including a strike at a military base in Saudi Arabia that U.S. officials said wounded at least 10 U.S. service members, two of them seriously.
The attack on Prince Sultan Air Base also damaged several U.S. refueling aircraft, said two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters. One of the officials said two of the troops were seriously wounded.
Israel, meanwhile, warned Friday it will expand its attacks on Iran, while the U.S. military also continued striking Iran. President Donald Trump delayed his threat to obliterate Iran’s energy plants over its effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Facing a convulsing stock market, Trump on Thursday extended a deadline for reopening the waterway until April 6, saying Iran asked for the grace period and that talks were going “very well,” despite Iran continuing to publicly insist it is not negotiating with the White House on a 15-point proposal to end the conflict.
Iran launches more missiles targeting Israel
Israel’s military said early Saturday that Iran fired missiles targeting the country.
The latest missiles follow an earlier salvo that killed 1 person and injure more across Israel late Friday and into Saturday.
Sirens sounded in northern Israel, along the border with Lebanon, where rocket and drone attacks from Hezbollah have been constant during the war.
Palestinian authorities say Israeli forces killed 3 people in West Bank
Hundreds attended the funeral on Friday of 22-year-old man who was killed overnight during an Israeli raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp area in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
During the funeral masked mourners carrying weapons shot in the air. The Israeli army raided the camp again and the Palestinian ministry said another man was killed.
In a separate incident on Friday evening, a 15-year-old boy died after being shot during a raid on the Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem, the ministry said.
Israel’s military said that “violent disturbances” occurred during two distinct incidents in the Qalandiya area, including people throwing stones at troops. Soldiers responded with live fire toward “key instigators, and hits were identified,” the military said in a statement.
Trump says he really believes he’s a peacemaker
The president made the comment when he was asked what he would like his legacy to be. He responded by saying that “it doesn’t sound right for me to say this, but I’d love my legacy to be made as a great peacemaker.”
He added: “I really believe I’m a peacemaker. It doesn’t seem it right now, but I think I’m a peacemaker.
10 US troops wounded, 2 seriously, in Iranian attack on Saudi base
At least 10 American service members were wounded in the attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the situation.
Two of the troops were seriously wounded, one of the officials said. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters.
Source: AP/UNB