The US and Israel pounded targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on the country’s ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military campaign following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Blasts rattled windows across the country and sent plumes of smoke high into the sky above Tehran on Sunday. More than 200 people have been killed since the start of the strikes that killed Khamenei and other senior leaders, Iranian leaders have said.Iran vowed revenge, firing missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states in a counteroffensive that the US military said resulted in the deaths of three service members — the first known American casualties from the conflict. Israeli rescue services said strikes had hit several locations, including Jerusalem and a synagogue in the central town of Beit Shemesh, where nine people were killed and 28 wounded, bringing the overall death toll in the country to 11. Eleven people were still missing after the strike, police said.But the attacks on Iran showed no signs of relenting as the US and Israel took aim at key military, political and intelligence targets in what appeared to be a widening war that carried the potential for a prolonged conflict that could envelop the Middle East and destabilize it. The strikes represented a startling show of military might for an American president who swept into office on an “America First” platform and pledged to keep out of “forever wars.”Trump vows vengeance for US deathsUS President Donald Trump said in a video posted to social media that the US would “avenge” the deaths of the service members and that “there will likely be more” killed before the conflict ends.Israel, which had pledged “nonstop” strikes, said it was increasing its attacks, with 100 fighter jets simultaneously striking targets in Tehran, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin told reporters at a briefing. The targets included buildings belonging to Iran’s air force, its missile command and its internal security force, which violently quashed anti-government protests in January.The US military, meanwhile, said B-2 stealth bombers struck Iran’s ballistic missile facilities with 2,000-pound bombs. Trump said on social media that nine Iranian warships had been sunk and that the Iranian navy’s headquarters had been “largely destroyed.”Europe has mostly stayed out of the war and pressed for diplomacy, but in an indication that the conflict could draw in other nations, Britain, France and Germany said Sunday they were ready to work with the US to help stop Iran’s attacks.Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would allow the United States to use its bases to strike Iranian missile sites. The UK maintains nearby bases on Cyprus and the Chagos Islands, a British archipelago in the Indian Ocean.US President signals willingness to talkTrump, who a day earlier had encouraged Iranians to “take over” their government, signalled on Sunday that he was open to dialogue with Iran’s new leadership.“They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,” he told The Atlantic.Iranian strikes extend beyond US and IsraelIn the Gulf, Iran’s retaliatory strikes went beyond US and Israeli targets, pushing the conflict into cities that have long marketed themselves as regional safe havens.The foreign ministers of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain said Sunday that their countries retain “the legal right to respond and the right to self-defense” after Iranian strikes hit hotels, airports and other sites in multiple cities throughout the Gulf.In the United Arab Emirates, authorities said most Iranian missiles and drones were intercepted. But some either got through or fell as debris, killing three people, injuring others and causing significant damage.Bahrain and Kuwait said Iranian strikes in both countries hit civilian targets. APThree tankers damaged in Gulf and one seafarer killed as US-Iran conflict escalatesMarch 2, 2026 8:37 amAt least three tankers were damaged off the Gulf coast and one seafarer was killed as Iranian retaliation for US and Israeli strikes on Iran exposed ships to collateral damage, shipping sources and officials said. A projectile hit the Marshall Islands–flagged product tanker MKD VYOM, killing a crew member on board as the vessel sailed off the coast of Oman, vessel manager V.Ships said on Sunday.Oil prices rise by 7 per cent amid Middle East conflictMarch 2, 2026 8:33 amOil prices rose sharply on Monday as US and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and US military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions through the global energy supply chain. West Texas Intermediate, the light, sweet crude oil produced in the United States, was selling for about USD 72 a barrel early on Monday, up around 7.3 per cent from its trading price of about USD 67 on Friday, according to data from CME group.3 US troops killed, 5 seriously injured during Iran attacks, military saysMarch 2, 2026 8:27 amThree American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the US attacks on Iran, the military announced on Sunday, marking the first American casualties in a major offensive that President Donald Trump said could likely lead to more losses in the coming weeks.Israeli military orders residents of dozens of Lebanese towns to evacuateMarch 2, 2026 8:27 amThe Israeli military ordered on Monday residents of at least 50 Lebanese towns to get 1 km away from the towns, a military spokesperson said.