The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have issued an urgent evacuation order to all residents living south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon, instructing them to immediately move north of the river.

US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle in full counter drone loadout for Operation Epic Fury, armed with 4x AIM-120 air-to-air missiles (AAMs), 4x AIM-9 AAMs, 28 FALCO APKWS laser-guided rockets, and a 20 mm Vulcar autocanon.

https://x.com/aviation_intel/status/2028986046302830733

A Sri Lankan Navy spokesman told Reuters that the report of 101 people being missing was not true, and that 32 people ⁠injured in the incident had been rescued by Sri Lankan Navy, after an unidentified submarine attacked an Iranian ship earlier today.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) says it is working on targeting ballistic missile launchers west and in central Iran, while the US Armed Forces focus on launchers in the south, as they’re closer to US bases in the Arabian Gulf.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is planning for one or two more weeks of operations in Iran, aiming to hit thousands more of targets, and expects that Gulf countries may join the campaign offensively in response to the Iranian attacks against the them, the Times of Israel reports.

US intelligence gathering north of the Arabian Gulf.

Two KC-46A "Pegasus" and three KC-135R/T "Stratotanker" Aerial-refueling aircraft with the US Air Force supporting Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter jets in Operation Lion's Roar against Iran.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirms that a US Navy submarine sunk Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dana off the coast of Sri Lanka by a torpedo, the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.

CJCS Gen. Dan Caine: "As of this morning, CENTCOM is making steady progress. Iran's theater ballistic missile shots fired are down 86% from the first day of fighting, with a 23% decrease just in the last 24 hours. Their one-way attack drone shots are down 73% from opening days."

Analysis by MarineTraffic of vessel activity through the Strait of Hormuz in the Arabian Gulf indicates tanker transits are now around 90% lower than last week, when Operation Epic Fury against Iran began.

Footage released by the US Department of War showing American submarine torpedo striking and sinking Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dana off the coast of Sri Lanka.

US Air Mobility Ops in support of Operation Epic Fury against Iran -- 0225 UTC

- MOOSE72 & RCH227 to King Faisal AB, Jordan
- RCH699 to Muaffaq al-Salti AB, Jordan
- RCH707 & RCH1801 (C5M) to Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia
- MOOSE58 to al-Dhafra AB, UAE

Earlier today, unidentified airstrike killed a Iraqi army soldier south of Anbar. Although it is still not confirmed, multiple Iraqi news outlets reported that the US carried out a heliborne operation with as much as 150 troops, and then went back to al-Tanf Base in Syria.

A US Navy destroyer in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea shot down the Iranian medium-range ballistic missile, launched at Incirlik Air Base south of Turkey, with a Standard Missile (SM-3), according to The Insider.

New footage released by the US Central Command show a “first-historic” launch of Long-range Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs) from HIMARS launchers against Iranian ground targets as part of Operation Epic Fury.

Iranian attacks across Middle East since February 28th 2026.
Now up to 12 Countries attacked:

🇹🇷 Türkiye 1 Missile
🇨🇾 Cyprus 2 Missiles 1 Drone
🇴🇲 Oman 8 Drones.
🇧🇭 Bahrain 73 Missiles 91 Drones
🇮🇶 Iraq unknown # missiles 12+ drones
🇮🇱 Israel 205 Missiles 50 Drones
🇯🇴 Jordan 13 Missiles 36~ Drones
🇰🇼 Kuwait 178 Missiles 384 Drones 3x F-15E
🇶🇦 Qatar 104 Missiles 39 Drones 2x SU-24
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 5 Missiles 26 Drones
🇸🇾 Syria 1+ Missile
🇦🇪 UAE 197 Missiles 941 Drones

Totals
Missiles: 779+
Drones: 1,588+
Combined Projectiles: 2,367+

Aircraft shot down over Gulf: 5
3x US F-15E
2x IR SU-24

— Intelschizo (X)

A drone was intercepted a short while ago near the US Logistic Support Center in Baghdad International Airport, according to AFP.