NOW: Erbil, Iraq following Iranian strikes.

UAE government is sending text messages to citizens and residents instructing them to stay home and await further guidance.

Israeli sources say senior ministers have been moved to fortified underground shelters.

Trump hasn’t made any statements or posted anything on Truth Social in the past eight hours, which is highly unusual of him.

EU's Ursula von der Leyen condemns what she described as Iran’s “unjustifiable attacks” against the United Arab Emirates.

Israeli reporter Amit Segal says it was Israel — not the United States — that hit Khamenei’s compound.

Thirty bombs were reportedly dropped on the site.

Sources say Khamenei’s military secretary was killed, along with possibly family members, and that Khamenei is “almost certainly dead.”

These claims have not been independently verified.

BREAKING: CENTCOM:

CENTCOM forces successfully defended against hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks.

There have been no reports of U.S. casualties or combat-related injuries.

Damage to U.S. installations was minimal and has not impacted operations.

Missile depot struck in northern Iran.

EU's Kaja Kallas:

The Iranian regime’s indiscriminate attacks against its neighbours carry the risk of dragging the region into a broader war and we condemn this.

It is essential that the war does not spread any further.

The Iranian regime has choices to make.

Al Mayadeen reports a well-informed source in Iran says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has positioned himself in an operations room, as during the 12-day war, and is overseeing the conduct of the war.

John Bolton on Iran:

My only regret is that I wasn't persuasive enough in the first term to get to this point.

NEW: Trump told Israel’s Channel 12 that Iran repeatedly moved closer to a deal and then backed away, leading him to conclude they never truly wanted an agreement.

He said he had asked his team to compile Iran’s attacks over the past 25 years and found that “every month they did something bad — blew something up and killed someone.”

Trump claimed that without the June strike, dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer,” Iran would already have nuclear weapons.

He described a “good call” with Netanyahu, saying “we’re on the same wavelength,” and added he has multiple exit options — either prolong the campaign and “take control of everything” or end it within days and warn Iran against rebuilding, noting recovery would take them years.

NEW: CENTCOM releases footage of Operation Epic Fury.

CENTCOM:

CENTCOM’s Task Force Scorpion Strike employed low-cost one-way attack drones for the first time in combat.

CENTCOM:

Operation Epic Fury involves the largest regional concentration of American military firepower in a generation.

Italian media report that Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto is stuck in Dubai after airspace closures linked to Iranian retaliation.

He had traveled there privately and was due to return today, but his flight was canceled.

Source: The Aviationist

U.S. Embbasy in Türkiye says U.S. citizens are advised to avoid travel to southeastern Türkiye, especially near the borders with Iran, Iraq, and Syria.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei:

Both Khamenei and Pezeshkian are safe and sound.

The system is working... it is not a one man ruler.

WATCH: Iranian Shahed drone striking an apartment building in Bahrain, filmed from inside the building.