Panic is spreading across Southern Lebanon, as residents, many who have only returned to their towns and villages within the last year, once again flee from their homes due to evacuation orders issued by Israel due to the potential of a looming full-scale renewed conflict with Hezbollah.

During a phone interview tonight with ABC News, President Trump stated regarding the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “I got him before he got me. They tried twice. Well I got him first.” Appearing to reference a number of reported attempts by Iranian intelligence services to have him killed, most recently during his campaign in 2024.

Asked about who he had in mind now to lead Iran after the death of Khamenei, Trump said that all his picks had been already been killed, telling ABC News, “The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates. It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead.” Possibly suggesting a level of miscommunication or disagreement on targets between Israel and the United States.

Mohammad Raad, the Head of Hezbollah's Parliamentary Council and leading member of the Hezbollah faction in the Lebanese Parliament, is believed to have been eliminated in an Israeli airstrike earlier tonight on the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

Clashes between Pro-Iranian demonstrators and Iraqi Security Forces are continuing to escalate tonight in Baghdad, as both supporters of Iran and Iranian militants attempt to storm the “Green Zone” and reach the U.S. Embassy Compound. Both sides have been observed using live-ammunition, with several deaths being reported among the demonstrators gathered outside the Green Zone.

U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), which includes the Continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii, has instructed bases and other military facilities across the country to implement updated installation access procedures, effective March 1, which includes the suspension of the Trusted Traveler Program, increased security measures and inspections at all entrances, and 100% ID Check, as a precaution due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Sirens and explosions continue to be heard this morning over Kuwait.

Iraqi Security Forces fire tear gas and flash bangs earlier tonight at large crowds of Pro-Iranian demonstrators outside of the “Green Zone” in Baghdad.

Initial reports of a possible friendly fire incident over Kuwait involving an F-15 with the U.S. Air Force.

Footage of an F-15 falling out of the sky this morning over Kuwait, in an apparent “friendly fire” incident involving the U.S. Air Force.

Another angle of this morning’s crash of an apparent shot down F-15 by “friendly fire” over Kuwait.

Alleged footage showing the pilot of the F-15 that crashed this morning in a “friendly fire” incident over Kuwait, lying in the trunk of a car appearing to have suffered at least minor injuries.

Major Iranian drone and missile attacks are ongoing this morning against Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, with explosions being heard over Dubai and Manama.

If these pilots had been Iranian and not American I don’t think it would have ended very well for them.

Clouds of thick black smoke can be seen billowing from Naval Support Activity Bahrain this morning, which houses the Headquarters for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, after the base was reportedly targeted yet again by ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran.

NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) shows a large fire currently burning at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Support Activity Bahrain in Manama, the capital of Bahrain.

Lebanon’s Minister of Justice Adel Nasar has ordered the security apparatus to arrest those responsible within Hezbollah for last night’s rocket launchers towards Northern Israel.

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) fires a number of BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) from her forward and aft vertical launching systems, against targets in Iran, in support of Operation Epic Fury.

Satellite imagery shows three naval vessels sunk pierside and extensive damage to facilities at Konarak Naval Base in Southern Iran.

Once again, explosions are being reported near Erbil International Airport in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.