President Donald Trump declared that the conflict with Iran is “far from over,” asserting that the United States retains thousands of potential targets. Meanwhile, an Iranian assault on Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base resulted in injuries to at least 10 American service members.
Israel announced it had struck two Iranian nuclear sites, while coordinated US-Israeli attacks in western Iran led to the deaths of over 20 individuals. Concurrently, a cluster munition attack within Israel itself killed at least one person and left four others with minor wounds.
Below are the essential updates from Day 29 of the ongoing hostilities.
Key Developments
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Conflict continues: Speaking at the FII Summit in Miami on Friday, Trump stated the war with Iran is “not concluded yet.” He further claimed the US still possesses “another 3,554” targets in Iran and predicted they would be addressed “pretty quickly.” This follows several previous assertions of victory by Trump regarding Iran.
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Strike in Saudi Arabia: An Iranian strike on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia led to injuries for at least 10 US service members, a US official informed CNN. No fatalities were reported among the service members. A refueler tanker aircraft also sustained damage.
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No ground forces: Despite the deployment order for over 1,000 additional service members to the region, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio affirmed on Friday that the US can achieve its objectives “without any ground troops.” Rubio explained that the increased troop presence is because Trump “has to be prepared for multiple contingencies.”
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Aircraft carrier deployment: The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier is anticipated to deploy to a location proximate to the conflict, according to an anonymous source. It remains uncertain whether it will join or substitute one of the two existing US aircraft carriers in the area.
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Iranian nuclear sites hit: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Friday that they had targeted two nuclear installations in Iran: a uranium processing plant in Yazd and the dormant Arak reactor.
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Fatal attacks in Iran: Joint US and Israeli airstrikes in western Iran on Friday resulted in the deaths of at least 20 people and injured scores more, as reported by a provincial security official cited in state media. The state media outlet Tasnim detailed that the strikes “targeted residential areas” across three distinct locations, with the deceased including children and women, one of whom was pregnant.
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Cluster munition attack in Israel: Israel’s national emergency service, Magen David Adom, reported that a cluster munitions strike in Israel caused one fatality and four minor injuries.