Iran, US, Israel conflict: Trump says ‘big wave’ to come as battles rage across multiple borders

The US and Israel continue to manage raging battles in the air and on the sea across multiple borders, with President Donald Trump saying their military is ‘knocking the crap’ out of Iran.

Conflict has moved quickly across the Middle East after Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed during attacks launched by the US and Israel on Saturday.

Overnight Mr Trump said a ‘big wave’ is yet to come as fighting intensifies to topple the regime, as the president continues to encourage the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the Iranian rulers.

“We’re knocking the crap out of them,” Mr Trump told CNN.

“I think it’s going very well. It’s very powerful. We’ve got the greatest military in the world, and we’re using it.

Mr Trump warned the population of Iran to stay safe and remove themselves from harm’s way as the military prepares for a wide-ranging assault.

“Right now we want everyone staying inside. It’s not safe out there,” Mr Trump said.

“We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.

“I think it’s going very well. It’s very powerful. We’ve got the greatest military in the world and we’re using it.

“We haven’t even started hitting them hard. The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.”

As the conflict moves quickly with multiple major developments overnight here is an update:

Lebanon

Israeli has launched multiple strikes against targets believed to be harbouring Hezbollah missiles and personnel.

US and Israeli planes have been hammering Lebanon after the Iran-allied militia fired rockets into Israel, prompting an Israeli response and a bombardment of Beirut.

Qatar

Qatar’s military have been battling to ward off Iranian air strikes targeting the international airport and major infrastructure a Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson told CNN.

Kuwait

US officials have confirmed three of their jets that crashed while involved in US operations against Iran, were downed “due to an apparent friendly fire incident”

Iran

Iranian state media report that the wife of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, has also been killed.

The death toll

The Iranian Red Crescent emergency service has the current death toll in Iran at 550 people since the weekend strikes began.

More than 550 people have been killed in Iran since the beginning of the war, the Iranian Red Crescent emergency service said on Monday. The Lebanese health ministry says their death toll has risen to at least 52 following a wave of Israeli air strikes.

At least 10 people have been killed in Israel and six more in countries across the Gulf.

The Persian Gulf

Countries who have been impacted by Iranian missile attacks include Iraq, Kuwait, the UAE.

Iran says the strikes are directly targeted at US managed bases and assets but their rockets and drones have struck many civilian properties including Dubai’s international airport and major hotels.