Name: US, Israel continue to pound Iran as death toll rises above 900 people
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US And Israeli strikes have been hitting cities across Iran in the last few hours.

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A radio and television station in Senandaj, a Kurdish city in northwestern Iran, was targeted.

Iran's health Ministry says more than 900 people have been killed since Saturday in the ongoing campaign by US And Israeli forces, a toll that continues to rise after five days of fighting.

Iran has responded with another wave of strikes across Israel.

On Thursday, Israel's military says it's triggered alerts in several areas, including Telev viv.

At least 11 people have been killed across Israel since the conflict began.

Let's go to Tohid Ossity, who's standing by for us in the Iranian capital.

So Toheed, the US has talked a lot about its control of the Iranian skies.

They say soon they will have total control.

What are you seeing there in terms of strikes today?

This is now day six to which Iranians are waking up that we have been witnessing the continuation of the American and Israeli strikes.

Over few hours, massive sounds of multiple blasts were heard across the Iranian capital.

Specifically on my right in the eastern parts of the city.

We saw the columns of smoke drifting through the air and of course, the lingering echo of these blasts which were being held, which were being felt here at the bureau.

This is the continuation of these strikes, not just in the Iranian capital here in Tehran, but

We have heard reports from Sanandas Sakis and other Kurdish cities and also other cities across the country about the continuation of these strikes.

And of course, as they go on, we also heard statements from IRGC, Iran's Revolutionary Guards, about the retaliatory strikes, the 19th wave of which, according to the statement that they published, was underway, and

also saying that they have targeted the US Military bases in the region, the Israeli territories, and

in particular they are giving a reference to targeting the Ben Gurion airport alongside other Israeli targets.

Right now here in Iran, we can see a sort of frustration and fear over these intensified operations by the Israelis and Americans.

And of course, speaking of the civilians in particular, we know that more than 900 people were said to be killed yesterday.

And seeing the fact that these strikes still go on, we can say that unfortunately, the number of these people who have lost their lives could be sort of increasing as well as when it comes to injuries, the latest statistics indicates at least 6,000 people have actually been injured as a result of these strikes.

This is a very, very escalated situation, far from any point that we can call a sign or signal of De Escal.

Meanwhile, we know that diplomatic engagements by Iran's foreign minister Abbas Arashi, with some counterparts in the region, specifically Iraqi diplomats, is underway.

But still the situation looks to be that of escalation.

At the time being so, Tawhid, the funeral for the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been postponed.

We also know that no replacement, no new supreme leader has been chosen.

And is there a scenario where Iran could go ahead and choose a new supreme leader before the last one has been buried?

The thing is, the entire atmosphere is just surrounded by a cloud of uncertainty.

Currently speaking, seeing the very fact that there is a sort of legal constitutional procedure which says that it should be, I mean, the process of actually appointing the new leader should be conducted in a short amount of time.

But how short, that's something that remains to be seen.

And on that there are two, three critical considerations that we have to keep in mind.

First, this is not an easy decision to be met.

It requires the assembly of Experts to conduct thorough investigations.

And they are saying, at least one of them came out in an interview saying that they are doing some consultations.

And it's going to be a huge decision, seeing the very fact that the amount of power and authority under the possession of which the Supreme Leader is, is quite huge.

And that means that this decision should be meticulously.

Second point is the continued Israeli and American strikes.

And on that, we have to keep in mind that the other day that one of the buildings belonging to the assembly of Experts was targeted in the city of Qom.

And of course, speaking of the funeral that we are talking about, we know that there are also key points of concerns when it comes to the security, when it comes to logistics and preparations in that regard.

So seeing that even that funeral could be a potential target, seeing the continuing strikes, which is not limited to the military headquarters or political centers, but

also it targets the very residential areas, hospitals, schools, etc.

Among one of the most tragic of which I can refer to the initial day in which an elementary school was targeted, leaving more than 160 student kids dead.

And that is the situation that is creating a lot of concern for many Iranians living in the city.

Let's go over to Roy Challeng, who is in the Jordanian capital of Amman.

More than 900 people, according to the Iranian Health Ministry, have been killed so far.

I wonder how is the Iron Dome holding up?

And have there been missiles that have managed to get through in the last 24 hours.

Well, as we know, the Israeli air defense system is pretty competent and does stop the vast majority of Iranian missiles from getting through.

So much so over recent days that I think the Israelis have decided that the situation has been easing somewhat.

They've actually decided that they are going to lessen some of the restrictions that have been placed on public life.

There's been basically a five day blanket shutdown of events and gatherings and things like that.

But now from noon local time on Thursday, gatherings of up to 50 people are going to be allowed providing people get to shelters, work places are going to reopen.

Those schools and educational facilities are staying shut.

But we do know that it has been a pretty rocky night in Israel with at least three waves of Iranian missiles coming in.

The ambulance service says that no injuries have been reported.

There has been in the last hour or so another air raid warning going off in the Western Galilee region.

And, but we don't know of any, any injuries there either.

So the, the air defenses do seem to be holding up, but

clearly the situation has not returned to complete normality yet for Israel.

All right, I just want to bring up a live shot right now that we have of Beirut.

And you can see there on the screen there is some dark smoke rising through the, rising above one of the southern suburbs of Beirut, which has been repeatedly targeted by the Israelis.

So, Rory, do we know more about the scope of what Israel hopes to achieve in Lebanon?

They are not only bombing the southern suburbs, but

they are also have boots on the ground in the south.

Yeah, that's a big question and we don't know the answer to that yet.

But they have issued an evacuation warning for anyone who's living in Lebanon south of the Litany river, which gives some kind of indication of what they might be thinking.

Essentially, what the Israelis are trying to do is to create a buffer zone in southern Lebanon to try and push Hezbollah back.

Hezbollah has been launching rockets and drones across the border into Israel.

Now, Israel has maintained possession, really an occupation of five military outposts in southern Lebanon for well over a year since their last ground invasion.

And they are now pushing further into Lebanon than those.

We don't know how many troops this is involving, but

the Israeli military is saying three divisions are involved, the 91st, the 210th and the 146th.

Now, we don't know whether those divisions are full strength, but

as an indication, an Israeli ground division can be as many as 20,000 troops.

That potentially means that up to 60,000 are operating in southern Lebanon.

At the moment, they're calling it an enhanced forward defensive position.

Of course, the big worry for any Lebanese in that area is how long are they going to be there for?

Previous experience has shown that when Israelis come, they can stay for quite some time.