Donald Trump says “there will likely be more” US casualties during operations in Iran as military activity in the region will continue until “all objectives” are achieved‘.
The US Central Command earlier said three US service members have been killed in action and five “seriously wounded”.
For Trump, each American casualty raises the stakes domestically, writes our senior reporter Bernd Debusman Jr.
Meanwhile, Iranian officials say at least 153 people, including children, were killed after a strike hit a school, while in Israel, nine people have been killed after a missile strike in the city of Beit Shemesh, according to medical services.
According to Iran’s foreign minister, a new leader could be chosen in “a day or two”, after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.
A British RAF base in Cyprus was targeted by a “suspected drone strike” on Sunday night, the British Ministry of Defence has said.
Global oil prices jumped when markets opened in Asia on Monday.
