Also, the suspect in the Minnesota killings could face the death penalty. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
The Israeli military escalated its bombings across Iran today, striking the country’s elite military force and targeting the state broadcaster while anchors were broadcasting live on air. Television cameras captured footage of the studio filling with smoke and debris. Watch the video here.
The attacks sent thousands fleeing from Tehran, and continued the fiercest and deadliest confrontation in the history of the Israeli-Iranian conflict. Israeli strikes have killed at least 224 people in Iran, according to its Health Ministry; in Israel, its government said, at least 24 people have been killed. We’re covering the latest updates.
In Tehran, residents weighed whether to take shelter or evacuate as gas stations ran short of fuel and the internet and phone services were disrupted. In Israel, Iran’s ballistic missiles continued to pose a serious threat.
The war now seems likely to last weeks, not days.
The man accused of assassinating a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband, as well as of shooting another lawmaker and his wife, was charged with murder. Authorities said he also visited the houses of two other lawmakers the same morning, in what they called a campaign to inflict fear.
