A US official says US forces struck Iranian tankers linked to the IRGC after attempted missile attacks on a US Navy ship. Iran warns crews near Kuwait and Bahrain.

Technical failure causes major UK air travel disruption, with at least 1,000 flights cancelled and thousands of passengers delayed, including El Al and Wizz Air routes between London and Israel.

Arab media outlets reported that missiles launched from Iran were intercepted over northern Jordan.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns Iran that Washington will retaliate for every attempted attack on US assets amid escalating regional tensions.

<p>Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed that it launched missiles at a US military base in Jordan in response to US attacks on Iranian oil tankers.</p><p>At the same time, the IRGC announced plans to attack oil tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain and called on their crews to “abandon the ships."</p>

<p>Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli attacked the Ra'am party and its candidate Yoav Segalovitz on Tuesday evening.</p><p>“We are inches away from the Yamam receiving orders from the Shura Council. This is not a hand on the wheel; it is a hand on the trigger of the State of Israel," Minister Chikli said.</p>