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Iran reroutes, grounds flights
Iran’s state media, citing the country’s civil aviation authority, says passenger flights over Iran have been redirected to alternative routes and flights due to take off at Tehran’s international airport have been grounded.
“For the time being, we have suspended incoming and outgoing flights at Tehran International Airport,” the ISNA news agency quoted airport chief Said Chalandari as saying.
Iran grounds flights until morning, Lebanon allows flights to head west
The spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Organisation in Iran says that all flights have been cancelled until 10am (06:30 GMT) on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Transport Minister Ali Hamie says flights can only take off towards the west.
“After coordinating with the Cypriot aviation authorities, planes are allowed to take off towards the west until all developments and data are evaluated to take the appropriate decision that ensures safety of air traffic in Lebanese airspace,” Hamie said on X.
Earlier, the minister had said Lebanese airspace was closed to air traffic for two hours.
Jordan has reopened its airspace after a temporary closure.
Palestinian in West Bank killed by shrapnel of intercepted rocket
Falling shrapnel from an intercepted Iranian missile fired at Israel has killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, Jericho’s governor has said.
“A Palestinian worker in Jericho was killed when pieces of a rocket fell from the sky and hit him,” Jericho governor Hussein Hamayel told the AFP news agency. The Palestinian Civil Defence identified the man as Sameh Khader al-Asali, 38.
White House says US Navy destroyers joined Israeli military in shooting down Iranian missiles
White House National Security Council Advisor Jake Sullivan has confirmed that US forces again worked alongside the Israeli military in responding to the Iranian attack.
“The United States military coordinated closely with the [Israeli Army] to help defend Israel against this attack. US naval destroyers joined Israeli air defense units in firing” at Iranian missiles, he said.
He described the Iran attack as “appears to have been defeated” and said Washington was continuing to monitor for another wave of attacks. Sullivan described the attack as a “major escalation” by Iran and said that Washington was in discussions with Israel regarding its possible response.
No calls for de-escalation? Hypocrites.
Biden, Harris remain in the situation room
The US president abruptly changed his schedule, including the White House press briefing, which was pushed back at least 90 minutes.
We know that Joe Biden has been in the situation room with Vice President Kamala Harris for the last few hours. They have been watching and monitoring the Iranian attack from there, receiving regular updates from their national security team.
We also know that Biden has directed the US military to aid Israel and to shoot down the missiles.
The latest press briefing is now at 19:00 GMT. We also know that there will be a Pentagon briefing around the same time, so we’re hoping to get a lot more detail about what has been happening.
