The war in the Middle East continued to widen Wednesday, as NATO shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed toward Turkey’s airspace. Officials did not say whether the missile’s intended target was Turkey — which shares a border with Iran — but attacking a NATO member would mark a serious escalation in the Iran war.
A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, while regional US allies reported renewed Iranian strikes, and Israel and Lebanon exchanged further blows.
The death toll is mounting: Iran reported more than 700 dead, with the funeral for the 165 victims of a strike on a girls’ school to be held today. US and Israeli missiles hit targets nationwide, with the intention of reducing resistance to a popular uprising, The Wall Street Journal reported.