From USA TODAY.

Israel is trading military strikes with Iran a day after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint strikes with the United States as the Trump administration targets the country’s missile capabilities.

“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "This is the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.”

Iranian state media later confirmed Khamenei was dead.

Iran launched retaliatory drone and missile strikes against American and Israeli targets after the joint U.S.-Israeli attack, hitting an American Navy base in Bahrain where no U.S. service members were wounded or killed. Bahrain’s international airport and Dubai’s luxury hotel Burj Al Arab were both damaged in attacks by Iran. Loud blasts were also heard in the Qatari capital of Doha, and Oman was hit for the first time.

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