US launches 10th night of strikes; Tehran attacks Kuwait

The US is bombing Iran for a 10th consecutive night, with explosions reported near Sirik and in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Chabahar and Konarak.
US President Donald Trump warns Iran it will pay “many times over” for the deaths of American soldiers after a week in which at least three US personnel were killed.
Diplomacy ‘takes a back seat’ as US prioritises military strikes on Iran
There are signs of diplomacy, but they are taking a back seat right now to the US’s primary objective. And according to the White House, that objective is making Iran pay – not only for the what it calls acts of terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz, but also violations of the memorandum of understanding [signed last month].

The US also says that Iran will pay for the deaths of the three US soldiers who were killed over the weekend.

In a statement to Al Jazeera, the White House said the strikes will continue until the president decides otherwise. But it ended that statement by saying that diplomatic talks between the two nations are ongoing.

Earlier on Monday, the US president laid out a policy of retaliation in a post on his Truth Social platform. He said the US will hit any target in Iran 20 times harder, and that retaliation for the deaths of American service members’s will be many times over.

The president is making the case that while diplomacy may be happening, the priority right now is security operations, specifically combat operations in Iran.
Israeli forces carry out large demolition in southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting that Israeli forces carried out a large demolition in the town of Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon.

At the same time, intermittent Israeli artillery shelling targeted the nearby town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, it said.
US forces continue to target Iran’s southern coast