While raining bombs, Trump wants to pick new Iran leader

• Iran says Israel, US deliberately targeting civilian areas
• 1,230 killed by bombing so far; hospitals, schools targeted, football stadium destroyed
• Iran claims hitting US aircraft carrier, oil tanker; targets Erbil base
• US rejects IRGC claim of shooting down F-15E
• Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, Ramat David Airbase hit by missiles
• Hormuz, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf designated ‘warlike operations area’; UN agency says 20,000 seafarers, 15,000 passengers stuck in these waters

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