Expanded war: Egyptian authorities "said Thursday that the country had come under attack, blaming an explosion at one of its ports the previous day on an unidentified drone," per The New York Times. "Earlier, Saudi Arabia also acknowledged direct involvement in the war for the first time, after conducting joint strikes with U.S. forces on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq on Wednesday."
Fighting between the U.S. and Iran shows no signs of slowing or stopping, and may even be heating up: "U.S. Central Command said it carried out a two-hour operation launched at midnight targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guards' military command centres and drone facilities, aiming 'to further diminish threats posed by Iran and its proxies to American forces, commercial shipping, and neighbouring Gulf countries,'" reports Reuters. "Iran's state media reported that three people were killed in U.S. strikes on Qeshm Island."
