The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was hit by multiple drones from Iran amid President Trump’s attacks on the country, it was confirmed on Monday.
“The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was subjected to an attack by two drones according to initial estimates, resulting in a limited fire and minor material damage to the building,” Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense wrote in a post on the social platform X.
The attack prompted the U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia to issue a shelter-in-place alert for Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dhahran.
On Tuesday morning, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed Israeli soldiers to “hold and advance” into southern Lebanon. This move aimed to prevent further Hezbollah fire on northern Israel. It marked the first acknowledgment that Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah would extend beyond aerial operations and involve ground troops.
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the war against Iran could take some time, although he emphasized that it wouldn’t be a prolonged conflict. He clarified that while it wouldn’t take years, it could potentially drag on. Netanyahu stated, “It’s not an endless war,” when speaking to Fox News.
In response to the attacks, Donald Trump told News Nation’s Kellie Meyer that he didn’t think the U.S. had “any necessity” for boots on the ground in Iran.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the most challenging aspects of the Iran campaign were yet to unfold, despite administration officials expressing optimism about the plan’s progress.
US officials provided different reasons for launching the war in Iran. Rubio claimed that the US was compelled by Israel.
“We anticipated an Israeli action,” he said. “We knew that such an action would trigger an attack on American forces. Moreover, we understood that if we failed to preemptively strike them before they launched these attacks, we would incur higher casualties.”
