Trump targets Iran’s Supreme Leader in first wave of joint attack with Israel as Tehran strikes back at US bases across region and at Tel Aviv

Video footage has emerged which appears to show the moment that Iranian missiles targeted a US naval base.

Iran launched a counter-attack against the Fifth Fleet service centre in Manama, Bahrain, local media confirmed.

Footage shows a large plume of smoke rising over the city. It is not known if the blast resulted in any casualties.

Rockets have targeted US forces stationed near Erbil airport in northern Iraq today, it is being reported.

Iran has claimed to have targeted American military sites across the Middle East, including in Bahrain and the UAE.

A short while ago another wave of explosions was reported in and around Doha, Qatar.

Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is leading Republicans against President Donald Trump’s military action.

He simply posted: ‘Acts of war unauthorized by Congress.’

President Donald Trump is planning an address to the nation on Saturday morning, according to Axios.

It will be the first time the public has seen the president since he announced strikes via a recorded video to Truth Social at 2:30am ET.

The British government has issued urgent advice to its citizens in the Middle East and a new ‘do not travel warning’ as conflict escalates in the region today.

The Foreign Office has said that due to reported missile attacks, British nationals in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE should immediately shelter in place.

It has also now advised against all travel to Israel and Palestine.

In a statement on its website, it said: ‘Due to the threat posed by escalation in the region, we recommend against all travel to Israel and Palestine.

‘On 28 February 2026, the US and Israel commenced joint military action in Iran, Israeli airspace has now closed.’

British nationals in the region are urged to take ‘sensible precautions’, including following advice from regional authorities, staying away from military facilities and ensuring travel documents are up to date.

A US official told Fox News that there were no casualties from Iran’s strike that hit the US military base in Bahrain.

The official also stated that the Trump-approved airstrikes will last ‘not hours but days.’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was targeted in US-Israeli strikes, an Israeli source has claimed.

Adding that President Pezeshkian had also been targeted, the source told Reuters that the results of the strikes remain ‘unclear’.

President Donald Trump is posting to his Truth Social account in real-time as US bases are being targeted by Iran.

He posted a link to a story from Just the News with the caption: ‘Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump, and now faces renewed war with United States.’

In addition, he reposted an unrelated Just the News story targeting his political nemesis – Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis.

He has not directly addressed the success of the strikes since posting a video announcing the military operation at 2:30 am ET on Saturday.

It’s being reported that ‘several’ senior commanders in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and politicians have been killed in the US-Israeli attacks on Tehran.

A source close to the government establishment told Reuters of the casualties, adding that the nation’s Foreign Minister is safe.

One person has been killed in Iranian strikes on Abu Dhabi, the UAE has said, as it issued a statement condemning the attack.

The Emirati defence ministry said ballistic missiles had struck the country, but that defence systems had intercepted ‘a number’ of them.

In a statement it said:

The ministry condemned this attack in the strongest terms, stressing the state’s categorical rejection of targeting civilian objects, facilities and national institutions, and emphasising that such acts represent a dangerous escalation and a cowardly act that threatens the security and safety of civilians and undermines stability.

The ministry stressed that this targeting is a flagrant violation of national sovereignty and international law, and that the state reserves its full right to respond to this escalation and take all necessary measures to protect its territory,” the statement read, adding that it was “fully prepared and ready to deal with any threats.

Israel has announced plans to mobilise some 70,000 reservists in the coming days amid the start of its latest conflict with Iran today.

An IDF official said most aerial defence systems will also be utilised.

It is understood that Israel’s railways have been opened on Shabbat for the first time since October 2023.

It comes as missiles are being launched towards the country by Iran, with smoke seen over cities including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.