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Israel said it attacked a "leadership compound" in Tehran as the US-Israeli war with Iran continued into a fourth day. Israel said "numerous munitions" were dropped on the Presidential Office and the Supreme National Security Council in Tehran on Tuesday, just hours after it launched fresh attacks in Lebanon and expanded its ground operation in the country to target Hezbollah sites. Hezbollah had fired rockets and drones into Israel after the bombing raid that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. In Riyadh, Saudi officials said overnight that the US embassy was hit by two Iranian drones, causing some limited damage. Israeli strikes have also continued in Iran. The Iranian Red Crescent says that 787 people have been killed in the US-Israel operation in Iran. Six American military personnel have been killed since the conflict began, according to the US Central Command. US President Donald Trump has since warned that combat operations will continue with "full force" until all of Washington's objectives are achieved. The Israeli military announced extensive joint strikes with the US over the weekend, destroying air defences in western and central Iran. Verified videos from the Iranian capital Tehran showed large plumes of smoke rising above the city on Saturday. BBC Verify obtained satellite imagery taken that morning, which showed significant damage to part of the compound of Leadership House, the office of Ayatollah Khamenei. Israel's military said its strikes on Tehran had targeted gatherings of senior political and security figures. BBC Verify has so far confirmed visual evidence of strikes on 13 different locations in Tehran, with 12 other towns and cities across Iran also hit. At least 153 people were killed at a girls' school in Minab in the south of the country when it was hit by three missiles on Saturday, Iranian state media reported. The BBC has not been able to independently verify this. Military sites were targeted in Kermanshah and Tabriz, and Iranian naval facilities in Konarak and Bandar Abbas in the south of the country. US President Donald Trump said US forces had sunk 10 Iranian naval ships and "largely destroyed" their naval headquarters. Israel has expanded operations into Lebanon, where it is targeting Hezbollah, the militant group that has long been backed by Iran. On Tuesday night Israeli officials said troops had entered Lebanon and were seizing "strategic areas" in order to prevent attacks on Israeli border communities. The move came after Israel announced on Monday that it was carrying out strikes in both Iran and Lebanon after Hezbollah launched missiles overnight on Haifa. Israel's air assault targeted Hezbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut and areas close to the city's airport, as well as sites in southern Lebanon. Blasts in the city continued into Tuesday morning. Iran has retaliated with strikes on Israel and US bases in the region, and has been blamed for air attacks on Gulf states. On Tuesday night Saudi officials said the US Embassy in Riyadh had by hit by a pair of drones, causing some minor damage and sparking a small fire. New Iranian strikes were reported on a major gas plant in Qatar, where the Ministry of Defense later said it had shot down two Iranian aircraft, seven missiles and five drones. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which includes the tourist destinations of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, three people have been killed and several left injured, the country's defence ministry said on Sunday. Kuwait's health ministry reported one death on Sunday. The Ali Al-Salem airbase was targeted by a number of ballistic missiles which were successfully intercepted, officials say. The country's military downed three US fighter jets on Monday in "an apparent friendly fire incident", the US Central Command said. All six crew ejected safely and have been recovered, it says. In neighbouring Iraq, three drones were reportedly downed on Monday over Irbil airport which hosts US-led coalition troops. Bahrain's National Communication Centre said on Saturday that the service centre of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet had been "subjected to a missile attack". Also in Bahrain, one verified clip, filmed from a moving vehicle, shows the moment a missile strikes. An explosion follows, sending fragments and debris into the air. On Sunday evening a drone strike on the US naval base caused a major fire, one official told the BBC, but there were no reports of casualties. Four people have been wounded by Iranian attacks in Bahrain, the official added. In Saudi Arabia, a fire at the Ras Tanura refinery - run by the country's state oil company, Aramco - had been brought under control on Monday after two drones were intercepted, officials said. Officials in Jordan, which borders Israel, said its armed forces had shot down ballistic missiles targeting its territory. Oman's state news agency reported on Sunday that Duqm commercial port had been targeted by two drones, injuring one worker. An Iranian drone crashed into RAF Akrotiri at midnight (22:00 GMT Sunday), Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides announced. No casualties were reported and the base sustained "minimal damage", but the UK's Ministry of Defence said family members would be moved. On Monday, a Cypriot government spokesperson said a further two drones heading towards RAF Akrotiri had been intercepted. Global oil and gas prices rose sharply on Monday, with producers, insurers and shipping firms affected by war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The cost of European gas soared over 30% after the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Qatar Energy, said it was halting production. Qatar supplies around a fifth of global LNG supplies. The past two days have seen several reports of attacks on shipping in the Strait. The minister defends the UK's stance on Iran, as the US president says the relationship is "obviously not what it was". A petrol station manager warns prices may go up by 10p per litre as suppliers increase charges. Iranian official threatens to "set fire" to any ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Planes across Qatar and Dubai have been grounded due to the missile strikes. Rwanda accused Washington's move as “one sided” and politically motivated.