U.S. President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, ‘Today Iran will be hit very hard!’ while noting an apology by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier in the day to neighboring nations over Tehran’s attacks.

Regional Fallout from Escalating Conflicts

Gulf countries reported intercepting more ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran. Saudi Arabia said it stopped four drones attacking the country’s massive Shaybah oil field, the second attack within hours. Flights in and out of Dubai International Airport were interrupted after passengers were ushered down into train tunnels as several blasts were heard and the alert sounded.

Israeli warplanes struck Beirut and Tehran, with the death toll continuing to rise Saturday. At least 1,230 people were killed in Iran, more than 200 in Lebanon, and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials. Six U.S. troops were reported killed in the ongoing conflict.

The U.S. administration approved a new $151 million arms sale to Israel after Trump said he would not negotiate with Iran without its ‘unconditional surrender.’

American Evacuations and Family Appeals

The State Department said more than 28,000 Americans have returned to the United States from the Middle East since the start of the Iran war seven days ago. The vast majority of those have made their way home without government assistance on commercial flights, although the department said it had organized more than a dozen charter flights that had evacuated several thousand Americans.

The department also said it had offered direct assistance — in the form of safety and security information as well as providing charter options — to more than 16,000 U.S. citizens who have reached out for help.

The family of Israeli soldier Ron Arad, who has been missing for more than 40 years, urged Israel’s leaders not to endanger the lives of soldiers in their search for his remains. Tami Arad, his daughter, wrote on Facebook that ‘our desire to know what happened to Ron stops the moment it endangers Israeli soldiers.’

The Israeli military said on Saturday that troops had searched in Lebanon overnight for the body of Ron Arad, a pilot shot down over Lebanon in 1986. The clashes killed more than 41 people in Lebanon, the Health Ministry said.

Trump’s Summit and Regional Focus

President Donald Trump is gathering with Latin American leaders on Saturday at his Miami-area golf club as his administration looks to demonstrate that it is still committed to sharpening U.S. foreign policy focus on the Western Hemisphere, even as it deals with five-alarm crises around the globe.

The gathering, which the White House is calling the ‘Shield of the Americas’ summit, comes just two months after Trump ordered an audacious U.S. military operation to capture Venezuela’s then-president, Nicolás Maduro, and whisk him and his wife to the United States to face drug conspiracy charges.

Looming even larger is Trump’s decision to join with Israel to launch a war on Iran one week ago, a conflict that has left hundreds dead, convulsed global markets, and unsettled the broader Middle East.

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that peace in the Middle East is still possible, according to his office’s account of a phone call. Erdogan said there were ‘still things that can be done’ to promote dialogue between the U.S. and Iran.

Kuwait intercepted a drone attacking the Gulf country on Saturday. The National Guard, which assists the country’s military in intercepting Iranian missiles and drones, made the announcement in a social media post. No casualties were reported.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israeli airstrikes on the eastern town of Nabi Chit and nearby areas left 41 dead and 40 wounded. The area witnessed intense clashes and airstrikes overnight after an Israeli force landed there and clashed with local gunmen.

The Israeli military said it did not find Arad’s remains. Iran launched ballistic missiles and drones at the UAE on Saturday, with the United Arab Emirates reporting that 16 ballistic missiles and 121 drones were launched, of which only two drones struck the nation.

Jordan has been attacked with 119 missiles and drones since the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran a week ago, authorities said Saturday. Fourteen people have been injured in the attacks, with most suffering minor injuries from falling shrapnel.

Three Lebanese troops were killed in an Israeli military operation to gather information on a pilot who has been missing in Lebanon for almost 40 years, Lebanon’s military said Saturday. The Israeli army said it found no evidence related to pilot Ron Arad, who was captured alive after his fighter jet crashed over south Lebanon in 1986.

An Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, urged the country’s Assembly of Experts to act quickly and name a new supreme leader, likely in response to the ongoing political confusion. Buildings associated with the 88-cleric panel have been hit by airstrikes in the war, likely slowing any meeting of the group.