Middle East crisis live: Funeral procession for supreme leader Ali Khamenei begins in Iran

Millions join funeral procession in capital of Tehran to mourn Khamenei who was kiled in US-Israel airstrikes in February Guardian defence and security editor Dan Sabbagh has a story today on how Israel identified around 1,000 potential targets a day in Gaza and Lebanon during the first two years of the war. He writes: ‘A total of 850,000 targets were detected in real time by the Israeli Tzayad digital army programme across all the military’s theatres of war between 7 October and the end of 2025, the company said at a military conference in London.’ Sabbagh also has comment from a former senior targeting adviser and policy analyst at the US Pentagon, who said the 850,000 figure was highly concerning. Continue reading...