Iran responds to second day of US strikes by firing at Gulf states and Jordan

An Indian official said a US attack on an oil tanker allegedly trying to violate Washington’s blockade on Iranian ports killed three Indian mariners

People run in front of burned cars that were attacked in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon (Mohammed Zaatari/AP)

The US and Iran traded strikes for a second day, pushing the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war.

The American attack, which lasted into Thursday morning in Iran, appeared more intense and wider than the day before, but Tehran released little information on the extent of the damage.