War casualties mount:

• US, Israel Pound Iran as Trump Signals Willingness to Talk to New Leadership After Khamenei’s Death (AP)
• 3 American Troops Killed, and Trump Says More 'Likely,' in War Against Iran (NPR)

The net of hostility expands:

• Israel Strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon as Iran Conflict Spreads Across Region (Washington Post)
• War Widens to Include Iranian-backed Militias as Israeli and American Planes Pound Iran (AP)
• Allies of US in the Gulf Bear Brunt of Iran Attacks (BBC)
• Why Did Iran Bomb Dubai? A Middle East Expert Explains the Regional Alliances at Play (The Conversation)
• After Iran’s Salvo Hit Their Skylines, Will Gulf States Enter the War? (Aljazeera)
• Iran Strikes Day 3: Israel Says ‘No Timeline’ for Its Military Attacks Alongside US (SCMP)
• European Military Installations Are Targeted in Iran Retaliation (Defense News)
• Hundreds of Thousands of Travelers Stranded Following U.S.-Israel Attacks on Iran (PBS)
• U.S. Cities Step Up Security amid Iran Tensions (Axios)
• FBI Probing Whether Iran Attack Motivated Austin Shooter Who Killed 2 (Washington Post)

The economic consequences of war:

• Oil Prices Soar and Stock Prices Fall as US-Israel War with Iran Rattles Markets (AP)
• Stock Investors Brace for Iran War’s Economic Repercussions (NY Times)

The grounds offered for the war are in doubt:

• US Intel Did Not Suggest a Preemptive Strike from Iran Before US-Israeli Attacks, AP Sources Say (AP)
• Pentagon Offers No Evidence to Support Claim It Attacked Iran in Defense (Politico)

The political (and diplomatic) consequences of war:

• Congress Gears Up for Vote on Trump's War Powers in Iran — After the Battle Began (NPR)
• Democrats Denounce Trump’s Iran Attack, but Subtle Divisions Emerge (NY Times)
• Trump’s Attack on Iran Risks Alienating War-weary Supporters (Washington Post)
• Experts React: How the US War with Iran Is Playing Out Around the Middle East (Atlantic Council)
• US Allies and Foes Left Scrambling as Trump Catches Them Off-guard on Iran (The Guardian)
• How Iran Chooses Its Supreme Leader, and Who Could Be Next? (CNBC)
• Iran’s Larijani Refutes Claims Tehran Pushed to Resume US Talks (Aljazeera)
• Why Diplomacy Was Doomed: Trump’s Issue Was Iran’s Leadership Itself (NY Times)

"The Reuters Ipsos poll was conducted beginning on Saturday and closing on Sunday, before the administration of President Donald Trump announced that the first US troops had been killed in the conflict":

• Poll Suggests Only a Quarter of Americans Support Attacks on Iran (Aljazeera)

"The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law":

• Deadly Bombing of Iran Primary School ‘a Grave Violation of Humanitarian Law’: UNESCO (UN)

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