Have hit more than 2,000 targets in Iran: White House

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The US has hit more than 2,000 targets in Iran, “destroying hundreds and hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones,” White House Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has told reporters, Al Jazeera reports.

The US, she says, destroyed 20 Iranian naval vessels, including the submarine that was sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, the US on March 4. — AFP
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, the US on March 4. — AFP

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