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US commentator Tucker Carlson claimed in a tweet that Saudi Arabia and Qatar detained Israeli Mossad operatives allegedly planning bombings in Gulf countries.

At least 42 civilians have been killed and 104 injured in escalating clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to UN officials.

Saudi Arabia has firmly denied reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pushed for US strikes on Iran.

Spain on Sunday said it would not allow the United States to use its air bases for operations related to the strikes in Iran, deeming the attacks a violation of international law.

"We will burn any ship that tries to pass through the Strait of Hormuz," General Sardar Jabbari said in a post on the Guards' Telegram channel. 

Qatar downed two Iranian bombers and halted LNG production on Monday, as Tehran widened its attacks to hit oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE in a sharply escalating Gulf crisis that has sent prices soaring.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted a United States air base in Bahrain, the Islamic republic's elite force said in a statement carried on Tuesday by the official IRNA news agency.

US President Donald Trump warned that his attack on Iran could run longer than a month, as Tehran retaliated to ongoing strikes by targeting US allies in the Gulf and drones hit the US embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.