Mideast Crisis: Iran's Internet Blackout, Child Deaths, Regional Instability Deepens

• Iranians use brief internet access to send messages of hope and fear, with a 23-year-old in Tehran expressing hope for the Islamic Republic's fall after anti-government protests.
• US State Department assisted nearly 6,500 Americans in the Mideast, arranging charter flights and providing information amid regional instability and embassy closures.
• Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed seven children and injured 38, displacing nearly 60,000 people, including 18,000 children, according to UNICEF.
• Iraq's national power grid completely shut down across all provinces, following a halt in a key gas field's operations and a stop in oil production near Basra.
• Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated Iran resorted to self-defense after failed diplomacy and US/Israeli attacks, while US officials reported a significant drop in Iranian missile and drone firings.