The Middle East has been engulfed in a brutal night of fire on two fronts, as joint US–Israeli airstrikes set Iranian oil depots ablaze while a separate wave of Israeli bombardments killed more than 40 people across Lebanon, officials say.

In Iran, precision munitions slammed into fuel storage complexes near Bandar Abbas and along the southwestern pipeline corridor shortly after midnight. Satellite imagery shows giant tank farms ruptured, with walls of fire visible from space and thick black smoke drifting across the Gulf coast. Tehran admits “significant damage” and dozens of casualties among workers battling infernos that continue to rage at dawn.