Nepal, June 23 -- Iran has launched a missile attack targeting the US' Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Al Jazeera reported. The assault comes amid escalating hostilities in the Middle East, with loud explosions and bright flares reported over Doha, the Qatari capital.

The strike follows a day of intense cross-border attacks between Iran and Israel, triggered by U.S. airstrikes on three major Iranian nuclear facilities. In retaliation, Iran has fired multiple waves of missiles and drones into Israeli territory, while explosions have also rocked Iran's capital, Tehran, after Israeli air raids targeted government and military sites.

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