Saudi police were roaming around the diplomatic quarter and checking the IDs of everyone who entered. The Saudi Foreign Ministry described the attack as “heinous and unjustified”.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards spokesman Ali Mohammad Naeni meanwhile warned that “the gates of hell will keep opening more and more for the United States and Israel every moment”.
UN rights chief Volker Turk said he was “deeply shocked” by the civilian deaths in the war, and the UN nuclear watchdog said Iran’s Natanz enrichment plant showed “recent damage” in satellite imagery.
On Monday, the US State Department urged “Americans to leave now” from all countries and regions in the Middle East “due to serious security risks”.
Meanwhile, Israel said it was capturing new forward positions inside southern Lebanon, as Hezbollah fired missiles in support of its ally Iran, prompting fierce Israeli bombardments.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Israeli forces were authorized “to advance and take control of additional strategic positions in Lebanon to prevent attacks on Israeli border communities.”
Shortly afterwards, the military spokesman said: “In practice, Northern Command has stepped up… and as we promised, is creating a buffer between our residents and any threat.”
A Lebanese army source said that Israeli forces had advanced from around the Kfar fortress, in an apparent attempt to “establish a broad security belt in southern Lebanon”.