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#USIranWarEscalation US and Israel’s bombardment of Iran and Lebanon continues, with a strike on a hotel near Beirut and the building of the Assembly of Experts in Qom as the death toll surpasses 800 in both countries. Tehran continues retaliatory attacks on Israel and US targets in the Middle East for a fourth night, with strikes reported on Washington’s consulate in Dubai and a port in the city of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates.The US-Israeli war on Iran is disrupting the global supply chain, with shipping closed in the vital Strait of Hormuz and planes carrying air cargo grounded by the closure of airspace in the Middle East. That is expected to affect the availability and pricing of a wide range of goods, the longer the conflict continues, Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice at Syracuse University, tells the AP news agency. Clarksons Research, which tracks shipping data, estimates that about 3,200 ships, or about 4 percent of global ship tonnage, are idle in the Gulf, although that includes about 1,230 that likely operate only within the Gulf, the AP reports.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday they had launched about 40 missiles at US and Israeli targets on the fifth day of war in the Middle East. “Several hours ago, the 17th wave of operation Honest Promise 4 was conducted with the launch of 40 missiles by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ aerospace forces, towards American and Zionist targets,” a statement read on state TV said, without giving further details.