The war in the Middle East has intensified Monday with attacks from Iran and Iranian-backed militias hitting Israel and Arab states.

Iran has repeatedly fired multiple missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbors, targeting American bases and allies, after the U.S. and Israel attacked Tehran on Saturday, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The Israeli military says strikes on Beirut and parts of southern Lebanon are a response to attacks on northern Israel by Iran-backed Hezbollah.

As the U.S. and Israel continued to strike Iran on Monday following a major attack over the weekend that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, misrepresented images related to the war spread widely online.

Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S. That's according t

Escalating Middle East tensions see U.S. and Israeli forces launch strikes against Iran and its proxies. Iranian missiles hit Israel and Kuwait as Qatar downs Iranian jets.

The Trump administration has defended the war on Iran by arguing that the Middle Eastern country posed a significant threat to the United States. Officials argued that Iran was nearing the development of a nuclear weapon and ballistic missiles capable of reaching U.S. territory.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters at the Capitol on Monday about the reasoning behind the U.S. strike on Iran this weekend:

Iranian Canadians gathering at a Richmond Hill, Ont., rally Saturday say they’re overjoyed by the U.S. and Israeli intervention in Iran.