As Iran retaliates, largest US military base in Middle East hit by ballistic missile, Qatar says

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he believes American bases are "legitimate targets" in a new interview with Iranian state TV.

"When the United States attacks us -- whether by fighter jets or the ships it deploys -- they have access to our territory to strike with all kinds of missiles and aircraft. We cannot reach their territory, but we can reach their bases. I think those bases are legitimate targets," Araghchi said.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the classified briefing on Iran between Trump administration officials and members of the Gang of 8 "raised more questions than it answered."

"Look, a whole lot of questions were asked," Schumer told reporters Monday following the briefing on Capitol Hill. "I found their answers completely and totally insufficient. In fact, at least to me, that briefing raised many more questions than it answered."

House Speaker Mike Johnson, meanwhile, said he was "very satisfied" with the closed-door briefing after hearing from CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Johnson called the attack on Iran a "defensive operation" -- echoing Rubio's reasoning that an Israeli operation was already in motion -- and that the administration "had a very difficult decision to make."

"The first responsibility of the federal government is to protect the country and its interests, and that's what we did here," Johnson said.

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Six U.S. service members have been killed since the operation against Iran began, according to U.S. Central Command.

"U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran's initial attacks in the region," CENTCOM said in a statement Monday. "Major combat operations continue."

All six deaths occurred from a single incident in Kuwait, sources told ABC News.

The names of the fallen troops will be withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification, CENTCOM said.

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said the Strait of Hormuz is "closed."

"The strait is closed, and whoever wants to cross, our heroes in the navy of the IRGC and army will set those ships on fire," Brigadier General Ebrahim Jabari said on Iranian state TV earlier.

The Strait of Hormuz is one world's most important chokepoints for oil. Roughly 20% of the world’s oil passes through the Strait, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.