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Rescue workers and military personnel inspect the site of a direct hit from an Iranian missile strike in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2025
Iranian barrage strikes hospital in southern Israel as conflict enters day seven
TEL AVIV — Iran launched around 20 ballistic missiles at Israel early Thursday, marking the seventh day of conflict. The barrage appeared to be in direct retaliation for Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.One of the missiles struck Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, causing a direct hit, according to Israeli officials.Black smoke billowed from Soroka Medical Center following the strike, prompting emergency teams to evacuate patients from the facility, writes the Associated Press.Two doctors reported that the missile struck shortly after air raid sirens sounded, causing a loud explosion audible even from inside a safe room.The number of injured after a wave of Iranian missile strikes in Israel has risen to 65, Israel's Magen David Adom emergency services...
June 19, 2025

Iranian barrage strikes hospital in southern Israel as conflict enters day seven

Ayatollah Ali Sistani
Iraq's Sistani condemns threats against Iran’s Supreme Leader
BAGHDAD — Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, the highest Shia religious authority in Iraq, has strongly condemned any threats or assassination attempts targeting Iran’s Ali Khamenei.In a statement published on his official website, Sistani warned that such actions would violate religious, moral, and international laws, carrying “very serious consequences for the entire region.”He cautioned that these acts could trigger “widespread chaos that would worsen the suffering of the region’s people and severely damage everyone’s interests.”Sistani called on global governments to work towards ending the ongoing conflict and to pursue a peaceful resolution to Iran’s nuclear issue.Sistani holds spiritual authority over millions of Shia Muslims in Iraq and around the world. — Euronews
June 19, 2025

Iraq's Sistani condemns threats against Iran’s Supreme Leader

President Donald Trump meets with members of the Juventus soccer club in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
Trump focused on avoiding wider conflict as he nears decision on US strikes in Iran
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump weighs whether to join Israel’s strikes on Iran — including using bunker-busting bombs to target nuclear facilities deep underground — a discussion is underway among his top officials over how the US can strike those targets without becoming embroiled in a full-scale war, sources familiar with the matter said.For Trump, trying to avoid prolonging the conflict that began last Thursday has become a top imperative. While he is receptive to arguments, including from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that only the US can decisively end Iran’s nuclear ambitions, he is deeply wary of becoming bogged down in the type of foreign conflict he vowed to avoid, the sources said.Over the weekend, some US allies received word that the Trump...
June 19, 2025

Trump focused on avoiding wider conflict as he nears decision on US strikes in Iran

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel launches a new wave of airstrikes
TEL AVIV/TEHRAN — Intense Israeli airstrikes targeted Iran’s capital, Tehran, early on Wednesday after it issued a warning about a new area it could target.A major explosion could be heard around 5 am local time in Tehran. Iranian officials offered no acknowledgment of the attacks, which has become increasingly common as the Israeli airstrike campaign has intensified since it began on Friday.The Israelis earlier warned they could strike a neighborhood south of Mehrabad International Airport, which includes residential buildings, military installations, pharmaceutical companies and industrial firms.The attacks come just a day after US President Donald Trump warned Tehran's residents to evacuate and demanded the country’s unconditional surrender.Trump departed the Group of Seven...
June 18, 2025

Explosions heard in Tehran as Israel launches a new wave of airstrikes

Kaja Kallas has spoken against the idea of the United States direct involvement in the military escalation between Israel and Iran
US action against Iran would fuel 'broader conflict' in the Middle East, EU's Kaja Kallas warns
BRUSSELS — Potential military involvement by the United States in the wave of strikes between Israel and Iran would "definitely drag" the entire Middle East into a wider, more dangerous conflict, High Representative Kaja Kallas has said.Her warning came after Donald Trump openly suggested his country, a staunch backer of Israel, might take a hands-on approach to end the hostilities."We're not involved in it. It's possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved," Trump told ABC News on Sunday. He later said the US would be "gloves off" if Iran were to "touch our troops".On Tuesday, Kallas made clear the European Union would not back America's armed intervention."When it comes to the United States getting...
June 18, 2025

US action against Iran would fuel 'broader conflict' in the Middle East, EU's Kaja Kallas warns

A pilot prepares to take off on a US Air Force fighter aircraft F-35, 14 February 2023
Massive military jet shuffle signals possible groundwork for US action
WASHINGTON — Multiple US military refueling tankers and US fighter jets were reported to be moving east above the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday afternoon, amid concerns that Washington may join Israel in military strikes on Iranian missile and nuclear activities sites.“Iran can not have a nuclear weapon,” Trump wrote Monday night before returning to Washington early from the G7 summit in Canada. “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran,” he added.Trump’s ominous warning to residents of the Iranian capital marked a sudden shift from the previous US position of not getting directly involved militarily in the conflict and rather looking for a negotiated solution for “peace”.Euronews' observations of real-time aviation monitoring portal Flightradar24, corroborated by...
June 18, 2025

Massive military jet shuffle signals possible groundwork for US action

A funeral was held today after Iranian strikes killed four people in the northern Arab-Israeli city of Tamra on the weekend
Iran launches fresh missile attack on Israel as conflict enters fifth day
TEHRAN/TEL AVIV — The fifth day of hostilities between Israel and Iran began with Iran launching a fresh wave of strikes, as US President Donald Trump denied reports that he left the G7 summit to pursue a ceasefire deal.Trump has called for the immediate evacuation of all of Tehran, issuing the warning shortly after Israeli forces told residents in parts of north-eastern Tehran to leave ahead of planned strikes on what they described as “military infrastructure.”The announcements came on the fifth day of hostilities between Iran and Israel, as both sides continue trading strikes in a conflict that shows no sign of slowing.Overnight, explosions and heavy air defense fire were reported in Tehran, as Iranian state media confirmed Israeli airstrikes hit the capital, including a direct...
June 17, 2025

Iran launches fresh missile attack on Israel as conflict enters fifth day

Tuesday's attack is the latest in almost daily shootings that have been taking place near aid distribution sites in Gaza
Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces have killed more than 51 Palestinians and wounded many more after opening fire near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza, witnesses and rescuers say.The Hamas-run civil defense agency said Israeli troops fired on crowds near the aid site in Khan Younis. More than 200 people were reportedly injured.The Israeli military has told the BBC it is looking into the reports.It is the latest, and potentially the deadliest, of the almost daily shootings that have been taking place recently near aid distribution sites in Gaza.Almost all the casualties in Gaza in recent days have been linked to the delivery of aid rather than Israeli strikes on Hamas targets.Witnesses say that Israeli forces opened fire and shelled an area near a junction to the east of Khan Younis,...
June 17, 2025

Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say

Long lines of cars have been seen on the main roads out of Tehran in recent days
Thousands flee Tehran as conflict with Israel continues to escalate
TEHRAN — The Iranian capital Tehran, home to around 10 million people and one of the biggest cities in the Middle East, has seen a mass exodus as the conflict with Israel intensifies.Early on Tuesday, the city's bustling downtown began to empty, with many shops closed and the historic Grand Bazaar shuttered, something that had not occurred since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.A partial evacuation order from the Israeli military was issued to 330,000 people living in the centre of Tehran early on Monday. However, many had already begun to flee following attacks at the weekend.Traffic jams stretched for kilometers on roads leading out of the city, with many heading toward the Caspian Sea region.Long lines also formed at gas stations as residents scrambled to get fuel, with limits on...
June 17, 2025

Thousands flee Tehran as conflict with Israel continues to escalate

A woman mourns over the body of a Palestinian killed by an Israeli airstrike at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 4, 2025.
As Iran-Israel conflict escalates, Gazans fear their suffering will become invisible
GAZA — The young girl sits on the dusty floor, clutching her father’s shoe close to her chest as she cries and screams in anger. Bisan Qwaider is inconsolable. Her father has just been killed while trying to get food for her and her 10 hungry siblings.Khaled Sha’ath, the photojournalist who captured the scene of Qwaider’s grief on Sunday, told CNN that Bisan’s father, Shadi, had left the family’s tent in Mawassi, in southern Gaza, a few days earlier for Ma’an, just east of Khan Younis.Shadi knew travel to the area was dangerous: Ma’an had been under an Israeli evacuation order for some time and has come under Israeli bombardment. But, despite the risk, his children were hungry and he believed he could get some food there for them.Gaza is facing a hunger crisis. A UN-backed...
June 17, 2025

As Iran-Israel conflict escalates, Gazans fear their suffering will become invisible

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