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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Netanyahu says Israel has not ruled out killing Iran’s supreme leader
TEL AVIV — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told ABC News in the United States that he has not ruled out eliminating Iran’s Supreme Leader, claiming it would end not escalate the ongoing fighting."We've had half a century of conflict spread by this regime that terrorizes everyone in the Middle East; has bombed the Aramco oil fields in Saudi Arabia; is spreading terrorism and subversion and sabotage everywhere," Netanyahu said.Those comments to US media come on the same day that a US official said that President Donald Trump had previously vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Israel reportedly recently told the Trump administration that it had a plan to kill Khamenei, according to the source who spoke to AP on the condition of...
June 17, 2025

Netanyahu says Israel has not ruled out killing Iran’s supreme leader

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi briefed member states at a meeting in Vienna
Centrifuges at Iran's Natanz site likely destroyed, nuclear watchdog says
VIENNA — Centrifuges at Iran's underground uranium enrichment plant at Natanz were likely to have been "severely damaged if not destroyed altogether" following Israeli strikes on Friday, the head of the global nuclear watchdog has told the BBC.Rafael Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency said this was a result of power cuts caused by the attack, in which an above-ground plant was "completely destroyed".The damage was likely caused despite the underground hall housing the centrifuges — machines that enrich uranium — not being directly hit, he added.He said four buildings were also damaged at the Isfahan nuclear site but no damage was visible at the underground Fordo enrichment plant.Israel said it attacked the sites and killed nine Iranian nuclear...
June 17, 2025

Centrifuges at Iran's Natanz site likely destroyed, nuclear watchdog says

A mourner during the funeral of one of those killed while attempting to get food aid in Rafah
More than 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites
JERUSALEM — At least 22 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire near aid distribution sites operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry said.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC that it was examining the reports.Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed trying to get food from the GHF sites, opened by Israel after it partially lifted a three-month blockade which the UN said had pushed the Gazan population to the brink of starvation.UN human rights chief Volker Turk said: "Israel's means and methods of warfare are inflicting horrifying, unconscionable suffering on Palestinians in Gaza."Addressing the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, he accused Israel of weaponizing food and repeated his call for a full...
June 16, 2025

More than 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid sites

Rescue teams work at the site where a missile launched from Iran struck Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, June 16, 2025
Hundreds reported dead as Israel-Iran conflict continues into fourth day
TEHRAN/TEL AVIV — Iran launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early on Monday, triggering air raid sirens across the country as emergency services reported projectiles striking and shrapnel falling in Israel's north and center, wounding at least 67 people.Authorities in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv said that Iranian missiles had hit a residential building there, charring concrete walls, blowing out windows and heavily damaging multiple apartments.Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service said five were killed and 92 wounded on Monday over the course of Iranian missile strikes on the country — an increase of one on the previous four deaths.The casualties were from strikes on four sites in central Israel, the MDA said in a statement,...
June 16, 2025

Hundreds reported dead as Israel-Iran conflict continues into fourth day

An explosion is seen during a missile attack in Tel Aviv, Israel
Iran missile threat exposes Israel's bunker shortages, sparking safety concerns
TEL AVIV — A ballistic missile fired from Iran struck the wall of a building in central Israel on Monday, breaching a reinforced shelter, a preliminary investigation by Israel's civilian protection military body has revealed.At least four people were killed in that strike: three were found inside the shelter and one in a nearby building, where it is believed the force of the blast threw them.Rescue teams were deployed to try to free those believed to be trapped under the rubble.The incident has sparked widespread concern across Israel and intensified public anger towards the government amid reports that bunkers are failing to withstand strikes from heavy missiles.The Israel Hayom daily paper quoted the Israeli Home Front Command as stating that approximately 40% of Tel Aviv residents...
June 16, 2025

Iran missile threat exposes Israel's bunker shortages, sparking safety concerns

Rescue forces at a building that was hit by ballistic missiles in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday.
Israel raids prison cells in crackdown on Palestinian inmates celebrating Iranian attacks
JERUSALEM — Israel said it had raided its prison cells after officials heard inmates making “expressions of joy” during a round of Iranian airstrikes against Israel.“During the recent round of fighting, sounds of celebration were heard from criminal inmates who are residents of the Palestinian territories” in a prison in central Israel, the country’s prison service said Sunday.It said the prison service’s elite “Metzada” unit had been called in to raid the cells and remove those involved.In a video shared by the prison services, armed troops were seen storming a prison, pointing guns at inmates as they took cover on the floor of their cell. One of the men was seen lying face down as an officer bound his hands with a zip tie. Another man was blindfolded. Several men were...
June 16, 2025

Israel raids prison cells in crackdown on Palestinian inmates celebrating Iranian attacks

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday.
Iran has fired 370 ballistic missiles at Israel since hostilities began, Israel says
TEL AVIV — Iran has fired 370 ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel over four days of conflict, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said.By Monday morning, 24 people had been killed in Israel and 592 others wounded, with 10 of those in serious condition, since hostilities began Friday, the statement said.The projectiles successfully struck 30 sites in Israel.In Iran, at least 224 people have been killed since Friday, the country’s health ministry said Sunday, as cited by Iranian state media.Iran’s continued missile strikes on Israel are showing Tehran forces can regroup even after Israel killed multiple military commanders in its initial attack, an analyst told CNN.“They (the Israelis) underestimated the Iranian ability to regroup after the Israelis very...
June 16, 2025

Iran has fired 370 ballistic missiles at Israel since hostilities began, Israel says

US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader
Trump told Israel not to target Iran's supreme leader, says report
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials have told CBS News.Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that assassinating Khamenei was "not a good idea", according to one official. The president has not commented publicly on the report.The conversation is said to have happened since Israel launched its attack on Iran on Friday.During an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu did not directly confirm or deny a report from Reuters that Trump had vetoed a plan to kill the ayatollah."There's so many false reports of conversations that never happened and I'm not going to get into that," the Israeli prime minister said."But I can tell you I...
June 16, 2025

Trump told Israel not to target Iran's supreme leader, says report

Sir Keir Starmer
Alarmed European leaders urge immediate de-escalation between Israel and Iran
BRUSSELS — European leaders are voicing alarm over the military attacks launched overnight between Israel and Iran and calling for immediate de-escalation to avoid an all-out war that could spiral across the Middle East and beyond.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was one of the first heads of government to react, urging "all parties to step back and reduce tensions urgently"."Escalation serves no one in the region. Stability in the Middle East must be the priority and we are engaging partners to de-escalate," Starmer said on social media. "Now is the time for restraint, calm and a return to diplomacy."His Dutch counterpart, Dick Schoof, issued a similar message."Alarming attacks in the Middle East," Schoof said. "The Netherlands calls on...
June 13, 2025

Alarmed European leaders urge immediate de-escalation between Israel and Iran

Rising crude oil prices can push up how much we pay at the pumps
Oil prices soar after Israel attacks Iran
LONDON — Global oil prices have jumped after Israel said it had struck Iran, in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East.The price of the benchmark Brent crude was up by more than 10% shortly after the news emerged, reaching its highest level since January.Traders are concerned that a conflict between Iran and Israel could disrupt supplies coming from the energy-rich region.The cost of crude oil affects everything from how much it costs to fill up your car to the price of food at the supermarket.After the initial jump, oil prices eased a little. But Brent crude was still about 8% higher than Thursday's closing price, trading at about $74.65 a barrel.Despite Friday's moves, oil prices are still more than 10% lower than where they were at the same point last year. They...
June 13, 2025

Oil prices soar after Israel attacks Iran

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