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Israel has launched a series of strikes against Iran, targeting the country’s nuclear program and other military infrastructure. Iran has launched its own strikes in retaliation.
It follows daytime attacks from both sides, with Israeli strikes in Tehran continuing and Iran firing more missiles towards Israel.
The Israeli military claims its campaign has eliminated high-value targets, including nine senior scientists, and severely damaged Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Iranian authorities confirmed damage to four critical buildings at the Isfahan uranium conversion facility,
The missile and air war that Israel and Iran have spent decades planning for has come, and it is spectacular and terrifying. Israeli officials say they need at least two weeks to degrade Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities.
The Israeli military struck "over 170 targets" in Iran in three days, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.
Iran and Israel continued on Sunday their aerial attacks, which began Friday with a series of Israeli strikes on Iran.
The path to diplomacy appeared to narrow after officials called off talks that had been set for Sunday between Tehran and Washington on Iran’s nuclear program.
Israel and Iran kept up their attacks, killing and wounding civilians and raising concern among world leaders meeting in Canada this week that the biggest battle between the two old enemies could lead to a broader regional conflict.
Iranian media reported that Israel struck the South Pars Gas Field in what would be the first attack on an Iranian energy site.
"The full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," Trump warned.
CNN’s Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond shows aftermath of the latest wave of Iranian missile strikes as rescue and military personnel searched through rubble at a scene.