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June 18, 2025 1:48 PM

Israel-Iran Conflict Enters Sixth Day with Escalating Military Action

The conflict between Israel and Iran has entered its sixth day, with sustained missile strikes, air raids, and cyber warfare raising fears of a broader regional conflagration. Diplomatic channels remain frozen as hostilities intensify across multiple fronts. On Wednesday morning, the Israeli military reported intercepting three drones launched from Iranian territory, triggering air raid sirens in the Golan Heights. No casualties or material damage were reported. Overnight, Iran launche...

June 18, 2025 11:02 AM

Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel-Iran air war enters sixth day

Iran and Israel launched new missile strikes at each other on Wednesday as the air war between the two longtime enemies entered a sixth day despite a call from U.S. President Donald Trump for Tehran's unconditional surrender. The Israeli military said two barrages of Iranian missiles were launched toward Israel in the first two hours of Wednesday morning. Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv. Israel told residents in a southwestern area of Tehran to evacuate so its air force could strike Irania...

June 17, 2025 2:16 PM

Israel says it killed Iran’s wartime chief, Khamenei’s close aide

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday announced that it had eliminated Ali Shadmani, Iran's wartime chief of staff and close aide of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an overnight strike. "Following accurate intelligence received by the Intelligence Branch and a sudden opportunity during the night, Air Force fighter jets attacked a manned headquarters in the heart of Tehran and killed Ali Shadmani, the Chief of Staff of the War, the most senior military commander and the man closes...

June 17, 2025 1:59 PM

Israel Intercepts 30 Iranian Drones as Arab Nations Call for De-escalation

Israel's military intercepted and eliminated 30 drones from Iran overnight, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday, describing it as the least impactful night by the Iranian attacks since the beginning of this operation. The IDF also reported Iran fired several ballistic missiles toward Israel, though the exact number was not specified. Around 20 missiles fired from Iran on Tuesday triggered sirens across Israel, including northern and southern areas, central Israel, Jerusalem, and the West Ban...

June 17, 2025 10:12 AM

Iran strikes Israeli broadcaster as Tehran seeks diplomatic exit through Gulf intermediaries

The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Iran’s national broadcaster, came under direct attack in what Israeli military officials described as retaliation for strikes on Israeli media infrastructure. The assault on IRIB marks a troubling escalation in the targeting of civilian facilities by both sides. On Monday, Iranian missiles struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa, destroying homes and causing civilian casualties as the conflict between the two nations entered its ...

June 16, 2025 3:21 PM

IAEA chief says no further damage at Iranian enrichment facilities

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi provided an update on Monday on the situation at Iran's nuclear facilities after Israel launched military strikes and said there was no sign of further damage at the Natanz or Fordow enrichment sites. Grossi and the International Atomic Energy Agency he heads had previously reported that the smallest of Iran's three enrichment plants, an above-ground pilot plant at the sprawling Natanz nuclear complex, had been destroyed. While there was no sign of a p...

June 16, 2025 2:06 PM

An overview of Iran’s main gas field and oil infrastructure

Israel struck an installation at Iran's South Pars gas field on Saturday, the first attack on Iran's oil and gas sector as part of what the Israeli government had warned would be a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran from building an atomic weapon. Iran has partially suspended gas production from the South Pars field, Iran's portion of the world's largest natural gas reserve, which lies beneath the Gulf and is shared with major gas exporter Qatar. Israel also struck a Tehran fuel depot and a...

June 16, 2025 8:23 AM

Iranian Missile Strikes Kill 10 in Israel as Israeli Warplanes Hit Tehran Oil Depot

Iran and Israel have entered their deadliest phase of direct conflict yet, with at least 10 people killed in Israeli cities and massive fires reported at an oil depot in Tehran following reciprocal strikes on June 15. This marks the third consecutive day of military exchanges, as both governments vow further action amid a rising humanitarian toll and growing regional instability. Devastation in Israeli Cities Emergency services in Israel are racing against time to locate seven individuals stil...

June 15, 2025 9:52 AM

Israel and Iran strike at each other in new wave of attacks

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, stoking fears of a wider conflict after Israel expanded its surprise campaign against its main rival with a strike on the world's biggest gas field. Tehran called off nuclear talks that Washington had said were the only way to halt Israel's bombing, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks were nothing compared with what Iran would see in the coming days. The latest wave of Iranian attacks began...

November 1, 2024 6:24 PM

Israel breaks up another Iran spy ring, security services say

Israeli security forces have broken up a suspected spy ring inside Israel that was working on behalf of Iranian intelligence - the latest such espionage group in weeks to be announced, the Shin Bet and police said on Thursday. In the new incident, an Israeli couple from the town of Lod near Tel Aviv were arrested for gathering intelligence about national infrastructure and security sites including the Mossad spy agency headquarters, as well as surveillance of a female academic, the Shin Bet sec...