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Israel-Iran clashes escalate; civilians urged to evacuate target areas

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By Alexander Cornwell, Parisa Hafezi and Steve Holland

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on Sunday, killing and wounding civilians and raising concerns of a broader regional conflict, with both militaries urging civilians on the opposing side to take precautions against further strikes.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he hoped a meeting of the Group of Seven leaders convening in Canada on Sunday would reach an agreement to help resolve the conflict and keep it from escalating.

The Israeli military, which launched the attacks on Friday with the stated aim of wiping out Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, warned Iranians living near weapons facilities to evacuate.

"Iran will pay a heavy price for the murder of civilians, women and children," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said from a balcony overlooking blown-out apartments where six people were killed in Bat Yam, a town south of Tel Aviv.

Iran's armed forces told residents of Israel to leave the vicinity of "vital areas" for their safety.

"Do not stay or travel near these critical areas," an Iranian armed forces spokesperson said in a video broadcast by state TV around the time that Iran sent a new barrage of missiles towards Israel.

DEATH TOLL RISES

In Israel, rescue teams combed through rubble of residential buildings destroyed by Iranian missiles, using sniffer dogs and heavy excavators to look for survivors after at least 10 people, including children, were killed, raising the two-day toll to 13.

Explosions rattled Tel Aviv in the afternoon as Iran launched its first daylight missile raid since Israel attacked on Friday. There were no immediate reports of direct hits in the initial barrage.

Hours later, shortly after nightfall, Iran launched a second wave of missiles, which struck Haifa, a mixed Jewish-Arab city in northern Israel. An Israeli military official said that an elderly care facility was hit. The national emergency service reported 9 people were injured in the strike, along with 2 others following a missile impact in southern Israel.

In Bat Yam on Sunday evening, shocked residents gathered to survey the damage, while many across Israel braced for another sleepless night, unsure of what may come next.  

"It's very dreadful. It's not fun. People are losing their lives and their homes," said Shem, 29, whose home was shaken overnight when a missile struck a nearby apartment tower.

In Iran, images from the capital showed the night sky lit up by a huge blaze at a fuel depot after Israel began strikes against Iran's oil and gas sector - raising the stakes for the global economy and the functioning of the Iranian state.

Iran has not given a full death toll but said 78 people were killed on Friday and scores more have died since, including in a single attack that killed 60 on Saturday, half of them children, in a 14-story apartment block flattened in Tehran.

TRUMP VETOES PLAN TO TARGET KHAMENEI, OFFICIALS SAY

In Washington, two U.S. officials told Reuters that U.S. President Donald Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we're not even talking about going after the political leadership," said one of the sources, a senior U.S. administration official.

When asked about the Reuters report, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Sunday: "There's so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I'm not going to get into that."

"We do what we need to do," he told Fox's "Special Report With Bret Baier."

Regime change in Iran could be a result of Israel's military attacks, Netanyahu said in the interview, adding that Israel would do what it takes to remove what he called the "existential threat" posed by Tehran.

Israel's military spokesperson has said the current goal of the campaign is not regime change, but the dismantling of Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and removing its capabilities "to annihilate us".

Israel launched a surprise attack on Friday morning that wiped out the top echelon of Iran's military command and damaged its nuclear sites, and says the campaign will escalate in coming days.

The intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Kazemi, and his deputy were killed in Israeli attacks on Tehran on Sunday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said.

An Israeli official said there was still a long list of targets in Iran and declined to say how long the offensive would continue. Israel also said it hit an aerial refueling aircraft in eastern Iran in its longest-range attack of the conflict.

Iran has vowed to "open the gates of hell" in retaliation in what has emerged as the biggest-ever confrontation between old enemies.

TRUMP WARNS IRAN NOT TO ATTACK

Israeli skies have been streaked with barrages of Iranian missiles and Israeli interceptor rockets. Some 22 of Iran's 270 ballistic missiles fired over the past two nights breached Israel's anti-missile shield, Israeli authorities say.

Trump has lauded Israel's offensive while denying Iranian allegations that the U.S. has taken part.

"If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," he said in a message on Truth Social. "However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict."

Trump had earlier said the U.S. had no role in Israel's attack and warned Tehran not to widen its retaliation to include U.S. targets. The U.S. military has helped shoot down Iranian missiles that were headed toward Israel, two U.S. officials said on Friday.

Trump has repeatedly said Iran could end the war by agreeing to tough restrictions on its nuclear program, which Iran says is for peaceful purposes but Western countries say could be used to make a bomb.

The latest round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, due on Sunday, was scrapped after Tehran said it would not negotiate while under Israeli attack.

OIL PRICE: TENSE WAIT FOR MARKETS TO OPEN

Financial markets are holding their breath to see whether oil prices surge further when trading resumes on Monday after the weekend, with potentially punishing consequences for the global economy, or settle down on hopes that Gulf exports will escape relatively unscathed.

Oil prices already shot up by 9% on Friday before Israel had struck any Iranian oil and gas targets.

On Sunday, the opening day of the trading week in Israel, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange closed up 0.4%, recovering from earlier losses of nearly 2%.

Since Saturday, Israel has hit the oil depot in Tehran and facilities at Iran's South Fars gas field, the world's largest, which produces gas for domestic consumption.

Israel so far has spared targets associated with Iran's oil exports, while Tehran has yet to follow through on hinted threats to hinder shipping in the Gulf.

With markets reopening within hours, traders say oil buyers have loaded up on long-term contracts for protection in case of supply disruption, but uncertainty could drive wild price swings.

Iran said the situation at the burning Shahran oil depot in the capital was under control. It told citizens to seek shelter in mosques, schools and subways.

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The ayatollahs' regime has one and only one raison d'être: Exterminating Israel and murdering its people.

However, they will also distribute their nukes to their proxies, thus putting the whole world under a grave and unprecedented risk.

When a terrorist and oppressive pseudo-religious regime acts to exterminate another country using nuclear weapons and giant ballistic missiles aimed at population centers – this is genocide.

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Just imagine how much this is costing the US in military readiness. And runs the risk of blowing up the oil market.

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TaiwanIsNotChinaToday  06:35 am JST

Just imagine how much this is costing the US in military readiness. And runs the risk of blowing up the oil market.

It's certainly costing you as a US tax payer.

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NB ,if Iran wanted to up their game,they load 1000 of cluster bomb on a missile, Israel claim to have superiority ,why are Israelis sitting ducks the killing if the supreme leader would illicit mass revolt in all the Gulf state with Shia population Google Gulf State Shia Population

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Israelis have kill American,these European are catching hell from all fronts on the Las Americas live in normal peace

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Israel wants the U.S. to enter the war as it seems Iran is more than capable of defending itself.

The question is do American men and women wish to die as proxies for Israel?

The U.S. needs to stay out of this war!

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Seeing Iran successfully strike Israel multiple times with hypersonic missiles was a bit unexpected. If there's no consistently reliable defence against these missile, it's a bit of a game changer.

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""The latest round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, due on Sunday, was scrapped after Tehran said it would not negotiate while under Israeli attack.""

News reports indicates that Iran No Longer needs to build a nuclear bomb it will purchase it from several available sources.

As one western analyst put it "" If Iran get's into a situation were it needs the nukes for it's own survival they will purchase or it will be given to them by nations like Russia, China, N. Korea, Pakistan and Turkey.""

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Jews in Iran are the largest Jewish group in any Muslim country.

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Jews in Iran are the largest Jewish group in any Muslim country.

And the point?

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Genuine questions:

So a country has a right to attack another only because it is afraid?

How does Israel plan to garner sympathy this time when they attacked first?

Did Israel expect really expect Iran to let them attack unanswered?

What was Iran supposed to do? Is it not polite to reciprocate gifts?

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The ayatollahs' regime has one and only one raison d'être: Exterminating Israel and murdering its people.

100%

However, they will also distribute their nukes to their proxies, thus putting the whole world under a grave and unprecedented risk.

This is why the Israelis can’t let up, not this time.

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Bass4,they loyal too their country

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"It's very dreadful. It's not fun. People are losing their lives and their homes," said Shem, 29, whose home was shaken overnight when a missile struck a nearby apartment tower.

That's pretty much that's what happened to many citizen of neighboring countries of occupier.

Yes indeed, it's not fun.

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@NB...

""When a terrorist and oppressive pseudo-religious regime acts to exterminate another country using nuclear weapons and giant ballistic missiles aimed at population centers – this is genocide.""

The ONLY "pseudo" and child killing religious in the middle east is the one situated now in Jerusalem. Israel is killing 12 to 15 children / day in Gaza.

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can't think of anyone in the world who supports Iran having a nuclear bomb. maybe russia china and NK but they aren't real countries

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The ONLY "pseudo" and child killing religious in the middle east is the one situated now in Jerusalem. Israel is killing 12 to 15 children / day in Gaza.

Yes, war is ugly, I deeply hate war, however, if the Iranians get their hands on nukes, hundreds of thousands of Israeli children will die, and the country as well. Like the old analogy: “kill or be killed” sad but true. Iran was given multiple opportunities and chances to not go this path, they chose not to take. I hope now that they do reconsider.

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----- Iran successfully strike Israel multiple times with hypersonic missiles -----

Four beautiful Arabic women were killed by an Iranian hypersonic missile which hit their home at Tamra, in the north of Israel.

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1j9yp5qle

The "success" of the ayatollahs regime is murder and genocide

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And Bass, as always has inside info.on how many "nukes " Iran has .

According to experts...none.

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"Iran will pay a heavy price for the murder of civilians, women and children," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said

Says the guy who started this war by unilaterally attacking Iran and killing scores after wiping out fifty thousand civilians in Gaza.

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And Bass, as always has inside info.on how many "nukes " Iran has .

According to experts...none

Yeah, I’ll take the word of Mossad and the IDF over anti-zionists

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When a terrorist and oppressive pseudo-religious regime acts to exterminate another country using nuclear weapons and giant ballistic missiles aimed at population centers – this is genocide. - NB

You just described Israel to an absolute tee.

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Now Israel is feeling part of what the Palestinians are feeling.

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Memo to Ayatollahs....you have tens of thousands of Jews in Iran

NB says you want to kill Jews. Why havent you killed these ?

Why is this ancient Jewish Iranian community thriving ?

Could it be the hasbara bs. NB spouts is wrong.

In the U.S. most Jews are liberal and yet, they protest against Israel all the time and many, many support the Palestinian causes…could it be (and this is using the same analogy) that maybe there are Iranian Jews who also have a hatred for Israel. You can’t rule that out.

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can't think of anyone in the world who supports Iran having a nuclear bomb. maybe russia china and NK but they aren't real countries - Dango bong

No one is supporting Iran having a nuclear bomb. The usual elimination of nuance to reduce discussion of an issue to into childish black and whites.

Iran as a nation of over 9 million people has the right to develop nuclear power. It is a signatory to the NPT (unlike Israel) and has allowed IAEA inspectors to investigate its nuclear facilities on many occasions. (unlike Israel)

The reason a nation like Iran would want to develop nuclear weapons is to protect itself from exactly the sort of attacks Israel just carried out. An unprovoked surprise attack launched in the middle of negotiations. Attacked by a nation that itself has been developing nuclear weapons secretly, unchecked and unrestricted for decades. A nation that is also responsible for the longest military occupation in modern history, is on trial for Genocide and who's Prime Minister is a wanted war criminal.

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This whole mess has nothing to do with Iran being on the verge of having a nuclear weapon. Rather it is about the fact that immediately prior to Israel launching this attack on Iran, Bibi's coalition partner Shas was about to pull out of their coalition over a law that allows ultra orthodox seminar students to be drafted. Shas wanted the law revised and was threatening to leave the coalition if they didn't get their way. Rather than face an election he might very well loose Bibi that old reprobate launched Israel into a new and very dangerous war. Every one of these Iranian and Israeli casualties died so Bibi could stay in office.

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Israel....sort of in a lot of doo doo at the moment.

Looking at the Iranian landscape, I would say, they look far worse

And Israel has lost the PR war for generations, despite the protections some publications want to give it.

I don’t think they care, I wouldn’t.

Go Iran!!!!!!Kick some Zionist butt ....take your time, stretch this war out so that Israels economy crumbles.

Uh-huh

Thats the way to hurt Jews....through the precious money.

Well, seems like there might be possible signs of Iran coming back to the table for talks, if so, that might be the best decision they have ever made.

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I know a Muslim, writes NB. I am reminded of the "some of my best fiends are black " when a white racist tries to justify his position.

I did not say that "I know a Muslim". I was talking about a really good friend. We, Jews and Arabs, intermix all the time inside Israel. Rejecting coexitence and peace is racism. Supporting murder on the basis of ethnicity is racism.

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Trump's going to start WWIII. Watch.

Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is just months away from a nuclear weapon for 25 years now.

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Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is just months away from a nuclear weapon for 25 years now.

They detonated a nuclear payload recently. The IAEA approves that they are assembling a warhead.

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If the terrorist regime in Israel wants these retaliatory attacks to cease, all they have to do is release the hostages, lay down their weapons and surrender.

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Just imagine Iran being a nuclear weapons power, proliferating to their proxies, etc. it's an existential threat to entire world, unlike lousy territorial matters in Ukraine.

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Unlike Israel being a threat to almost all of its neighbors!

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Oddly, Pres. Putin is a key player needed to help convince Iran to not continue their relentless push achieve nuclear weaponization. Pres. Xi as well.

It turns out western world needs to work with other serious global leaders to achieve global stability, especially ending this Iran Israel war before it escalates, damaging the world far more than any conflict since WWII

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Trump's going to start WWIII. Watch.

No, he’s trying to prevent it.

Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is just months away from a nuclear weapon for 25 years now.

Yes, but now they’re back to the drawing board.

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Just imagine Iran being a nuclear weapons power

It's a good thing that the deal negotiated in 2015, where Iran agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons and submit to regular inspections, makes this an impossibility. The only thing that could go wrong is if the US president did something crazy, like pull out of the deal for no reason.

I actually haven't kept up with the news on this, so let me take a big sip of coffee before I check the status of the deal...

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Trump has done nothing to reel in Netanyahu, who won't listen anyway. The nuclear talks are DOA.

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"Iran will pay a heavy price for the murder of civilians, women and children," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said from a balcony overlooking blown-out apartments where six people were killed in Bat Yam, a town south of Tel Aviv.

After what we have all witnessed of the IDF's MO in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Iran during the last 2 years, not to mention decades, this war-criminal's chutzpah is vomit-inducing. He knows we know what he has done to Gaza, but as an arrogant "Untouchable" enjoying the impunity of his power, he doesn't give a fig for the world's revulsion over his jaw-dropping hypocrisy.

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"Iran will pay a heavy price for the murder of civilians, women and children," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said from a balcony overlooking blown-out apartments where six people were killed in Bat Yam, a town south of Tel Aviv.

After what we have all witnessed of the IDF's MO in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Iran during the last 2 years, not to mention decades, this war-criminal's chutzpah is vomit-inducing. He knows we know what he has done to Gaza, but as an arrogant "Untouchable" enjoying the impunity of his power, he doesn't give a fig for the world's revulsion over his jaw-dropping hypocrisy.

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If Iran wanted to go nuclear,they can load missile with spent nuclear fuel,it would make area of Israel contaminated like Fukushima

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Israel just agreed to a hostage exchange deal in Gaza!!?

Looks like Bibi is Feeling the heat.

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Woody,he got served a slice of humble pie

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Trump has done nothing to reel in Netanyahu, who won't listen anyway.

Why should he?

The nuclear talks are DOA.

Perhaps

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Why should he?

To prevent World War III. I dunno, seems like a good idea.

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To prevent World War III. I dunno, seems like a good idea.

Dunno, seems hard for Iran to do now at this stage.

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bass4funk

Trump has done nothing to reel in Netanyahu, who won't listen anyway.

Why should he?

To prevent a Middle East war.

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Dunno, seems hard for Iran to do now at this stage.

Another non-sequitur, but okay.

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Another non-sequitur, but okay.

Just keeping it real, we want many things in life, but it doesn’t always pan out that way.

To prevent a Middle East war.

What war in the ME?

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This is the deal Iran give up requiring nuclear weapons in exchange that Israel give up there Nuclear arsenal. If not, Missile will keep on raining down on the Jewish instigators. This was the same deal offered in Medina 624 -627 conflict to lay down your arms to Banu Qaynuqa but instead they decide to abandon the Arab own territories for Spain. Here they were also exiled from Spain in 1498 after the defeat of the Muslim Moors where the Muslim Moor took up the offer of integration. The Jew was not even offered the luxury of integration. Kind of tell you that the Jew are just international trouble maker and nothing has changed.

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Looks like Bibi is Feeling the heat.

Yeah, it does seem like it.

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What war in the ME?

The one Israel just started with Iran. The one this article is about.

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News reports Iran just attacked Israel with more than 100 missiles.

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For Iran to truly give up their objective of nuclear weapons, means they're going to need to receive 'nuclear' umbrella protection from Russia and/or China, much like the US provides Japan, SK, etc.

Above, path to prevent dangerous proliferation of nuclear weapons across world. As a result, Putin and Xi needed to stop this war and Iran's weapons enrichment.

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The one Israel just started with Iran. The one this article is about.

Seems like the Israelis eliminated a problem

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Israel media reporting More than 10 missiles scored direct hits.

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Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is just months away from a nuclear weapon for 25 years now.

The real story is that Bibi's coalition was days away from collapse as Shas threatened to leave. This would likely force an election that Bibi would loose.

They detonated a nuclear payload recently. The IAEA approves that they are assembling a warhead.

That is not what they sald. What the IAEA did say was that Iran was out of compliance with its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/iaea-board-declares-iran-breach-non-proliferation-duties-diplomats-say-2025-06-12/

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This is the deal Iran give up requiring nuclear weapons in exchange that Israel give up there Nuclear arsenal.

They won’t.

If not, Missile will keep on raining down on the Jewish instigators.

Not for long, the IDF will deal with that problem very quickly

Kind of tell you that the Jew are just international trouble maker and nothing has changed.

Wow, just wow!

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Israeli media reporting several citizens suffered injuries and possibly casualties.

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Seems like the Israelis eliminated a problem

Laughable. Israel lacks an aircraft capable of carrying the size and weight of the kinds of bombs necessary to damage or destroy Iran's deeply buried sites. It is an open question whether the USAF's GBU-57, a 13,600 kg guided hard target penetrator bomb has enough energy to defeat Iran's most deeply buried sites, and there is only one aircraft in the world able to deploy that bomb, the B-2. At best Israel can slow the Iranian program but what they have most likely accomplished is twofold. One, Iran will now bury everything deep enough that no weapon can reach their facilities and two, this has probably convinced Iran of the necessity of possessing a nuclear arsenal of their own.

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Laughable. Israel lacks an aircraft capable of carrying the size and weight of the kinds of bombs necessary to damage or destroy Iran's deeply buried sites. It is an open question whether the USAF's GBU-57, a 13,600 kg guided hard target penetrator bomb has enough energy to defeat Iran's most deeply buried sites, and there is only one aircraft in the world able to deploy that bomb, the B-2.

Very true, so how would you compensate for that…oh, you just kill all the top scientists in the field that work on developing the nukes…oh, I forgot, they did just that.

At best Israel can slow the Iranian program but what they have most likely accomplished is twofold.

Yes, they did just that.

One, Iran will now bury everything deep enough that no weapon can reach their facilities and two, this has probably convinced Iran of the necessity of possessing a nuclear arsenal of their own.

And Mossad and the IDF will target more of these scientists that will come on board. You can replace people, but you can’t replace time.

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Israelis are reaping what they sowed,and the sheep ,shall be led to the slaughter by the shepherd

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The first thing to remember when reading these reports is that Iran is very open about where it is hit and who was killed in attacks on it, while the Israeli regime tends to consider that data a state secret except when it can be used for propaganda purposes, and also tends to be very, let's say liberal, in defining an Israeli as a civilian, and even more liberal in defining a nonIsraeli as a combatant ofnone sort or another. Won't take someone digging very hard to come up with examples of Israel doing both things.

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I wonder how long our media will keep up the pretence that the government of Yemen gets missiles etc from Iran given the stark difference between the 'Iranian supplied missiles' that Yemen has used in its demonstration that, despite the US etc refusing to recognize it as a legitimate government, it takes the duties that international law imposes on all governments a lot more seriously than those who insist on calling them 'Houthi rebels' despite them being composed of pretty much every subdivision of the population of Yemen.

Note that the CPPCG calls on EVERY GOVERNMENT to do everything it can to Prevent, and, if that has failed Punish those attempting the Crime of Genocide.

PS, what has the Japanese government done to meet that obligation?

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A little reading from various sources.

Most experts say Iran not anywhere near nuke capacity for weapons

Experts say Israeli strikes could not penetrate deep enough into the nuclear power program location underground in any event.

What we are seeing is an Israeli strike on senior military leaders and on non nuclear sites like oil refineries and the like.

So, nothing "eliminate nukes " about these attacks .....all about weakening Iran in military leadership and traditional power supplies like oil.

Once again, MAGA boosters are, were, continue to be wrong.

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And look to Desert Tortoise above comment for conclusions close to the ones I researched.

Now, we could take the idea of Tortoise, a military vet, or the scrambled words of someone who claims ownership of a texan ranch but lives in Japan, who thinks "Mossad " is like Britannia, only bringing truth.

Who to believe.

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And Iran has the largest Jewish population of any Muslim country.

Relevance....read the early posts where Iran is apparently seeking to destroy Israel and Jews.

And....on this....somebody claiming such toss should be able to point to an Iranian statement of intent regarding a long term plan for the state of Iran to destroy Israel.

Does not exist.

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Official public position of US and Israel intel community is Iran already possesses approx. 400kg of highly enriched uranium, enough to make 9 or 10 nuclear weapons

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Most experts say Iran not anywhere near nuke capacity for weapons

Who are these experts?

Experts say Israeli strikes could not penetrate deep enough into the nuclear power program location underground in any event.

They can penetrate the scientists.

What we are seeing is an Israeli strike on senior military leaders and on non nuclear sites like oil refineries and the like.

That as well

So, nothing "eliminate nukes " about these attacks .....all about weakening Iran in military leadership and traditional power supplies like oil.

You make it hard as possible, degrade their capabilities of proliferation and enrichment

Once again, MAGA boosters are, were, continue to be wrong.

No, we see it for what it is, hindering their capabilities to the highest extent which is a very good thing.

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Very true, so how would you compensate for that…oh, you just kill all the top scientists in the field that work on developing the nukes…oh, I forgot, they did just that.

Again, it only slows them for a time. The job I just retired from ( at a weapons lab ) had equivalent scientists and engineers. Killing the top scientists in our organization would not have ended any program. We all had enough understanding of the problems and solutions to carry fourth the work of our department heads, program managers and team leads were they to go away for some reason. They are never the sole repositories of knowledge. People in their positions are mostly managing people and money, not doing the day to day engineering and science. They have large staffs doing that.

And Mossad and the IDF will target more of these scientists that will come on board. You can replace people, but you can’t replace time.

Assuming your enemy learns nothing from their losses is the kind of arrogance that causes nasty future defeats.

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You make it hard as possible, degrade their capabilities of proliferation and enrichment

Iran's main enrichment halls are buried too deep for any weapon Israel possesses to reach. It is questionable whether even the USAFs 13,600 kg GBU-57 could destroy these deeply buried sites.

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Important backstory for current Iran Isreal war below, as Trump's long been a major hawk against any nuclear weapons proliferation, especially the "Iran" problem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran Sunday of orchestrating the two failed assassination attempts on President Trump during his third presidential campaign last year.

Netanyahu characterized Trump as the greatest threat to Iran and its ambitions for acquiring a nuclear weapon — claiming that’s why the rogue regime tried to murder him, in a shocking moment during an interview with Brett Baier of Fox News.

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