Desperate Iranians try to flee Israeli bombardments

Roads and highways retired of Tehran were jammed implicit the play and Monday arsenic frantic radical sought to flight the capital. Many person headed north, wherever they person homes oregon places to spell to on the Caspian Sea.

On Tuesday, an eerie calm had descended connected the capital, though determination was a unreserved of customers astatine immoderate supermarkets and bakeries.

At slightest 224 people, including galore civilians, person been killed successful Iran since Israel launched its attack, according to Iranian authorities media. Iranian retaliatory strikes person killed astatine slightest 24 radical successful Israel, Israeli officials said.

Vahid Sadeghi, a 45-year-old selling expert, said helium and his wife, Sima, a homemaker, tried to permission Tehran aft the bombing began but got stuck astatine a checkpoint, wherever a blast injured his woman and forced them to crook back.

Traffic builds connected the streets of Tehran arsenic radical effort to fly the superior Sunday.Atta Kenare / AFP via Getty Images

State media had announced that the checkpoint was closed portion section media reported an attack, but it was not instantly wide what precisely had occurred happened.

“We were fleeing for information but astir got killed,” helium said.

The mates plans to effort to permission again but fearfulness for their safety, careless of whether they enactment oregon go, helium said.

Hopes of truce dimming

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was compelled to onslaught Iran connected Friday to effort and dismantle Iran’s atomic program. Iran has agelong said it doesn't question atomic weapons.

Vowing a "powerful" response, Iran launched retaliatory strikes soon after, with the 2 sides continuing to commercialized occurrence successful the pursuing days. Israeli strikes person decimated the ranks of elder Iranian subject officials and atomic scientists.