Iran-Israel war enters second week with more strikes

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The 2nd week of the Iran-Israel war began with further strikes targeting an Iranian atomic probe installation arsenic Iran's overseas curate issued a informing against the United States joining the conflict.

Early Saturday, fume could beryllium seen rising from an country adjacent a upland successful Isfahan, wherever a section authoritative said Israel had attacked the atomic probe installation successful 2 waves.

The people was 2 centrifuge accumulation sites, and the attacks came connected apical of strikes connected different centrifuge accumulation sites elsewhere successful caller days, according to an Israeli subject authoritative speaking connected information of anonymity nether service guidelines to little reporters. It was the 2nd onslaught connected Isfahan, which was deed successful the archetypal 24 hours of the warfare arsenic portion of Israel's extremity to destruct the Iranian atomic program.

Akbar Salehi, Isfahan province's lawman politician for information affairs, confirmed the Israeli strikes had caused harm to the installation but said determination had been nary quality casualties.

Israel's defence curate said Saturday that the subject had besides killed 3 elder Iranian commanders successful targeted attacks – including a commandant of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who helium said financed and equipped Hamas successful mentation for the Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught connected Israel that sparked the 20-month-long warfare successful Gaza.

Iran launched a caller question of drones and missiles astatine Israel but determination were nary contiguous reports of important damage, and the Israeli authoritative called it a "small barrage" that was mostly intercepted by Israel's defenses.

The authoritative said portion of the crushed that Iran's overnight onslaught had been comparatively tiny was that the subject had been targeting its launchers and estimates it has present taken retired much than 50% of them.

"We've been capable to instrumentality retired a ample magnitude of their launchers, creating a bottleneck — we're making it harder for them to occurrence toward Israel," helium said. "Having said each that, I privation to accidental the Iranian authorities evidently inactive has capabilities."

Iran warns against U.S. engagement successful conflict

President Trump continues to consider whether the U.S. volition militarily intervene successful the Israel-Iran war, arsenic helium faces unit from immoderate satellite leaders to find a diplomatic solution. He said earlier this week that helium volition decide wrong 2 weeks if the U.S. volition get progressive successful the conflict. The timeframe, immoderate American and European officials say, is a "last shot" astatine diplomacy.

"I'm giving them a play of time," Mr. Trump told reporters successful Bedminster, N.J., connected Friday. "We're gonna spot what that play of clip is, but I would accidental 2 weeks would beryllium the maximum."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who met with European officials successful Geneva connected Friday, said helium was unfastened to further dialogue. However, helium said, Tehran had nary involvement successful negotiating with the U.S. portion Israel continued attacking.

Speaking connected the sidelines of a gathering of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation connected Saturday, Araghchi said immoderate subject enactment by the U.S. "would beryllium precise unfortunate."

"I deliberation that it would beryllium very, precise unsafe for everyone," helium said.

The warfare betwixt Israel and Iran erupted connected June 13, with Israeli airstrikes targeting atomic and subject sites, apical generals and atomic scientists. At slightest 657 people, including 263 civilians, person been killed successful Iran and much than 2,000 wounded, according to a Washington-based Iranian quality rights group.

Iran has retaliated by firing much than 450 missiles and 1,000 drones astatine Israel, according to Israeli service estimates. Most person been changeable down by Israel's multitiered aerial defenses, but astatine slightest 24 radical successful Israel person been killed and hundreds wounded.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel's subject cognition successful Iran would proceed "for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes" to destruct what helium called the existential menace of Iran's atomic programme and arsenal of ballistic missiles.

But Netanyahu's extremity could beryllium retired of scope without U.S. help. Barring a commando raid oregon adjacent a atomic strike, Iran's underground Fordo uranium enrichment installation is considered to beryllium retired of scope to each but America's "bunker-buster" bombs.

Israel continues warring wars connected antithetic fronts

As the struggle with Iran escalates, Israel's warfare against Hamas successful Gaza continues to intensify.

Hospitals successful Gaza City reported that overnight strikes killed astatine slightest 84 radical and injured much than 120 others. The caller strikes person targeted mobile telephone charging points and residential homes, CBS News' squad successful Gaza reported.

The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said Saturday that much than 200 bodies were brought to hospitals crossed Gaza successful the past 48 hours and much than 1,000 radical were wounded.

An Israeli subject authoritative told CBS News that Israel is getting utilized to warring successful aggregate arenas and the warfare successful Gaza is inactive ongoing.

Haley Ott contributed to this report.

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