Israel says it struck Revolutionary Guards command centers as Iran conflict enters fourth day

‘Nothing was left’: Israeli residents respond to Iranian rocket strike

Will Clark

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Courtney Kube, Gordon Lubold, Carol E. Lee and Katherine Doyle

Reporting from Washington

President Donald Trump had opposed Israeli subject enactment against Iran, favoring negotiations implicit bombing. But successful the days earlier the strikes began, helium became convinced that Israel’s heightened anxiousness implicit Iran’s atomic enrichment capabilities was warranted.

After a pivotal briefing from the president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, connected Israel’s plans and U.S. options for supporting its operation, helium gave tacit support to Israel to person astatine it and decided to supply constricted U.S. backing.

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Yarden Segev and Mithil Aggarwal

At slightest 24 radical person been killed successful Israel since Iran launched its retaliatory strikes, Netanyahu's bureau said contiguous successful a statement. Almost 600 radical person been injured successful the attacks, including 10 who were earnestly wounded, it said.

At slightest 3 radical person been killed successful cardinal Israel, according to Magen David Adom, Israel’s nationalist exigency service.

Two women and 1 antheral successful their 70s were killed, and 74 radical were injured, it said contiguous in a station connected X.

Photos and videos published by MDA successful its earlier posts showed damaged buildings and rescuers holding infants.

At slightest 224 radical person been killed since Israel began striking Iran connected Friday, Iranian authorities media reported, with civilians making up much than 90% of the casualties.

Iran has nary volition of processing atomic weapons, the president of Iran said, authorities media reported, reiterating the country's long-standing assertion astir its atomic program.

President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran, however, "has the close to usage atomic vigor and probe and nary 1 has the close to instrumentality it distant from us."

The Israeli Iron Dome aerial defence strategy fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian onslaught implicit Tel Aviv, Israel, connected Sunday.Leo Correa / AP

Israel says the purpose of its subject run is to destruct Iran's atomic and ballistic rocket programs and the "existential threat" it would look if Iran were to successfully make an atomic bomb. Iran says its programs are for peaceful purposes only.

Lawahez Jabari and Mithil Aggarwal

The Israeli subject said it had struck bid centers successful Tehran belonging to the Quds Force, the overseas limb of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Operatives successful the bid centers "advanced violent attacks against the State of Israel utilizing the proxies of the Iranian Regime successful the Middle East," the Israel Defense Forces said successful a statement.

The Quds Force oversees ties with Iran-backed militias successful Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian territories.

Iran has not commented connected the strikes. While Quds Force positions successful Syria had been targeted aggregate times, this would people the archetypal clip their bid centers and bases person been struck wrong Tehran.

Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, accused Iran of targeting Israeli civilians successful its overnight attacks.

Israel Katz successful 2024.Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Then successful the precise adjacent breath, helium appeared to endanger Iranian civilians, saying “residents of Iran volition wage the price.”

Liam Woods and Mithil Aggarwal

Iran has executed a antheral convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad quality agency, Reuters reported, citing Iran's semi-official Fars quality agency.

The man, identified arsenic Esmail Fekri, is the 3rd idiosyncratic Iran has executed successful caller weeks successful transportation with accusations of espionage connected behalf of Israel.

Iranian constabulary successful Alborz province said earlier that they had arrested 2 Mossad operatives, Iranian authorities media reported.

The U.S. Embassy successful Jerusalem and the embassy subdivision successful Tel Aviv volition beryllium officially closed contiguous arsenic subject tensions proceed to escalate betwixt Israel and Iran.

The tract of an Iranian rocket onslaught connected cardinal Tel Aviv today.Ilia Yefimovich / representation confederation via Getty Images

No U.S. staffers person been injured, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said successful a station connected X, though determination has been "some insignificant harm from concussions of Iranian rocket hits" adjacent the Tel Aviv branch.

The U.S. Embassy has directed each U.S. authorities employees and their household members to structure successful spot successful and adjacent their residences until further notice, it said successful a statement.

Trump said helium hoped for a woody betwixt Israel and Iran arsenic helium headed to Canada for a gathering of satellite leaders wherever the struggle is precocious connected the agenda.

"I anticipation there’s going to beryllium a deal. I deliberation it’s clip for a deal, and we’ll spot what happens. But sometimes they person to combat it out," Trump told reporters earlier helium near the White House for a acme of the Group of 7 large economies successful Canada.

At slightest 224 radical person been killed successful Iran since the Israeli strikes started Friday, Iranian authorities media reported.

A wounded Iranian pistillate pursuing an Israeli onslaught connected Keshavarz Boulevard successful downtown Tehran connected Sunday.Majid Khahi / ISNA/AFP via Getty Images

More than 90% of the casualties are civilians, according to Iran's semiofficial Mehr News Agency, which cited a spokesperson for the wellness ministry.

Yarden Segev and Lawahez Jabari

The Israeli subject said it had begun a bid of strikes connected dozens of surface-to-surface rocket targets successful occidental Iran.

Smoke rises from locations targeted successful Tehran connected Sunday, amid Israel's strikes against Iran.Khoshiran / AFP via Getty Images

It aboriginal said missiles had been launched from Iran, instructing the nationalist to question shelter. Sirens sounded successful respective places crossed Israel.

The Israeli subject said it was "operating to intercept and onslaught wherever indispensable to destruct the threat."

A time of strikes crossed some countries included a uncommon daytime onslaught connected the Iranian capital, Tehran, wherever streets were jammed with postulation arsenic residents tried to flee.