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Israel renews strikes on Iran as Trump hails ‘excellent’ attacks, warns ‘a lot more to come’

Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US president tells Tehran to make nuke deal ‘before it’s too late’ * IDF details strike on underground centrifuge facility at Natanz * Mossad video shows covert actions after activating secret drone base inside Iran

Social media video shows Iran’s Natanz facility for uranium enrichment after it was hit by Israeli airstrikes early on June 13, 2025, with Israeli defense officials assessing the damage was significant. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

IDF says it partly destroyed Natanz nuclear facility, Iran says no jump in radiation

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Israeli defense officials believe damage to major facility is significant, while other enrichment facility at Fordo, nuclear sites in Isfahan, Busheir reportedly not targeted

Screenshot from footage released by the Mossad showing strikes carried out by commandos of the Israeli spy agency on Iranian air defenses in Iran, early July 13, 2025. (Mossad screenshot)

Mossad set up drone base in Iran, UAVs took out missile launchers overnight

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

(L) Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri near Tehran, Iran, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) (C) Head of Iranian revolutionary guard corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami in Tehran on May 15, 2025. (AFP) and (R) head of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Gholam Ali Rashid (Tasnim News)

Iran’s IRGC chief Salami, army head Bagheri, commanders, scientists killed in IAF strikes

By AP

A Chinese paramilitary policeman guards the Israeli embassy near a poster calling for the return of hostages taken by Hamas during the one-year memorial for victims of the Hamas attack on Israel in Beijing, on Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Foreign Ministry says embassies closed, urges Israelis abroad to register locations

By Nava Freiberg and Reuters

Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

After years of preparation, Israel launches major offensive against Iran and its nuclear program

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

IAF strikes hit nuclear sites and in Tehran; Natanz significantly damaged; IRGC chief, other commanders, scientists dead; Mossad active on ground; Israel braces for retaliation

An empty departure hall at Ben Gurion Airport, on November 9, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israeli airspace closed, flights diverted as IAF carries out strikes on Iran

Israelis shop for food in Tel Aviv, as the country braces for an Iranian response to Israel's attacks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, on June 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)

Israelis wake to new uncertainty after overnight attack on Iran’s nuclear program

By Agencies and Stuart Winer

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, left, and Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FM speaks with counterparts around the world following Israeli strikes on Iran

By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a memorial in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025 for late president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last year. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran vows ‘painful fate’ for Israel, fires 100 drones in 1st response to attack; IAF downs them

By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

Khamenei says Israel ‘opened its wicked and blood-stained hand… by striking residential centers,’ after attack on Islamic Republic’s nuclear program kills commanders, scientists

Handout photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) official Sepah News Telegram channel on June 13, 2025 shows smoke billowing from a site apparently targeted by an Israeli strike in the capital Tehran early in the morning. (Sepah News / AFP)

As Israel hits Iran, prayers, fortitude at home amid alarm, concern from abroad

By Stuart Winer, Agencies and ToI Staff

Rabbi Kalman Ber attends a vote for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Chief rabbis call on public to adhere to IDF guidelines, stay home from synagogues

By Rossella Tercatin and Sam Sokol

AnalysisIsrael’s strike on Iran: How we got here, what we don’t know and what happens next

LiveUpdated 6min ago

Israel renews strikes on Iran as Trump hails ‘excellent’ attacks, warns ‘a lot more to come’

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

US president tells Tehran to make nuke deal ‘before it’s too late’ * IDF details strike on underground centrifuge facility at Natanz * Mossad video shows covert actions after activating secret drone base inside Iran

Social media video shows Iran’s Natanz facility for uranium enrichment after it was hit by Israeli airstrikes early on June 13, 2025, with Israeli defense officials assessing the damage was significant. (X screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

IDF says it partly destroyed Natanz nuclear facility, Iran says no jump in radiation

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Israeli defense officials believe damage to major facility is significant, while other enrichment facility at Fordo, nuclear sites in Isfahan, Busheir reportedly not targeted

Screenshot from footage released by the Mossad showing strikes carried out by commandos of the Israeli spy agency on Iranian air defenses in Iran, early July 13, 2025. (Mossad screenshot)

Mossad set up drone base in Iran, UAVs took out missile launchers overnight

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

(L) Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri near Tehran, Iran, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) (C) Head of Iranian revolutionary guard corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami in Tehran on May 15, 2025. (AFP) and (R) head of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, Gholam Ali Rashid (Tasnim News)

Iran’s IRGC chief Salami, army head Bagheri, commanders, scientists killed in IAF strikes

By AP

A Chinese paramilitary policeman guards the Israeli embassy near a poster calling for the return of hostages taken by Hamas during the one-year memorial for victims of the Hamas attack on Israel in Beijing, on Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Foreign Ministry says embassies closed, urges Israelis abroad to register locations

By Nava Freiberg and Reuters

Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2025. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

After years of preparation, Israel launches major offensive against Iran and its nuclear program

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff

IAF strikes hit nuclear sites and in Tehran; Natanz significantly damaged; IRGC chief, other commanders, scientists dead; Mossad active on ground; Israel braces for retaliation

An empty departure hall at Ben Gurion Airport, on November 9, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israeli airspace closed, flights diverted as IAF carries out strikes on Iran

Israelis shop for food in Tel Aviv, as the country braces for an Iranian response to Israel's attacks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, on June 13, 2025. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)

Israelis wake to new uncertainty after overnight attack on Iran’s nuclear program

By Agencies and Stuart Winer

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, left, and Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

FM speaks with counterparts around the world following Israeli strikes on Iran

By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a memorial in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025 for late president Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last year. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran vows ‘painful fate’ for Israel, fires 100 drones in 1st response to attack; IAF downs them

By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

Khamenei says Israel ‘opened its wicked and blood-stained hand… by striking residential centers,’ after attack on Islamic Republic’s nuclear program kills commanders, scientists

Handout photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) official Sepah News Telegram channel on June 13, 2025 shows smoke billowing from a site apparently targeted by an Israeli strike in the capital Tehran early in the morning. (Sepah News / AFP)

As Israel hits Iran, prayers, fortitude at home amid alarm, concern from abroad

By Stuart Winer, Agencies and ToI Staff

Rabbi Kalman Ber attends a vote for the new Chief Ashkenazi rabbi, at the Chief Rabbinate headquarters in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Chief rabbis call on public to adhere to IDF guidelines, stay home from synagogues

By Rossella Tercatin and Sam Sokol

AnalysisIsrael’s strike on Iran: How we got here, what we don’t know and what happens next

This handout photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official Sepah News Telegram channel on June 13, 2025, reportedly shows a building in Tehran hit in an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital early in the morning. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement in the early hours of June 13 that Israel carried out strikes on Iran and the military operation against the Islamic Republic would "continue for as many days as it takes." (Photo by SEPAH NEWS / AFP)

Analysis

‘An immediate operational necessity’: Why Israel finally attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities

For years, Israel has threatened to target Tehran’s rogue nuclear program. Lately, though, the regime’s enrichment and weaponization efforts have accelerated

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian (2nd R) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) chief Mohammad Eslami (R) during the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology,' in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)

Explainer: The handful of facilities at the core of Iran’s nuclear program

By AFP

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Masoud Pezeshkian, second left, and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chief Mohammad Eslami, second right, during the "National Day of Nuclear Technology", in Tehran, on April 9, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)

Iran vows to ramp up enrichment after UN watchdog finds it breached nuke safeguards

By Lazar Berman and Agencies

US President Donald Trump listens during an event to sign a bill blocking California's rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, in the East Room of the White House, June 12, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration distances US from Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear program

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Marco Rubio stresses strikes were ‘unilateral’ and Iran must not target American sites in retaliation, doesn’t say if Washington will help Israel fend off Iran’s response

US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on June 12, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Trump says he doesn’t want Israel to attack Iran, but strike ‘could very well happen’

By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff

Pakistanis watch a news channel telecasting report about the Israeli attacks on Iran, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on June 13, 2025. (AP/Muhammad Sajjad)

Oil prices surge, stocks fall, as Mideast braces in wake of Israel’s attack on Iran

By AFP

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The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

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Taken captive: Maxim Herkin, was attending his first trance rave

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Taken captive: Guy Gilboa-Dalal, took a selfie with his brother for mom

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Taken captive: Avinatan Or, planning to move in with girlfriend

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Taken captive: Ariel Cunio told brother ‘We are in a horror film’

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Taken captive: Matan Angrest, turned 21 while held hostage in Gaza

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Taken captive: Eitan Mor, guard at rave who helped save others

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Taken captive: Ziv Berman, from his home in Kfar Aza’s young generation neighborhood

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Taken captive: Bar Kuperstein, last seen tied up by Hamas

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Taken captive: Yosef-Haim Ohana, helped injured at Supernova rave

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Taken captive: Gali Berman, from Kfar Aza’s ‘young neighborhood’

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Taken captive: Rom Braslavski, rave guard who saved others

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Taken captive: Omri Miran, driven in his own car to Gaza

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Taken captive: Elkana Bohbot, young son asking, ‘Where’s Daddy?’

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