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Report: Israel asked US to join military campaign against Iran, but US rejects request
Israel has urged the United States over the past two days to join its newly launched military campaign against Iran, but the US is currently not considering such a move, reports Axios, citing Israeli and American officials.
In the past 48 hours, Israel asked US President Donald Trump’s administration to join its attack against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and military sites, two Israeli officials told the news site.
A US official confirmed Israel’s request and said the Trump administration is not currently considering joining the conflict, the report reads.
Israel seeks American assistance primarily to destroy Iran’s underground Fordo uranium enrichment site, which may be beyond Israel’s military capabilities to do alone, says the report.
A senior White House official told Axios today that “Whatever happens” with Israel’s strikes on Iran “cannot be prevented…But we have the ability to negotiate a successful peaceful resolution to this conflict if Iran is willing. The fastest way for Iran to accomplish peace is to give up its nuclear weapons program,” the report continues.
Axios reported earlier that Trump recently told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would consider striking the Fordo site if such a move would become necessary to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, citing Israeli officials.
The White House has officially denied that Trump is considering any US strike on Iran, stating that now is not the time to launch an attack.
IDF Home Front Command tells civilians to remain close to bomb shelters ahead of possible Iranian missile attack
The IDF Home Front Command instructs civilians across large parts of the country — mainly in the north and center — to remain close to bomb shelters until further notice, as Israel anticipates a ballistic missile attack from Iran.
“Movement in public areas should be minimized, and public gatherings must be avoided,” the IDF says.
“Upon receiving an alert, enter a protected space and remain there until an official update is issued,” it adds.
Sirens sound in Beit She’an, northern Israel, due to suspected UAV infiltration
Warning sirens sound in Beit She’an and the surrounding area in northern Israel due to a suspected hostile aircraft.
Three UAVs were shot down earlier in the Eilat area, in the south of the country.
IDF says two additional UAVs intercepted after second round of sirens in Eilat area
The IDF says air defenses intercepted two additional unmanned aerial vehicles after sirens sounded in the Eilat area, in southern Israel.
IRGC warns attacks on Israel will grow ‘heavier and more extensive’ if Israeli strikes continue
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warns that Tehran’s attacks on Israel will only become “heavier and more extensive” if Israel continues to strike nuclear and military targets across Iran.
The statement comes after the Islamic Republic launched a barrage of dozens of ballistic missiles at Israel earlier in the night, killing three people and injuring at least seven others.
Sirens again sound in Eilat and surrounding areas due to suspected hostile aircraft
Warning sirens again sound in Eilat and surrounding areas in southern Israel due to a suspected hostile aircraft.
A short while ago, the IDF said air defenses had intercepted a UAV launched toward the area.
Two Israelis arrested on suspicion of acting against Israeli security on behalf of Iran
Two Israelis were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of carrying out actions harmful to Israel’s security on behalf of Iran.
The details of the case have been placed under a sweeping gag order.
Iranian media says Israeli strike targeted country’s defense ministry HQ in Tehran
Iranian news agency Tasnim reports that an Israeli strike had targeted the country’s defense ministry headquarters in Tehran and damaged one of its buildings.
In “an attack on Tehran this evening by the air force of the Zionist regime, the headquarters of the defence ministry was targeted. One of the headquarters’ buildings was lightly damaged,” the agency says.
The Iranian defense ministry does not comment.
Following sirens in Eilat, IDF says Air Force intercepted UAV that entered Israeli airspace
Following warning sirens in Eilat due to a suspected hostile aircraft intrusion, the IDF says the Israeli Air Force intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Israeli airspace.
It does not say where the UAV was launched from.
Assassinating Khamenei ‘not off limits,’ Israeli official tells the Wall Street Journal
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) waves to the crowd in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 27, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, in Jerusalem, October 27, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool Photo via AP)
Assassinating Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is “not off limits” for Israel as it continues its strikes against Iranian nuclear and military sites, an Israeli official tells The Wall Street Journal.
Similarly, Channel 12’s Amit Segal says an Israeli political source told him, “Israel is not ruling out the possibility of eliminating Ali Khamenei, but it depends on many things.”
Israel is not ruling out the possibility of eliminating Ali Khamenei, but it depends on many things, an Israeli political source says.
— Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) June 14, 2025
The official speaking to the WSJ further states that “the war would only end either with Iran voluntarily dismantling its nuclear program or Israel making it impossible for Tehran to reconstitute it.”
Warning sirens in Eilat due to suspected hostile aircraft; Home Front Command says ‘incident is over’
Warning sirens sound in Eilat, southern Israel, due to a suspected hostile aircraft.
The IDF Home Front Command says in an update that the “incident is over,” but does not offer any further details.
Elon Musk says he activated Starlink in Tehran after regime cuts citizens off from internet amid Israeli strikes
Billionaire Elon Musk announced on social media platform X that he has activated the Starlink satellite communications system in Iran after Tehran cut off internet access to citizens in the wake of Israeli strikes against its nuclear program early Friday morning.
“The beams are on,” he wrote on Saturday morning.
In a statement, the Iranian Communications Ministry on Friday said that due to the situation “temporary restrictions have been imposed on the country’s internet,” in effect blocking Iranians from accessing outside news sources during the conflict between Tehran and Jerusalem.
The beams are on
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 14, 2025
Death toll in Iranian missile impact in Tamra, in northern Israel, rises to three
The death toll in the Iranian ballistic missile impact in Tamra in northern Israel rises to three, according to first responders.
Magen David Adom said earlier that it evacuated seven people in stable condition to a hospital after a missile struck a two-story home in the town, east of Haifa.
Video shows Jewish family cheering as Iranian missiles hit nearby Arab Israeli city
A video circulating on social media shows a Jewish family cheering as Iranian ballistic missiles fall in the Arab Israeli city of Tamra.
“On the village, on the village!” a man can be heard shouting in the clip.
He and others then break into singing the anti-Arab phrase “may your village burn,” clapping their hands as missiles rain down on the neighboring city.
שישרף לכם הכפר, כך צהלו בני משפחה יהודית כשראו שהטילים האיראנים נופלים על העיר טמרה. בושה וחרפה. pic.twitter.com/grhSStcU5f
— Jafar Farah (@Jafarfarah1) June 14, 2025
One of the missiles launched toward the area tonight struck a two-story home in Tamra, killing one woman and injuring 13 others, according to first responders.
Residents of the Arab Israeli city have long warned that there is a dearth of bomb shelters in the area, and that almost no homes have a safe room attached.
Ronen Bar’s term comes to an end, deputy Shin Bet chief takes over temporarily
With war raging against Iran and Hamas, Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar’s term ends, and the deputy Shin Bet chief, known as the Hebrew initials Shin, takes over as acting head of the domestic intelligence agency.
Recently retired IDF Maj. Gen. David Zini is expected to ultimately replace Bar, although the formal appointment process is expected to take several more weeks.
Iranian oil ministry confirms Israeli strikes hit two oil depots in Tehran
Israeli strikes hit two fuel depots in Tehran, the Iranian oil ministry says, confirming Iranian media reports.
According to the oil ministry, the oil depots at Shahran, northwest of Tehran, and another reservoir south of the city were hit.
An AFP journalist saw the depot at Shahran on fire.
Jordan closes its airspace again until further notice
Jordan announces the closure of its airspace for a second time since Israel launched its surprise assault on Iran early Friday and the Islamic Republic began retaliating.
The civil aviation authority in Jordan, which borders Israel, announces in a statement the closure until further notice of the country’s airspace, as well as the suspension of all takeoffs, landings and transit.
‘Tehran is burning,’ says Katz after strike on Iran’s Shahran oil depot
In a terse post on X, Defense Minister Israel Katz says: “Tehran is burning.”
This comes after the Israeli Air Force bombed the Shahran oil depot near Tehran this evening.
Katz warned earlier today that “If [Iran’s leader Ali] Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, Tehran will burn.”
טהרן בוערת
— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) June 14, 2025
Netanyahu to be interviewed on Fox News on Sunday evening
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be interviewed live on Fox News on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time.
It will be his first interview since he ordered airstrikes against Iran late last week.
Finance Ministry security guard tells demonstrators they can’t come into building to shelter when sirens go off
Security guards at the Finance Ministry tell demonstrators staying at a protest tent outside the building that they are not allowed to enter to take shelter when sirens go off due to incoming missile fire from Iran.
In a video exchange posted on X by Channel 13’s Raviv Drucker, one of the protesters can be heard arguing with a security guard through an intercom, telling him that under the law members of the public must be allowed in when an air raid alert goes off — and claiming that he and his compatriots had received prior permission to do so.
“There’s going to be missiles soon, we’re on the street,” the protester says.
The guard replies that only ministry employees may enter, prompting the man to counter that the guard was “endangering my life.”
“Here comes the missile above me, I see it,” the protester says.
No sirens can be heard during the exchange.
כשיש אזעקה, האנשים במאהל המחאה שהקים יעקב גודו, אבא של טום גודו ז"ל, מבקשים מהמאבטחים של משרד האוצר להיכנס למרחב המוגן שבפנים. המאבטחים מסרבים (!) ואומרים שישכבו על המדרכה עם הראש בין הידיים. איזה גועל. pic.twitter.com/XKWGVdHYXZ
— Raviv Drucker (@RavivDrucker) June 14, 2025
Iran reports Israeli strikes on oil depot near Tehran; no comment from IDF
The Israeli Air Force bombed the Shahran oil depot near Tehran a short while ago, according to Iranian media.
Iran’s oil ministry confirms the Israeli attack and says the “situation is under control.”
“The fuel volume in the targeted tank was not high, and the situation is fully under control,” the oil ministry’s SHANA news agency claims.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
Earlier, Iranian media reported strikes on the South Pars field in the southern Bushehr province.
Shahran oil field in western Tehran is on fire following Israeli strikes. pic.twitter.com/ePE0cBH6QM
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) June 14, 2025
Oil depots in the Shahran region west of Tehran are burning following an attack by Israeli warplanes. pic.twitter.com/a4LaddjMwl
— Levent Kemal (@leventkemaI) June 14, 2025
Woman killed, 13 people hurt, after Iranian missile hits home in Tamra, near Haifa
An Iranian ballistic missile struck a two-story home in the northern city of Tamra, east of Haifa, killing one woman and injuring 13 others, according to first responders.
Residents of the Arab Israeli city have long warned that there is a dearth of bomb shelters in the area, and that almost no homes have a safe room attached.
Footage shows security cabinet meeting; AG, whom Netanyahu is trying to fire, is present
A security cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, June 14, 2025. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
The Prime Minister’s Office releases footage of the ongoing security cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is joined by, among others, Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and Energy Minister Eli Cohen.
National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, his deputy Gil Reich, and Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman attend as well.
Notably, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer — who usually sits next to Netanyahu — is not seen in the footage, which might indicate he is on an official trip abroad.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, whom Netanyahu is working to fire, is at the meeting.
IAEA says no damage seen at Iran’s Fordo or Khondab nuclear sites
This November 4, 2020, satellite photo by Maxar Technologies shows Iran's Fordo nuclear site. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
No damage has been seen at Iran’s Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant or the Khondab heavy water reactor under construction, the UN nuclear watchdog says.
Israel previously denied reports it struck Fordo.
The International Atomic Energy Agency adds that no further damage has been observed at Natanz, the site of one of the nuclear targets struck on Friday by Israeli forces.
Earlier, the IAEA said that Iran’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority had informed it of no change in off-site radiation levels in Isfahan, another nuclear site targeted by Israel in an air offensive. The IAEA also said that four critical buildings at the Isfahan nuclear site had been damaged, including a uranium conversion facility and a fuel plate fabrication plant.
“As in Natanz, no increase in off-site radiation expected,” the agency said in a post on X.
IDF Home Front Command says civilians across country no longer need to be close to shelters
The IDF Home Front Command says civilians nationwide no longer need to remain close to bomb shelters, following Iran’s ballistic missile attack on the Haifa area.
Iran to limit cooperation with IAEA, slams it for being ‘silent’ over Israeli strikes
The Iranian flag outside the IAEA headquarters during the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on November 20, 2024. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran says it will limit its cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, while criticizing it for its silence over Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
“It makes no sense that these peaceful sites come under attack and that the agency remains silent,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says.
“Iran will no longer cooperate with the agency… as it once did,” he adds.
Medics responding to reports of injuries in missile impact site in Tamra
Medics say they are responding to reports of injuries in a missile impact site in the northern city of Tamra, east of Haifa.
Israeli officials say Houthi military chief targeted in Yemen strike
The target of the Israeli strike in Yemen was Houthi military chief of staff Muhammad Al-Ghamari, according to Israeli officials.
The results of the strike are unknown, and the IDF has not yet officially commented.
The target of an assassination strike by the Israeli Air Force earlier in Houthi-controlled Yemen is reported to be Houthi Chief-of-Staff Muhammad Abd Al-Karim Al-Ghamari. pic.twitter.com/gekkXl5SSh
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025
Far-right minister tweets and deletes post slamming IDF reservists who refuse to serve, amid Iran missile attack
Amid missile attacks from Iran, far-right Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu tweets and deletes a post on X slamming IDF reservists who refuse to serve.
“I sent this photo to the attention of one of the pilots who led the IDF’s refusal movement,” he writes in a now-deleted tweet, describing an attached image as showing “a squadron commander who attacked in Iran. Kippah sticking out, back straight, true heroism.”
“I asked him a simple question: Does he think it’s possible to win a war — certainly with Iran — with the spirit of refusal that he was a part of? I also asked if he still thinks we were wrong when we expelled from the force those who chose to abandon their brothers during combat. I was hoping to hear a word of regret. He didn’t really respond,” Eliyahu writes.
A post by Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, on June 14, 2025. (X)
This March, an Israeli Air Force reservist navigator was “permanently” dismissed from the military after he posted on social media that he would not show up for reserve duty because of the resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip. While the incident was seen as isolated, it harked back to the widespread anti-government protests in recent years, when hundreds of reservists threatened not to show up for duty, including many in the Air Force.
In April, a group of close to 1,000 veterans of the Israeli Air Force, the vast majority of them in retirement, published a letter demanding the return of the hostages in Gaza, even if it comes at the cost of ending the war against Hamas entirely.
After the letter was published, the military moved to dismiss every active duty reservist who signed it, saying soldiers cannot use the “Israeli Air Force brand” to protest political matters.
The letter did not call for a general refusal to serve, as had been previously reported, but instead urged the government to prioritize the release of hostages over the continuation of the war in Gaza, which the signatories argued now serves “political and personal interests” rather than national security.
First responders heading to Iranian missile impacts in Haifa area
First responders say they are responding to reports of missile impacts in the Haifa area, following Iran’s latest attack.
Magen David Adom says it has received no reports of injuries so far, but is heading to scan two reported impact sites.
The Fire and Rescue Service says it is responding to reports of damage to a building and a fire in an open area.
IDF Home Front Command says Israelis outside of the northern area can leave shelters
The IDF Home Front Command says Israelis outside of the Haifa and northern area can leave bomb shelters, but should stay close to them.
Israeli strike hits Yemen, reportedly targeting a Houthi leader
An Israeli strike was conducted in Yemen a short while ago, according to defense sources.
The strike was reportedly a targeted assassination attempt of a Houthi leader.
The IDF has not yet officially commented on the incident.
Footage shows Iranian missile attack on Haifa; no immediate reports of injuries
Footage posted to social media shows Iran’s ballistic missile attack on the Haifa area.
Sirens sounded in Haifa and across northern Israel.
There are no immediate reports of injuries in the attack.
Footage posted to social media shows Iran's ballistic missile attack on the Haifa area.
Sirens sounded in Haifa and across northern Israel. pic.twitter.com/oMLZPfz8OT
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 14, 2025
Sirens sound in Haifa area amid Iran missile barrage
Sirens are sounding in the Haifa area amid Iran’s ballistic missile barrage.
The IDF says civilians should remain in shelters until further notice.
IDF says it’s striking military targets in Tehran
The Israeli Air Force is conducting airstrikes on military targets in Tehran, the IDF announces.
The strikes come as the IAF works to shoot down Iran’s ballistic missile barrage.
Israelis told to enter bomb shelters; missiles launched from Iran; sirens expected soon
The IDF says it has detected a barrage of ballistic missiles launched from Iran at Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes, as air defenses work to shoot down the threats.
Civilians are instructed to remain in bomb shelters until further notice.
Lapid calls on public to follow IDF Home Front Command instructions
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid calls on the public to follow the IDF Home Front Command’s instructions.
“The IDF is writing one of the most glorious chapters in Israeli history, but it also has a price and the price is here” he says from Ramat Gan while inspecting the damage caused by Iranian missiles — adding that Israelis are “one people with one goal and against our enemy we are always united.”
“Iran will not have a nuclear bomb,” he declares.
הערב ברמת גן, אני קורא לכל אזרחי ישראל לשמור על ההנחיות. מול אויבינו אנחנו תמיד מאוחדים pic.twitter.com/6N3zUHDeE2
— יאיר לפיד – Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) June 14, 2025
GHF says all three Gaza aid centers to be open tomorrow
Displaced Palestinians receive humanitarian aid packages from a US- and Israel-backed foundation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on June 10, 2025. (AFP)
After pausing its activities for a day on orders from the IDF, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it currently plans to operate all three of its aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip tomorrow.
The Israeli- and US-backed group says in a Facebook update it will begin distributing food to Palestinians in the war-torn strip at noon on Sunday.
“Precise timing and instructions are being communicated to the local population directly as updates are available, given this is a highly dynamic operating environment,” a GHF spokesman adds.
Several gather for small rally for hostages in Gaza at southern junction
The weekly rally for the hostages at Sha'ar Hanegev, represented by a few people in person and held virtually, following directives of the Home Front Command, on June 14, 2025. (Courtesy)
Several people gather in person for a rally at the Shaar Hanegev intersection in southern Israel, following IDF Home Front Command directives in which there can be no public gatherings during the ongoing situation with Iran.
About one thousand people join a larger virtual Zoom, lighting torches in memory of the two hostages whose bodies were recovered this week from Gaza, and are joined by Lishay Miran Lavi, wife of hostage Omri Miran, Liran Berman, brother of twins Gali and Ziv Berman, and Noam Katz Rudaeff, daughter of Lior Rudaeff, who was killed and his body taken hostage.
The hostages’ families remark that it is more difficult now to keep the hostages at the heart of the public agenda.
This past weekend was turbulent for all of us in the State of Israel,” says Miran Lavi. “It emphasized to me how much Roni and Alma’s father is missed, and how at every single moment we need him, they need him.”
Liran Berman says that these are not easy days, as Israel is surrounded by threats from the outside, but even with the major, dramatic and historic war taking place, the hearts of the hostage families don’t stop worrying.
“Today more than ever, it’s difficult to keep the hostages at the heart of the public agenda,” says Noam Katz Rudaeff. “The screens are filled with headlines — but we barely see their faces there. We barely hear their names. Some are deteriorating. Some are disappearing.”
All three hostage family members call to bring the hostages home.
Three flotilla activists seek to return home via Jordan as flights from Israel canceled
Activists on the Madleen Gaza-bound aid boat being given sandwiches after the vessel was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters. (Screenshot/Israeli Foreign Ministry via AFP)
Three activists from the Madleen boat, which tried to break Israel’s blockade against Gaza earlier this week, are seeking to return home via Jordan, due to the ongoing closure of Ben Gurion Airport resulting from the current conflict with Iran.
The activists were scheduled to be deported on Friday, but their flights were canceled due to Israel’s airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites in the early hours of Friday morning.
The three activists are Marco van Rennes of The Netherlands, Pascal Maurieras of France, and Yanis Mhamdi also of France. They have been in custody at Givon Prison in Ramle under the Israel Prison Service (IPS) authority since Tuesday.
Lawyers of the Adalah civil rights group, who are representing the activists, sent an urgent letter to Israeli authorities earlier today requesting that the activists be permitted to exit the country via Jordan, to return to their home countries from there.
Some international flights have resumed from Amman.
“Their continued detention is unlawful and a part of Israel’s ongoing violations of international law,” says Adalah.
Four activists were deported on Tuesday after they waived their rights to challenge their detention before a judge, while another five activists were deported on Thursday after the Detention Review Tribunal court rejected their claims.
Netanyahu holding security cabinet meeting as Israel strikes Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his security cabinet in Jerusalem as Israel continues its strikes in Iran.
Iran’s state TV says there would be “heavy and destructive” attacks against Israel, which are expected within the coming hours.
IDF Home Front Command tells civilians to remain close to bomb shelters ahead of possible Iranian missile attack
The IDF Home Front Command instructs civilians nationwide to remain close to bomb shelters until further notice, as Israel anticipates a ballistic missile attack from Iran.
“Movement in public areas should be minimized, and public gatherings must be avoided,” the IDF says.
“Upon receiving an alert, enter a protected space and remain there until an official update is issued,” it adds.
French teens sentenced for 2024 antisemitic rape of Jewish girl
Protesters hold placards which read "Antisemitism is not residual," "+1000% in antisemitic acts, these aren't just figures," "Our lives are worth more than the imported conflict" and "Raped Jewish girl, Republic in danger" as they gather to condemn the alleged antisemitic gang rape of a 12 year-old girl, during a rally on Lyon Terreaux square in Lyon, central eastern France, on June 19, 2024. (Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP)
Three French teenagers have been sentenced for the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 outside Paris.
Two teenagers, aged 13 at the time of the attack, have been sentenced to nine and seven years in prison on Friday, according to the ruling at the juvenile court in Nanterre, a Paris suburb. The third, the ex-boyfriend of the girl who was 12 at the time, was also found guilty, but could not be sentenced to jail time due to his age. He will be placed in closed foster care for five years, according to reports.
All three boys were charged with sexual assault on a minor as well as recording and sharing sexual images, aggravated by being committed on religious grounds.
The evidence clearly showed that the girl would not have been raped if she were not Jewish, the judge says.
On June 15, 2024, the girl was allegedly approached by the three boys in a park near her home in the northwestern Paris suburb of Courbevoie, close to the La Defense financial district.
She was dragged into a shed where the suspects beat her and “forced” her to have sex while uttering death threats and antisemitic remarks,” according to police reports.
The incident sparked outrage throughout France, with hundreds taking to the streets to protest after the attack. The year-long delay to prepare for the trial has added to the Jewish community’s anger as antisemitism in France continues to skyrocket.
Antisemitism in France has reached historic levels since Hamas launched its war against Israel on October 7, 2023. The country saw nearly 1,570 antisemitic acts in 2024 and a record 1,676 in 2023, according to the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF), an umbrella body of French Jewish groups.
Man shot dead in northern Arab village
A 24-year-old man was shot dead this evening in the northern Arab village of Barta’a, police and paramedics say.
The victim was a resident of the coastal town of Jisr az-Zarqa who was attending a wedding in the village, according to local Arabic-language media. He was taken in critical condition to the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, where hospital staff pronounced him dead.
Police have opened an investigation into the shooting. They have not yet arrested any suspects.
Since the start of 2025, 114 Arab Israelis have been killed in violent incidents, in a surging crime wave which many Arab community leaders complain goes unaddressed by police.
Law enforcement also opened an investigation into another shooting incident that critically wounded a man and his wife in Shfaram today. Paramedics took the married couple, both in their 40s, to Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center for treatment.
Internet service returns to Gaza after three-day blackout
The internet is back up in the Gaza Strip, the head of the Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority tells AFP, after a three-day blackout blamed on Israel’s military.
“The network is up now in all of the Gaza Strip,” the telecom agency’s CEO Laith Daraghmeh says, after the Palestinian Authority’s telecommunications ministry had reported internet and fixed-line communications were down as Israeli forces on Thursday targeted a fiber optic cable, a claim Israel has not commented on.
Iraq calls on US to stop Israeli aircraft from using airspace to attack Iran
A demonstrator waves an Iranian flag, during a protest against Israel's attack on Iran, in Basra on June 13, 2025. (Hussein FALEH / AFP)
Iraq calls on the United States to prevent Israeli aircraft from breaching Iraqi airspace to carry out attacks against Iran, citing bilateral agreements and international law.
“The Iraqi government urges the United States to uphold its responsibilities under the agreements signed between the two countries and prevent aircraft belonging to the Zionist entity from once again violating Iraqi airspace,” military spokesman Sabah al-Numan says in a statement.
Smotrich says Tel Aviv stock exchange will run normally
View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, April 7, 2025 (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announces that following consultations, it was decided that the Tel Aviv stock exchange will continue to operate normally on Sunday in order to “maintain the functional continuity of the economy.”
Yevgenia Blinder named as victim in Iranian missile barrage
Yevgenia Blinder is named as one of the three people killed in Iran’s overnight ballistic missile attack on Israel.
She was killed in a barrage on the central city of Rishon Lezion early this morning, as was Yisrael Aloni, 73, whose death was announced earlier today.
Blinder, who was in her 60s, worked as a caregiver in the house next to Aloni’s in Rishon Lezion, Hebrew outlets report.
Last night, Etti Cohen Engel, in her 60s, was critically wounded in an earlier missile strike on Ramat Gan. She later died of her injuries.
In addition to the three people killed, some 70 people were wounded by the approximately 200 ballistic missiles fired from Iran.
Trump told Netanyahu US could strike Iran’s Fordo nuclear site if needed, report says
A satellite image shows the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran, January 24, 2025. (Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters)
United States President Donald Trump recently told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would consider striking Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear facility if such a move would become necessary to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid tells Channel 12.
According to Israeli officials cited by Ravid, Trump conveyed this message to Netanyahu in phone calls over the past several weeks. The Fordo facility may be beyond Israel’s military capabilities to destroy without outside assistance, he adds.
However, Ravid added that the White House has officially denied that Trump is considering a US strike, stating that now is not the time to launch an attack on Iran.
The issue will be a critical issue in the coming days and weeks, as Israel continues its newly launched campaign on Iranian nuclear and military sites, Ravid says. If Fordo survives Israeli airstrikes, Iran’s nuclear infrastructure will remain intact, says Ravid, adding that Tehran could even relocate the rest of its nuclear program to the facility, placing it beyond Israel’s reach and accelerating its path to a nuclear weapon.
According to the semi-official ISNA news agency, Iran confirmed that the Fordo site sustained limited damage from the recent Israeli attacks.
Non-essential Knesset meetings canceled this week due to Iran conflict
Following consultations with Knesset security and the opposition, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana announces that all Knesset committee meetings not essential for the current conflict with Iran will be canceled.
In addition, all Knesset employees who are not considered essential will switch to remote work, and all planned visitor groups and tours will be canceled. Access to the plenum will be restricted, and lawmakers who still wish to attend will be asked to limit the number of advisors they bring along.
Reporters are asked to go through the Knesset spokesman before going, and another situational assessment will be held on Sunday to decide on how to go forward for the rest of the week, the Knesset announces.
Trump: Both Putin and I think Israel-Iran war ‘should end’
US President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci, File)
US President Donald Trump says both he and Russian President Vladimir Putin feel the Israel-Iran war “should end,” in a post on the Truth Social site.
“President Putin called this morning to very nicely wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well,” Trump writes.
“We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week. He is doing the planned prisoner swaps — large numbers of prisoners are being exchanged, immediately, from both sides. The call lasted approximately 1 hour. He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end.”
Ex-PM Bennett says war against Iran aims to ‘save the free world’
Israel launched its war against Iran to “save the free world,” asserts former prime minister Naftali Bennett, posting a video and a series of images highlighting Iran-backed terror attacks around the world.
“Israel is saving the world from a nuclear Iran,” he tweets in English before switching to Hebrew to add that he had “prepared some ammunition that you can distribute on the world’s networks against complaints about Israel and demands for us to ‘de-escalate.'”
“Let it be clear: Israel is doing the dirty work that no one else was willing to do, and the whole world will benefit from it,” he writes.
Israel is saving the world from a nuclear Iran.
המסר לעולם: ישראל מצילה את העולם מאיראן גרעינית.הכנו מעט תחמושת שתוכלו להפיץ ברשתות בעולם כנגד תלונות על ישראל ודרישה מאיתנו ל״דה-אסקלציה״.
שיהיה ברור: ישראל עושה את העבודה השחורה שאף אחד אחר לא היה מוכן לעשות, וכל העולם יהנה… pic.twitter.com/10H3G27S9C
— Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט (@naftalibennett) June 14, 2025
Trump: Stopping Iran’s nuclear program is in US interest and is vital for peace
US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on June 12, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
Pushing back against right-wing “America first” supporters who argue the US shouldn’t back Israel against its enemies, US President Donald Trump says stopping the Iranian nuclear program is a prerequisite for peace.
“For those people who say they want peace — you can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon,” he tells the Atlantic. “So for all of those wonderful people who don’t want to do anything about Iran having a nuclear weapon — that’s not peace.”
Preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon is a vital US interest, he says.
“Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, very simple,” argues Trump. “Regardless—Israel or not Israel — Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb.”
Trump argues that Iran “still wants to make a deal” over its nuclear program despite the Israeli attacks.
He also expresses optimism that the war against Hamas in Gaza is nearing its end: “Gaza is ready to fold — or just about ready to fold. We have gotten many of the hostages back.”
Far-right deputy minister calls on Iranians to ‘rise up’ against regime
Following Israel’s attack on Tehran’s nuclear program, Israel’s Deputy Minister Almog Cohen calls on the Iranian people to “rise up” against their government.
“Overthrow the Ayatollah regime — those who drown in wine and wealth, while using your beautiful nation to fund global-terror,” the far-right politician tweets alongside a cartoon of an Iranian lion kicking the symbol of the current regime off the country’s national flag.
“Freedom is yours—take it!”
People of Iran, rise up!
Overthrow the Ayatollah regime – those who drown in wine and wealth, while using your beautiful nation to fund global-terror.
Freedom is yours—take it! pic.twitter.com/JAZJSSUbKq
— אלמוג כהן Almog cohen (@almog_cohen08) June 14, 2025
Police chief visits sites hit by Iranian missiles in central Israel
Israel Police chief Danny Levy tours a site where an Iranian missile impacted in central Israel alongside Tel Aviv District Commander Haim Sargarof on June 14, 2025. (Israel Police)
Police Commissioner Danny Levy toured the sites where Iranian missiles impacted in central Israel earlier today.
“The scale of destruction is vast… Our hearts are with the families and civilians who were harmed,” Levy says in a statement, praising civilians’ discipline in adhering to the Home Front Command’s safety guidelines, which “undoubtedly prevented the loss of more lives.”
Levy also saluted the police officers who helped rescue victims trapped under rubble in the wake of the Iranian missile barrages.
The police chief was accompanied by Tel Aviv District Commander Haim Sargarof, who briefed him on law enforcement’s activity at the impact sites.
A police spokesman says bomb disposal specialists are still working to rule out the presence of explosive material in the residential areas struck by Iranian missiles overnight in Rishon Lezion and Ramat Gan.
Iranian media says air defenses activated in Tehran, six other provinces
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian media says air defenses were activated over Tehran and six other provinces, on the second day of Israel’s air campaign against the Islamic Republic.
News agency Tasnim says air defenses were responding to “hostile targets” over Tehran and in the provinces of Hormozgan in the country’s south, Kermanshah and Lorestan in the west, Qom in the center, East Azerbaijan in the northwest, and Khuzestan in the southwest. State TV reports air defense activity in the same areas.
⚡⚡ ISRAEL IS ATTACKING IRANIAN CITIES
Tehran and the port of Bandar Abbas are under attack.
Reports are coming in about strikes on the Iranian South Pars Phase 14 gas processing plant — one of the largest natural gas extraction facilities in the world.
???????? Iranian state… pic.twitter.com/cBnlQPba9K
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 14, 2025
Herzog calls on world leaders to back Israel in fight against ‘terrorist jihad’
President Isaac Herzog calls on world leaders to support Israel “in an uncompromising manner” as it fights against Iran.
“We are at a historic crossroads, for the entire Middle East — between a terrorist jihad that seeks to dominate the region and a horizon of partnership and peace, of the day after,” he says in a video address. “This is not our war alone, but of all those who seek a common future in our region.”
He stresses that the Iranian regime “has worked against us for generations, to kill us. It has worked to create global and regional terrorism, to spread antisemitism and hatred of Israel, and above all – to develop nuclear weapons — in order to realize its ambition to destroy Israel.”
He argues that the world knows “that nuclear weapons in the hands of a murderous ideology are a threat to humanity.”
Herzog returns to the theme he has prioritized throughout his tenure — national unity.
He calls on Israelis “to reach out and strengthen each other, to be considerate, to listen, to support — physically and emotionally, to enhance personal, community and national resilience — in Israel and in the Diaspora. To maintain Israeli cohesion. At this historic time, we must under no circumstances return to steps that tear us apart from within.”
בשעה הזאת אני מבקש לפנות אליכם – אחיותיי ואחיי – אל העם כולו. לפנות מלב אל לב – אל היושבים בממ"דים, במקלטים, בחדרי הביטחון; אל מי שאין להם מרחב מוגן סמוך; אל הרחוקים מביתם.
אכן, לא קלה דרכנו. אני גאה בכם וסומך עליכם. אין לי ספק – העם בישראל יתגבר וינצח כל אויב! מזמין אתכם לצפות… pic.twitter.com/Ms8wMpTDOm
— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) June 14, 2025
National Unity removes routine no-confidence vote from Knesset agenda
The National Unity party removes a regular motion of no-confidence in the government from Monday’s Knesset agenda, stating that Israel had entered a “critical” period and that “it is appropriate to act responsibly.”
Deri, Edelstein were informed of Iran strikes ahead of time
Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri speak in the Knesset, December 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Yuli Edelstein were informed of this weekend’s strikes on Iran ahead of time, Channel 12 journalist Amit Segal reports.
According to Segal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “signed a written order to advance the plan” to strike Iran shortly after US President Donald Trump’s election in November 2024, leading to months of talks to secure Washington’s permission to go ahead with the attack.
“The heads of the ultra-Orthodox parties, with the exception of Deri, knew nothing about the attack while they threatened to dissolve the government,” Segal tweets, adding that Edelstein “also knew about what was brewing, and this helped bring about a compromise, knowing what was going to happen within a day.”
Asked by The Times of Israel, the spokesman for Edelstein confirms the report.
Iranian state TV: ‘Heavy and destructive’ attacks against Israel expected in coming hours
Iran’s state TV says that “heavy and destructive” attacks by Iran against Israel are expected within the coming hours, as the Israeli military continues to strike several targets across Iran.
Ben Gvir’s office says minister held ‘situational assessment’ with authorities
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s office says that the cabinet member left his bunker for several hours this afternoon to conduct a “situational assessment” with police, the prison service, and the fire and rescue services.
Ben Gvir is said to have discussed how to deal with the sites of missile strikes, “incitement,” and “terrorist celebrations in prisons, if they occur,” among other things.
“Minister Ben Gvir is full of appreciation for the police, the fire and rescue services, and the prison service, who worked throughout the last 24 hours to save the lives of civilians,” his spokesman says.
Police nab Palestinian who livestreamed Iran missile attack with music promoting incitement
Jerusalem police arrested a Palestinian after he livestreamed Iran’s missile attack on Israel last night while playing a Shi’ite devotional song in the video’s background.
The man, a resident of Silwan in his 20s, was detained for questioning by police earlier today.
Police say the young man “broadcasted a song promoting incitement and expressing praise for the missile fire launched from Iran” during his livestream of last night’s barrage while he was in the Old City.
The song in question appears to be the Persian-language ballad “Haidar, Haidar” in praise of the Islamic caliph Ali, whom Shi’ite Muslims view as the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad.
A spokesman for the police says law enforcement is “actively working to combat incitement and violence on social media” as part of their “heightened operational readiness” amid war with Iran.
Education minister: Schools to stay closed all week, distance learning to be put in place
Education Minister Yoav Kisch gives a video statement on June 14, 2025. (Education minister spokesperson video/screenshot)
Due to the security situation, schools will stay closed all week and Israeli students will transition to distance learning, Education Minister Yoav Kisch declares in a video announcement.
“There will be no physical educational activity, neither within the framework of special education, nor within the frameworks of formal and informal education,” Kisch states, adding that graduation exams will be postponed by a week.
Azerbaijani FM tells Iranian counterpart it won’t allow Israel to use territory for strikes
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan reassures neighboring Iran that it would not allow its territory to be used for attacks against Tehran, following unprecedented Israeli strikes on Iranian targets.
Iran has long expressed concern that Israel — a close ally of Azerbaijan and a key arms supplier — could use Azerbaijani territory to stage attacks.
“Azerbaijan will never allow its territory to be used for attacks on third countries, including friendly Iran,” Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov tells his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi.
In a phone call with Araghchi, Bayramov warned that the “conflict risked engulfing the broader region,” and called for “diplomatic efforts to prevent further escalation,” the Azerbaijani foreign ministry press service tells AFP.
The ministry adds that Azerbaijan had facilitated land transit across its border after Iran closed its airspace in response to the Israeli strikes.
Pezeshkian says Iran won’t attend nuclear talks while Israel attacks
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks to navy officials, in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2025. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says that Tehran would not attend nuclear talks with the United States so long as Israel kept up its attacks on the Islamic Republic.
In a call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Pezeshkian says Iran favored diplomacy, but will not “accept irrational demands under pressure or… sit at the negotiating table while the Zionist regime continues its attacks,” according to a readout shared by the Iranian presidency.
Macron said in a statement of his own that he had asked Pezeshkian to “return swiftly to the negotiating table.”
Families of cabinet ministers moved from homes after Israel’s first strikes on Iran — report
As Israel launched its attack on Iran early on Friday morning, the families of multiple cabinet ministers were evacuated from their homes to prevent them from being targeted by Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, Channel 12 reports.
According to the network, several families were sent to “secure compounds,” while others were moved to “alternate addresses” so their whereabouts would remain unknown. These included the families of members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet.
Iranian state media says air defenses activated around Bandar Abbas, Tehran
Iranian state media reports air defenses are activated around the strategic port of Bandar Abbas as well as the capital of Tehran, as Israeli attacks appear to resume.
Significant air-defense activity reported over the city of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran, on the coast of the Strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/BOoiR7toRl
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025
IDF spokesman: Israel has struck Iran non-stop for 40 hours, including over 150 targets hit
IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, in a press conference, says the focus of the Israeli Air Force’s strikes in Iran in the past day has been in Tehran.
“At this hour, air force pilots are continuing to strike and carry out significant blows in various areas in Iran. A sequence of strikes that has not stopped for 40 hours, including over 150 targets,” he says.
From Tehran, “the murderous terror regime is managed, which poses a threat to the entire Western world,” he says. “Tehran is no longer immune.”
Following overnight strikes on Iranian air defenses, Defrin says, “hundreds of Israeli jets and aircraft are currently holding air superiority over western Iran and Tehran.”
“The aircraft are completing a wave of strikes on strategic military industry targets, nuclear program targets, and senior officials in the Iranian terror leadership,” he says.
IDF spokesperson: Israel bombed underground Iranian facility storing dozens of missiles
The Israeli Air Force bombed an underground weapons facility in western Iran today, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin reveals in a press conference.
According to the IDF, the site was used by Iran to store dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as launch them. IAF fighter jets struck the underground site along with launchers.
“The site had previously been revealed in a propaganda video released by the Iranian regime,” the IDF says.
The video shows Mohammad Bagheri, the Armed Forces chief of staff and IRGC Air Force chief Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who were both killed in Israeli strikes on Friday.
Macron tells Pezeshkian to ‘quickly’ renew nuclear talks
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2024. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)
PARIS, France — France’s President Emmanuel Macron urges his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to “quickly” resume negotiations over his country’s nuclear program, in talks today as a conflict between Tehran and Israel escalated.
Macron says in a message on X that he “invited President Pezeshkian to return swiftly to the negotiating table to reach an agreement — the only viable path to de-escalation.”
Starmer says UK to boost military presence in Middle East
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons, in London, on June 11, 2025. (House of Commons / AFP)
LONDON, United Kingdom — Britain is moving additional military assets, including fighter jets, to the Middle East to provide support across the region, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tells reporters as he is en route to a Group of Seven meeting in Canada.
“We are moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support in the region,” Starmer says.
Britain already has fighter jets in the Middle East as part of an operation to counter threats in Iraq and Syria.
Crews began deployment preparations on Friday morning, when it was clear the situation in the region was deteriorating, a spokesperson for the prime minister says.
Further refuelling aircraft from British bases have been deployed, and additional fighter jets will be sent, the spokesperson adds.
IDF Home Front Command keeps ban on gatherings; schools and workplaces to remain closed
Following a fresh assessment, the IDF Home Front Command says there are no changes to guidelines for civilians amid the conflict with Iran.
All gatherings are prohibited, and schools will not open. Workplaces are also closed, apart from those deemed critical.
The guidelines remain in effect until Sunday night, when the Home Front Command will conduct another assessment.
IDF Home Front Command guidelines issued on June 14, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Gas production suspended at Iranian facility attacked by Israel, Iranian media says
Gas production has been suspended from part of Iran’s South Pars field following an Israeli attack on the site today, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reports.
“Due to a fire in one of the four units of Phase 14 of South Pars, the production of 12 million cubic metres of gas from the Phase 14 platform has been temporarily halted until this section of the refinery is brought back into operation,” Tasnim says
The strike had resulted in a fire, which the Iranian oil ministry said was later extinguished.
The giant South Pars field, located in the southern Bushehr province, is one of Iran’s two main hydrocarbon production facilities.
Iranian state-run media has confirmed strikes recently targeted the Phase 14 Refinery of the South Pars Gas Field, the Fajr Jam Natural Gas Refinery, and the Kangan LNG Port on the coast of the Persian Gulf, all in the Bushehr Province of Southern Iran. It appears that Israel has… pic.twitter.com/vJKaFukjab
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 14, 2025
IDF chief told Israeli leaders Iran campaign key to ensuring ‘existence of the Jewish people’
Defense Minister Israel Katz, right, meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, left, and members of the military's top brass ahead of the Israeli operation against Iran's nuclear program, June 13, 2025.. (Defense Ministry)
The IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir told Israel’s political leaders in the past day that the campaign in Iran is essential to ensure “the existence of the Jewish people,” Channel 12 reports.
“The operation in Iran is an operation to defend the existence of the Jewish people. History will not forgive us if we do not act now,” the report quotes him saying. “This is the last opportunity to effect change.”
Israeli official: Overthrowing Iran’s regime not goal of strikes, but all options on table if they cross red lines
While overthrowing Iran’s regime is currently not the goal of Israeli strikes, all options are on the table if Tehran crosses red lines and continues to target civilians, an Israeli official tells Channel 12 news.
“There is no declared policy to bring down the regime,” the official says, “but if Iran continues to harm the civilian populace and cross red lines, all options will be on the table.”
IDF chief meets with crew who participated in ‘unprecedented’ Iran strikes
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets aircrews and technicians at Tel Nof Airbase, June 14, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir met with aircrews and technicians who participated in the strikes on Iran, telling them that “this is an unprecedented peak in the history of the IDF, in operational, intelligence, and technological capabilities.”
“We are paving the way to Tehran,” he tells the soldiers at Tel Nof Airbase.
IAEA says four buildings at Isfahan nuclear site damaged in attack
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that four critical buildings at the Isfahan nuclear site in Iran had been damaged in an attack yesterday, including a uranium conversion facility and a fuel plate fabrication plant.
“As in Natanz, no increase in off-site radiation expected,” the agency says in a post on X.
Based on info available to @IAEAorg, 4 critical buildings at Esfahan nuclear site were damaged in yesterday’s attack, including the Uranium Conversion Facility and the Fuel Plate Fabrication Plant.
As in Natanz, no increase in off-site radiation expected. https://t.co/ZzhQEDSzU6
— IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ (@iaeaorg) June 14, 2025
Civil aviation chief: It will take weeks to bring home all Israelis stranded abroad
An El Al plane parked at Ben Gurion Airport, May 7, 2025. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Shmuel Zakai, the head of the Civil Aviation Authority, says it will take weeks before all Israelis stranded abroad will be able to fly home, as Israel’s airspace remains closed amid strikes on Iran.
He says Israeli airlines moved their entire flights out of Israel at the very start of the war, in a complex operation that the CAA had planned well in advance, and that the planes are located at airports as close as possible to where Israelis are right now.
But flights cannot be resumed until the security establishment assessment allows, says Zakai.
This picture shows the empty departure hall at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv after Israel closed its airspace to takeoff and landing following strikes on Iran, June 13, 2025. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
“We won’t restart airport operations at a full pace, it will be slow, in stages, and it may cease for certain periods. The first goal is to prevent harm to people and planes,” he says.
“I want to say to Israelis abroad: It will take weeks — not days or hours — weeks until many of them are back home.”
Shmuel Zakai (GPO)
Asked if he really means weeks, he says Israel is in the midst of “a historic event, a war,” and that “we shouldn’t create illusions.”
Zakai says this scenario was known to key people ahead of the war, but indicates that Israel could not tell its citizens not to fly overseas because a preemptive war was imminent, and they might get stuck there.
Some 50,000 Israelis are believed to be stuck overseas, and the IDF’s spokesman said earlier today that it was constantly assessing the situation.
In some past conflicts, Israelis have been advised to get to Larnaca or Athens, where Israeli flights would fetch them as soon as possible, but no such official advice has been issued this time.
Senior military official says damage to Iran’s nuclear program ‘very significant’
A senior Israeli military official says the damage caused by strikes on Iran’s nuclear program “so far has been very significant, and we intend to continue.”
“Since the beginning of the operation, Iran’s nuclear project has suffered heavy blows in two main areas: Damage to the production of the weapon core through strikes on uranium enrichment and conversion sites in Natanz and Isfahan [and] damage to the regime’s weaponization group through the elimination of nine nuclear scientists with unique knowledge and experience in developing the nuclear detonation device,” the official says.
The senior officer says that “all the scientists eliminated in the opening strike had, over the years, been involved in developing the nuclear detonation device.”
Senior adviser to Khamenei killed in Israel’s initial airstrikes, Iranian state media says
The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, at a meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran on June, 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ali Shamkhani, has died of wounds sustained in Israel’s initial airstrikes, Iranian state reports.
Iranian FM accuses Israel of pushing region to ‘dangerous cycle of violence’
Iranian Red Crescent volunteers gathered in front of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Tehran, June 14, 2025. (Iranian Red Crescent / AFP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran accuses Israel of throwing the Middle East into a “dangerous cycle of violence” as it carried out a second day of airstrikes on nuclear and military targets in the Islamic Republic.
“This aggression pushes the region into a dangerous cycle of violence,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says during a call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, according to a statement from his ministry. “Iran has responded and will respond in a firm manner to the barbaric actions of the Zionist regime.”
Putin slams Israeli strikes on Iran in phone call with Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump discussed hostilities between Iran and Israel in a new telephone call today, Russian news agencies quote top Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov as saying.
Ushakov, quoted by the agencies, says Putin condemned Israeli attacks on Iran and the two leaders did not rule out returning to discussions on Iran’s nuclear program.
Ushakov is also quoted as saying that Putin confirmed Russia’s readiness to press on with negotiations with Ukraine.
The agencies quote Ushakov as saying the two presidents spoke for about 50 minutes. He describes the talk as meaningful and useful.
Unscheduled flights took off from Tehran’s airport, flight tracking data shows
Earlier today, flight tracking websites documented several Iranian planes taking off from Tehran’s airport.
The website Flightradar24 notes that the planes have no callsigns, meaning “these are not scheduled flights.”
The site speculates that the planes could be relocating to safer airports to avoid Israeli attacks.
Several Iranian aircraft are currently leaving Teheran. The callsigns indicate that these are not scheduled flights, so they could be relocating to safer airports. pic.twitter.com/Xcj3IivRmS
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) June 14, 2025
IDF footage shows strike on Iranian troops who fired ballistic missiles
The IDF publishes a video showing an airstrike on Iranian military members who launched a ballistic missile at Israel this morning from western Iran.
The clip also shows a strike on the ballistic missile launcher.
A second video published by the IDF shows another strike on a truck-mounted ballistic missile launcher.
תיעוד: כלי טיס של חיל האוויר חיסל חוליית מחבלים ששיגרה טיל לעורף ישראל הבוקר pic.twitter.com/TQ0fakhjcO
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) June 14, 2025
Netanyahu says Iranian leaders are ‘packing their bags’
In an English video statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iranian leaders are “packing their bags” amid Israel’s airstrikes.
“I’ll tell you what would have come if we hadn’t acted. We had information that this unscrupulous regime was planning to give the nuclear weapons that they would develop to their terrorist proxies. That’s nuclear terrorism on steroids. That would threaten the entire world,” he says.
He adds that the operation has the “clear support” of US President Donald Trump.
“Our enemy is your enemy… We’re dealing with something that will threaten all of us sooner or later. Our victory will be your victory,” Netanyahu says, wishing the US leader a happy birthday.
“This is what Israel is doing with the support, the clear support of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the American people and many others in the world.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
I want to start by wishing a double Happy Birthday.
First Happy Birthday to you, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. You've been an extraordinary leader: decisive, courageous, clear vision, clear action. You have done great things for Israel. pic.twitter.com/9AQyUgktSC— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) June 14, 2025
Erdogan tells Pezeshkian Israeli strikes designed to sabotage nuclear talks, divert gaze from Gaza war
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Sep. 23 2024. (The Turkish Presidency)
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in a phone call today that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was trying to set the region on fire and to sabotage nuclear talks with attacks on Iran.
A statement by his office says Erdogan had also told Pezeshkian that Israel’s attacks aimed to divert attention from what he called a genocide in Gaza.
China expresses backing for Tehran, opposition to Israeli strikes in separate calls with Araghchi, Sa’ar
BEIJING, China — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi held phone calls with his Israeli and Iranian counterparts today, Beijing’s Foreign Ministry says in separate statements.
Wang told Iran’s Abbas Araghchi that China would support Tehran in “defending its legitimate rights and interests,” the ministry says, while he told Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar that Beijing opposed Israel’s actions of “attacking Iran with force,” the statements says.
Two rockets fired from Gaza hit open areas in southern Israel
Two rockets launched from the southern Gaza Strip at southern Israel hit open areas, the army says.
No injuries were caused.
Sirens had sounded in the border community of Nir Oz.
Oman’s FM confirms US-Iran nuclear talks on Sunday canceled amid Israeli strikes
Vehicles of delegations leave the Omani embassy after a fifth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, in Rome on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Oman’s foreign minister says planned talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program “will not now take place” after Israel’s strikes targeting the Islamic Republic.
Badr al-Busaidi makes the announcement on social media. It comes after Iran’s foreign minister said any talks would be “unjustifiable” amid the ongoing attacks.
Oman has been mediating the talks.
“The Iran-US talks scheduled to be held in Muscat this Sunday will not now take place,” al-Busaidi writes. “But diplomacy and dialogue remain the only pathway to lasting peace.”
A sixth round was due to happen in Muscat, Oman’s capital, before the Israeli strikes began Friday.
Iranian media reports ‘massive explosion’ after Israeli drone strike on gas field
Iranian media reports a “massive explosion” following an Israeli drone strike on the South Pars gas field in the southern port city of Kangan.
“An hour ago, an Israeli drone hit one of the South Pars Phase 14 refineries, causing a massive explosion and fire in the refinery,” the Tasnim news agency says, while the Fars agency reports firefighters are working to extinguish a blaze that erupted as a result of the attack.
נמל קנגן, בושהר pic.twitter.com/CGT4ebUa3Y
— איתי בלומנטל ???????? Itay Blumental (@ItayBlumental) June 14, 2025
Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border community
Rocket sirens are sounding in the Gaza border community of Nir Oz.
The IDF says it is looking into the incident.
Iran’s Pezeshkian warns of ‘more severe’ attacks if Israeli strikes continue
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian giving an address on the anniversary of the death of the country's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at the latter's mausoleum in Tehran on June 3, 2025. (Iranian Presidency / AFP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warns that there would be a “more severe and powerful response” if Israel continued to strike his country.
“The continuation of Zionist aggression will be met with a more severe and powerful response from the Iranian armed forces,” Pezeshkian says in a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to the Iranian presidency.
Satellite photos show buildings damaged at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site
Satellite images by Maxar Technologies show that multiple buildings were damaged by Israeli strikes at Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility yesterday.
????New high-resolution satellite images published by @Maxar show multiple buildings were destroyed at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility from recent airstrikes. See here before and after: pic.twitter.com/NNVZ4MhvEv
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) June 14, 2025
Erdogan warns against ‘devastating’ Israel-Iran war, fears refugee crisis
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives, with his wife, at the beginning of a summit where the leaders of 47 European countries and organizations are to discuss security, defense and democratic standards, in Tirana, Albania, on May 16, 2025. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns against a “devastating war” between Israel and Iran that could trigger a refugee crisis, in a telephone conversation with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“President Erdogan said during the conversation that our region cannot tolerate another crisis, and a devastating war could create waves of irregular migration towards all the countries in the region,” the Turkish presidency says in a statement.
Minnesota state Democrat shot dead, another hurt in apparent assassination
WASHINGTON — A gunman in Minnesota shot two Democratic state lawmakers today, killing one and her husband and wounding the other in what officials say were targeted attacks.
Governor Tim Walz says the attack at the lawmakers’ homes in two towns near Minneapolis “appears to be a politically motivated assassination.”
????BREAKING: Minnesota Democratic Sen. John Hoffman and Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman, along with their spouses, were shot overnight by a suspect posing as a police officer. A manhunt underway in Brooklyn Park. pic.twitter.com/XpjnVoHL3D
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 14, 2025
US official says Washington still committed to talks with Iran
This picture shows a magazine front page at a kiosk in Tehran on April 19, 2025, featuring the Iran-US talks on the Iranian nuclear programme set to begin in Rome on the same day. The United States and Iran are set to resume high-stakes talks on April 19 on Tehran's nuclear programme, a week after an initial round of discussions that both sides described as "constructive". (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
The United States says it is still committed to talks with Iran, a senior Trump administration official says, after Tehran said a meeting would be meaningless while US ally Israel is bombing the Islamic Republic.
“While there will be no meeting Sunday, we remain committed to talks and hope the Iranians will come to the table soon,” the official says.
AFP contributed to this report.
Netanyahu: Israel has inflicted ‘serious damage’ on Iran’s nuclear facilities
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a video address on June 14, 2025. (GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has inflicted “serious damage” on Iran’s nuclear facilities in its airstrikes over the past two days.
“We also hit the team of senior scientists who are leading these projects,” he says in a video statement, saying that strikes have delayed Iran’s nuclear program for several years.
“There is also a major threat from the ballistic missiles,” he adds, casting the projectiles as another method Iran means to use to eliminate Israel. He says Israel is eliminating their ability to produce such weapons..
“Very soon, you will see IAF planes above Tehran’s skies. We will hit every target of the ayatollahs’ regime,” Netanyahu states, adding the strikes carried out so far are nothing compared to what will be experienced in the coming days.
Security cabinet to meet in underground bunker at 10 p.m., reports say
In this photo provided by the Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, convenes his security Cabinet to vote on a ceasefire deal in Jerusalem, January 17, 2025. (Koby Gideon/Israeli Government Press Office via AP)
The security cabinet is set to meet in an underground bunker tonight at 10 p.m. amid ongoing strikes on Iran, Hebrew media reports.
Shin Bet said to increase security for senior officials amid fears of revenge attacks by Iran
The Shin Bet security service has implemented a plan to dramatically increase security for senior political, defense, and intelligence officials, amid the war with Iran, the Ynet news site reports.
The plan, which cannot be fully detailed, involves special deployment measures and operational procedures prepared in case of war, Ynet reports.
It is reportedly implemented amid fears of revenge attacks after IDF strikes took out much of Iran’s top defense brass.
Croatia’s consul, wife lightly hurt in Iranian missile attack on Tel Aviv
A damaged building is pictured at a site in Tel Aviv hit by a ballistic missile fired from Iran on June 14, 2025. (JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
BELGRADE, Serbia — Croatia’s consul in Israel and his wife were lightly injured in Iran’s missile strikes on Tel Aviv, Croatia’s Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman says.
“I am shaken by the news that our consul and his wife were injured in the attack on Tel Aviv. The building they live in was hit,” he says on X, formerly Twitter.
“I spoke with them and, fortunately, their injuries are minor and they are not in any life-threatening condition.”
Grlic Radman adds that his ministry was in constant contact with the Croatian Embassy in Israel and was taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of its staff.
“We strongly condemn attacks on civilians and diplomatic facilities. We call for immediate de-escalation and restraint,” Grlic Radman says.
Netanyahu speaks to central Israel mayors after deadly overnight Iranian missile attacks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the mayors of Rishon Lezion, Tel Aviv, and Ramat Gan after the central cities were hit by Iranian ballistic missile barrages overnight, his office says.
Netanyahu expresses his condolences over the deaths of three residents in the attacks, and says the government would assist the municipalities in repairing the damage caused by the missiles, the Prime Minister’s Office adds.
Iranian media says a police chief, officer killed in Israeli drone strike
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian media reports a police chief and another officer were killed in a drone strike today, about 300 kilometres (186 miles) west of Tehran, as Israel kept up its air campaign against the Islamic Republic for a second day.
“This morning, police chief Major Habibollah Akbarian, along with second lieutenant Amir Hossein Seifi, were martyred by a drone strike in Asadabad city in the western province of Hamedan,” the ISNA press agency reports.
PM’s son’s wedding canceled amid conflict with Iran
Avner Netanyahu, son of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen during a court hearing regarding his request for a restraining order against activist Barak Cohen, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on August 4, 2019. (Flash90)
Avner Netanyahu’s wedding, set for Monday, has been canceled amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, Hebrew media reports.
The prime minister’s son’s wedding caused controversy, drawing ire from some anti-government protesters, who denounced the Netanyahu family for holding a celebration while Israeli hostages are still held in Gaza under the premier’s watch.
IDF says it struck ballistic missile launcher ready to fire in western Iran
The Israeli Air Force struck a primed ballistic missile launcher in western Iran, the IDF says, attaching a video of the strike.
The missile launcher was spotted by an IAF aircraft flying over Iran, and it was struck a short while later, according to the IDF.
Dozens of ballistic missile launchers have been destroyed so far in Israeli strikes, the military says.
The military said that it has “established aerial superiority from western Iran to Tehran,” following an overnight IAF operation, during which dozens of air defense systems were struck.
חיל האוויר תקף משגרי טילים מוכנים לשיגור לעבר העורף הישראלי במערב איראן
מטוסי קרב וכלי טיס של חיל האוויר תקפו עד כה באיראן עשרות טילים המכוונים לעורף הישראלי בטרם שוגרו.
כלי טיס של חיל האוויר שטסו בשמי איראן זיהו משגרי טילים ובסגירת מעגל מהירה, תקפו אותם וסיכלו שיגורים עתידיים… pic.twitter.com/SKcIV1vJ7R
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) June 14, 2025
Iran says two IRGC members killed in Israeli strike on base
Iranian Red Crescent volunteers gathered in front of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Tehran, June 14, 2025. (Iranian Red Crescent / AFP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Two Islamic Revolutionary Guards were killed today in an Israeli strike on a base in central Iran, the Tasnim news agency reports.
“Following the brutal attack by the Zionist regime on the Zarandiyeh Basij base, two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were martyred,” the news agency says, citing the Guards.
IDF Home Front Command: People in bomb shelters during Iran attacks were largely unharmed
Police evacuate injured civilians at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Rishon Lezion, June 14, 2025. (Aloni Mor/Flash90)
The IDF Home Front Command has analyzed the major Iranian ballistic missile impacts in civilian areas overnight and this morning, finding that those who were in bomb shelters were largely unharmed.
Some 200 missiles were fired by Iran at Israel in four main waves. The IDF said that 50 were not intercepted “according to protocol” as they were set to hit open areas, and a “small number” breached air defenses.
Missile strikes in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Rishon Lezion in central Israel killed three civilians and wounded some 80. Seven soldiers were also lightly wounded by one impact in central Israel.
The Home Front Command says that in the case of a high-rise tower in Tel Aviv, the missile struck the 9th floor, destroying several apartments, but the bomb safe rooms sustained the impact, and hundreds of civilians were unharmed or only lightly hurt.
In Ramat Gan, a relatively old home without a bomb safe room was directly hit by a missile. However, those who entered a basement under the building were unharmed.
The Home Front Command calls on civilians to head for the safest place possible amid Iran’s missile attacks.
The missiles carry warheads of hundreds of kilograms of explosives, and are considered to be a much greater threat than the drones launched by Iran, which are mostly intercepted before reaching Israel.
Meanwhile, the Home Front Command says it has called up its entire reserve personnel, with tens of thousands of troops deployed across the country ready to respond to missile impacts.
IDF says Iran’s military intel, IRGC ballistic missile chiefs killed in strikes
The Iranian regime's security chain of command that has been eliminated by Israeli strikes, June 14, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF announces that the chiefs of Iran’s military intelligence and the IRGC’s ballistic missile array were killed in recent strikes.
In all, some 20 top military Iranian commanders have been killed since Israel launched its operation against Iran on Friday, the IDF says.
Gholam-Reza Marhabi, head of the intelligence department of the Iranian Armed Forces, was killed in Israel’s opening strikes early Friday, the IDF says.
The IDF says he “was responsible for intelligence situational assessments for the Iranian Armed Forces and was considered Iran’s most senior intelligence officer.”
“Marhabi played a key role in intelligence evaluations, operational planning, and combat preparations against Israel in the past year and before,” the military says, adding that he was a “highly respected senior figure within the regime’s security organization and a close associate of” Mohammad Bagheri, the Armed Forces chief of staff who was also killed on Friday.
Additionally, the IDF says a strike on Friday killed “the commander of the IRGC’s Surface-To-Surface Missile Array, Mohammad Bagheri.”
The IDF says Bagheri “oversaw most of Iran’s long-range surface-to-surface and cruise missile capabilities.”
Bagheri was killed alongside the commander of the IRGC air force and other top commanders in the unit while meeting at an underground command center to prepare to attack Israel, according to the IDF.
NYT: Iran believed Israel wouldn’t attack before talks with US set for Sunday, leading to fateful errors
An anti-Israel poster, which reads in Persian "look for shelters among the debris," hangs on the side of building in Tehran on June 14, 2025. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
Iran seriously miscalculated in the lead-up to Israel’s strikes on Friday, believing that it would never have attacked before a round of nuclear talks with the United States scheduled for Sunday, officials close to Iran’s leadership tell The New York Times.
Due to this miscalculation, Iran’s top military commanders did not seek shelter and ignored recommendations not to congregate in a single area, the officials say.
Israel eliminated most of Iran’s top military brass at an emergency meeting in the opening strikes early Friday morning.
According to private texts shared with The Times, Iranian officials angrily asked: “Where is our air defense?” and “How can Israel come and attack anything it wants, kill our top commanders, and we are incapable of stopping it?”
Baghdad has requested Tehran not target US sites on Iraqi soil, senior Iraqi official says
Armored vehicles of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces are deployed outside the US embassy building in Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraq, on June 12, 2025. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad has asked Tehran not to target US interests on Iraqi soil, a senior security official says.
The government in Baghdad is a close ally of Tehran but also a strategic partner of Iran’s arch-foe, the United States, which has some 2,500 troops in Iraq as part of an anti-jihadist coalition.
Fearing being caught up in a regional escalation, the Iraqi government asked Tehran not to strike in its territory, a senior Iraqi security official tells AFP.
“The request was made. They promised us positive things,” the official says, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
The official adds that Tehran has shown understanding with regard to Baghdad’s request.
IDF Home Front Command set to alter warning times for Iranian attacks
The IDF Home Front Command is set to adjust the warning times it gives to civilians for Iranian ballistic missile attacks, as it assesses further barrages may resume in the evening.
The Home Front Command says it will issue a warning on its app some 15-30 minutes before an expected attack, instructing civilians to remain close to bomb shelters. This should assist those without bomb safe rooms in their homes to head for public shelters.
As missiles are detected being launched, the Home Front Command will give an early warning on its app and use the cell broadcast system to instruct civilians to enter bomb shelters. This will give civilians some 10 minutes to seek shelter.
Sirens will sound 90 seconds before missiles are expected to impact. Once sirens sound, civilians are instructed to immediately enter bomb shelters and remain there until further notice.
Once the barrage is believed to be over, the Home Front Command will issue an update allowing civilians to leave the bomb shelters, and the process will repeat if another attack is expected.
Iranian lawmaker says closure of key Strait of Hormuz under consideration
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel watches an American warship in the Strait of Hormuz, May 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
The closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz is being seriously reviewed by Iran, IRINN reported, citing statements by Esmail Kosari, a member of the parliament’s security commission.
The Strait of Hormuz, which lies between Oman and Iran, is the world’s most important gateway for oil shipping.
France boosts security at Jewish sites, Israeli and US interests
A French riot policeman stands guard outside the Paris Synagogue, two days after security measures were reinforced near Jewish temples and schools, in central Paris, on October 9, 2023. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
France is boosting security, including around Jewish and US sites on its territory, amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, the interior minister says in a domestic order.
“Special vigilance” must be given “to all sites that could be targeted by terrorist or malicious acts by a foreign power,” Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau says in a dispatch to French regional security chiefs that was seen by AFP.
He says security should be heightened around “places of worship, schools, state and institutional buildings, sites with high traffic,” including “festive, cultural or religious gatherings.”
The order also applies to “Israeli and US interests as well as to establishments in the Jewish community.”
France is home to the biggest Jewish community in Europe.
IDF releases new footage of Iranian ballistic missile launchers being destroyed in strikes
The IDF releases new footage showing Iranian ballistic missile launchers being destroyed in Israeli airstrikes.
The Israeli Air Force has been working to disrupt attempts by Iran to launch further ballistic missile barrages on Israel.
The IDF releases new footage showing Iranian ballistic missile launchers being struck in Israeli airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/dCcliwun7V
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 14, 2025
IDF: ‘Tehran is no longer immune; the capital is exposed to Israeli strikes’
Israeli Air Force fighter jets involved in strikes in Iran in an image released June 14, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says over 70 Israeli Air Force fighter jets participated in the overnight operation in Tehran to achieve aerial freedom of action over the Iranian capital.
He says some 40 sites were targeted, including air defense systems and related assets.
IAF fighter jets and drones flew over Tehran for some two and a half hours during the operation, Defrin says.
“The dozens of aircraft are flying freely over Tehran, thanks to the opening blow that removed the threat of Iranian air defense systems,” he says.
Defrin says it is the deepest area in Iran that the IAF has operated in so far.
“Tehran is no longer immune; the capital is exposed to Israeli strikes,” he adds.
Air force has not yet struck all Iran’s nuclear facilities, but efforts will continue, say military officials
This image grab taken from footage broadcast by Iran's IRINN news on June 13, 2025 shows what the television described as smoke billowing from explosions in Natanz after Israel announced it had carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites (IRINN / AFP)
The Israeli Air Force has not yet struck all of Iran’s nuclear facilities, but these efforts will continue while the military also works to degrade the country’s ballistic missile array, military officials say.
So far, the IAF has caused “significant damage” to the Natanz nuclear facility and destroyed some sections of the Isfahan site, according to the IDF. The IAF has not yet targeted Fordo.
Nine nuclear scientists were also killed in Israeli strikes on Friday.
Air force ready for sudden escalation, but says operation against Iran ‘advancing according to plan’
The Israeli Air Force says its operation against Iran is “advancing according to the plan” and “working well” so far.
Still, the IAF says it is preparing for a sudden further escalation with Iran.
Meanwhile, the IAF says it can now fly over Tehran with fighter jets, which it says is “significant.”
The IAF also says it is working to disrupt attempts by Iran to launch massive ballistic missile barrages on Israel, with fighter jets flying over the launch sites. As time goes on, Iran’s ability to launch missiles at Israel will be slowly degraded, the IAF says.
The military releases footage showing the identification of Iranian ballistic missile launchers in Tehran, shortly before they were targeted.
Gazan medics: At least 15 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire near aid center; no comment from IDF
Medics at Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa Hospitals in central Gaza areas say at least 15 people were killed by Israeli fire as they tried to approach the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution site near the Netzarim corridor.
The toll cannot be independently verified. There is no immediate comment from the IDF or the GHF.
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says in a statement that at least 274 people have so far been killed, and more than 2,000 wounded, near aid distribution sites since the GHF began operations in the Strip.
It is unclear at what time the reported shooting near the Netzarim Corridor took place. Earlier this month, the IDF warned Palestinians not to approach routes leading to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time, describing these roads as closed military zones. However, the GHF has indicated it may be open during those hours.
The GHF has faced heavy scrutiny from other aid bodies, as well as the UN and foreign countries, which say that it does not sufficiently address the humanitarian needs in the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
Critics have also accused GHF of putting aid seekers in harm’s way, with operations beset by deadly incidents for multiple days in a row.
Israel says the mechanism is required to keep aid out of the hands of Hamas.
Noting Israeli fatalities, UK ‘alarmed by further strikes in the Middle East’
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy delivers opening remarks during the London Sudan conference at Lancaster House in London, April 15, 2025. (Isabel Infantes/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he is “alarmed” by the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
“Alarmed by further strikes in the Middle East overnight, with reports of fatalities and injuries in Israel. We must urgently de-escalate & prevent any further harm to civilians,” Lammy says on X, formerly Twitter, adding that he had spoken to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi “to urge calm.”
Three civilians were killed and 70 wounded in ballistic missile barrages fired by Iran at Israel. Tehran has not given an updated death toll in the Israeli strikes targeting its military and nuclear infrastructure.
According to London’s The Times, the UK was not informed about Israel’s initial strikes on Iran in advance, amid deteriorating ties between the two countries.
2nd victim of Iranian ballistic missile fire named as Etti Cohen Engel from Ramat Gan
This aerial picture shows damaged buildings at a site hit by a missile fired from Iran in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv on June 14, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
Etti Cohen Engel is the second to be named of the three people killed in massive barrages of Iranian ballistic missile fire last night and early this morning.
Engel was killed in the missile attack that hit the central city of Ramat Gan last night.
Earlier today, it was announced that Yisrael Aloni, 73, was killed in a barrage on the central city of Rishon Lezion. Another person who has not yet been publicly named was killed in the same barrage.
In addition to the three people killed, some 70 people were wounded by the approximately 200 ballistic missiles fired from Iran.
Most of the missiles were intercepted by air defenses. The military said that around 25%, less than 50, were not intercepted “according to protocol,” meaning they were left to strike open areas without causing damage to any critical infrastructure.
A “small number” of missiles made it through air defenses, the IDF said, including in residential areas in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Rishon Lezion in central Israel.
IDF releases new footage showing interception of Iranian drones launched at Israel
The IDF releases new footage showing the interceptions of drones launched at Israel from Iran by the Israeli Air Force and Israeli Navy.
Over 100 drones launched from Iran have been shot down since Friday by IAF fighter jets and helicopters and Navy missile boats.
״מטרה נפלה״: חיל האוויר וחיל הים יירטו עשרות כלי טיס בלתי מאויישים ששוגרו מאיראן ביממה האחרונה
תיעוד וקולות קשר מרגעי היירוט
ספינות הטילים של חיל הים, מערך ההגנה האווירית ומטוסי ומסוקי הקרב של חיל האוויר יירטו ביממה האחרונה עשרות כלי טיס בלתי מאויישים ששוגרו מאיראן לעבר מדינת… pic.twitter.com/hPzjuuh9xn
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) June 14, 2025
7 soldiers lightly injured by ballistic missile impact in central Israel last night, IDF says
Seven IDF soldiers were lightly injured by a ballistic missile impact in central Israel last night, the military announces.
The soldiers were taken to hospitals and have since been released to their homes.
IDF: ‘Technical malfunction’ resolved after no early warning issued ahead of ballistic missile barrage from Iran
The IDF says an early warning was not issued by the Home Front Command on its app ahead of one of Iran’s ballistic missile barrages early this morning due to a “technical malfunction.”
“The malfunction was investigated and resolved,” the IDF adds.
Khamenei names Majid Mousavi as new IRGC aerospace chief after predecessor killed in Israeli strike
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appoints a new head of the Revolutionary Guards air arm to replace the one killed by an Israeli strike.
In a decree, Khamenei names Majid Mousavi to replace Amirali Hajizadeh as commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps aerospace force.
IDF Home Front says civilians nationwide no longer need to stay close to bomb shelters
The IDF Home Front Command says civilians nationwide no longer need to stay close to bomb shelters.
The instruction to remain close to bomb shelters was given last night ahead of Iran’s ballistic missile barrages.
IDF names 9 Iranian nuclear scientists killed in simultaneous opening strikes, says they advanced efforts toward bomb
A man flashes a victory sign while riding his motorbike past an anti-Israeli banner depicting Iranian soldiers heading to attack Israeli territory, at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
The IDF names the nine Iranian nuclear scientists it assassinated in the opening strikes of its operation against Iran’s nuclear program early Friday, and details the efforts to kill them.
The military says these scientists had advanced efforts by Iran to obtain a nuclear bomb.
The nine are named as: Fereydoon Abbasi, expert in nuclear engineering; Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, expert in physics; Akbar Motalebi Zadeh, expert in chemical engineering; Saeed Barji, expert in materials engineering; Amir Hassan Fakhahi, expert in physics; Abd al-Hamid Minoushehr, expert in reactor physics; Mansour Asgari, expert in physics; Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryani, expert in nuclear engineering; and Ali Bakhouei Katirimi, expert in mechanics.
“All the scientists and experts who were eliminated were significant sources of knowledge in the Iranian nuclear project, and had decades of cumulative experience in the development of nuclear weapons,” the IDF says.
It says that many of them were successors to Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the “father of the Iranian nuclear project,” who was allegedly assassinated by Israel in 2020.
According to the military, the nine were killed in simultaneous strikes on Tehran early Friday, in the same wave of attacks that eliminated dozens of military commanders, including six top officials.
“The elimination of the scientists was made possible following in-depth intelligence research that intensified over the past year, as part of a classified and compartmentalized IDF plan,” the military says.
As part of the plan, the IDF says dozens of intelligence researchers “worked on a secret project aimed at tracking key nuclear scientists in Iran over the course of several years.”
Pope Leo appeals for Iran, Israel to act with ‘reason’
Pope Leo XIV speaks during a Jubilee audience on June 14, 2025 at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican. (Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Pope Leo appeals for authorities in Iran and Israel to act with “reason,” and calls on the nations to pursue dialogue.
Leo, in one of the strongest peace appeals yet of his five-week papacy, tells an audience in St. Peter’s Basilica he is following the situation with “great concern.”
“In such a delicate moment, I strongly wish to renew an appeal to responsibility and to reason,” says the pope.
“The commitment to building a safer world free from the nuclear threat must be pursued through respectful encounters and sincere dialogue to build a lasting peace, founded on justice, fraternity, and the common good,” he says.
“No one should ever threaten the existence of another,” says Leo. “It is the duty of all countries to support the cause of peace, initiating paths of reconciliation and promoting solutions that guarantee security and dignity for all.”
Reports of fresh Israeli strikes in Iranian cities housing key defense facilities; 2 killed at missile site in western Iran
Iranian media reports new Israeli strikes in cities in the country’s west and northwest, which house key defenses and military bases.
The Fars and Mehr news agencies say the strikes hit the northwestern city of Tabriz as well as parts of the western provinces of Lorestan, Hamedan, and Kermanshah.
Two people were killed in an Israeli attack on a missile site in Assadabad in western Iran, Iranian news sites report.
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Iran reportedly arrests 5 in Yazd, accusing them of ‘collaborating with Israel’
Iran has arrested five people in central city of Yazd for taking pictures and “collaborating with Israel,” Iranian news sites report.
The arrests were made as Iran and Israel continue to target each other after Israel launched its biggest-ever offensive against its longtime foe in a bid to prevent Tehran, which frequently calls for Israel’s destruction, from developing a nuclear weapon.
Iran often arrests people it accuses of spying for Israel, usually without producing evidence to back up the allegations.
First victim of Iranian ballistic missile fire named as Yisrael Aloni, 73, from Rishon Lezion
Yisrael Aloni, 73, killed in a ballistic missile attack on June 14, 2025 (Courtesy)
Yisrael Aloni, 73, is named as one of three people killed in massive barrages of Iranian ballistic missile fire last night and early this morning.
Aloni was killed in a barrage on the central city of Rishon Lezion.
Another person was killed in the same barrage, while the third died as a result of an earlier wave of projectiles.
In addition to the three people killed, some 70 people were wounded by the approximately 200 ballistic missiles fired from Iran.
Most of the missiles were intercepted by air defenses. The military said that around 25%, less than 50, were not intercepted “according to protocol,” meaning they were left to strike open areas without causing damage to any critical infrastructure.
A “small number” of missiles made it through air defenses, the IDF said, including in residential areas in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Rishon Lezion in central Israel.
Katz: ‘If Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, Tehran will burn’
Residents after their home was struck by a missile launched from Iran, in Rishon Lezion, Israel, on June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Defense Minister Israel Katz warns Iran’s leader, Ali Khamenei, that if missiles continue to be fired at Israel, “Tehran will burn.”
“The Iranian dictator is turning the citizens of Iran into hostages and creating a reality in which they, especially the residents of Tehran, will pay a heavy price for the criminal attack on Israeli civilians,” Katz says during an assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Mossad director David Barnea, and other top military officials.
“If Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, Tehran will burn,” Katz warns.
Drone images show heavy damage in Rishon Lezion after deadly Iranian ballistic missile attack
The damage seen in Rishon Lezion a day after a ballistic missile attack from Iran, June 14, 2025 (Rishon Lezion Municipality drone team)
Drone images show the destruction in Rishon Lezion following an Iranian ballistic missile attack early this morning.
Two people were killed and dozens were wounded in the attack.
The damage seen in Rishon Lezion a day after a ballistic missile attack from Iran, June 14, 2025 (Rishon Lezion Municipality drone team)
Iran warns they will target US, UK and France bases if they help stop strikes on Israel
A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on February 14, 2022 shows the return of RAF Typhoon aircraft at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, after striking military targets in Yemen, early on January 12, 2024. (Sgt Lee Goddard / MOD / AFP)
Iran has warned the United States, United Kingdom and France that their bases and ships in the region will be targeted if they help stop Tehran’s strikes on Israel, Iran state media reports.
According to London’s The Times, the UK was not informed about Israel’s initial strikes on Iran in advance, amid deteriorating ties between the two countries.
IDF denies striking Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, says critical sections of Isfahan facility destroyed
A satellite image from April 2, 2016, of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran. (Google Earth)
The IDF denies striking Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility, after Iranian state media said yesterday that there had been “limited damage” to the site following an Israeli attack.
The reason for the competing claims was unclear.
Meanwhile, the military says that its strike on the Isfahan nuclear site destroyed several critical sections, including uranium conversion infrastructure and labs.
The strike was launched after the military says it identified efforts by Iran to enrich weapons-grade uranium at Isfahan.
The activity at Isfahan “leaves no room for doubt, Iran was working to produce weapons of mass destruction,” the military says.
IDF says it’s continuing to strike nuclear targets and scientists, military sites and officials in Iran
This handout satellite image released by Planet Labs on June 13, 2025, shows Kermanshah missile base, Iran on June 13, 2025 after Israeli strikes (Handout / © 2025 PLANET LABS PBC / AFP)
The IDF says it continues to strike in Iran, and its next step is to “operate freely over Tehran.”
A series of strikes overnight took out air defense systems, and this morning, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said that “the way to Tehran has been paved.”
The military publishes footage of those strikes.
The strikes will continue to target Iranian nuclear facilities, military sites, and ballistic missile launchers, as well as military officials and nuclear scientists, the IDF says.
Over 150 targets have been struck thus far, since the beginning of Israel’s operation early Friday.
Iran fired some 200 ballistic missiles at Israel in several barrages since last night, IDF says
Israeli security forces inspect destroyed houses that were struck by a missile fired from Iran, in Rishon Lezion, Israel on June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Iran has fired some 200 ballistic missiles at Israel in several barrages since last night, according to the IDF.
Most of the missiles were intercepted by air defenses. The military says that around 25%, less than 50, were not intercepted “according to protocol,” allowing them to strike open areas without causing damage to any critical infrastructure.
A “small number” of missiles made it through air defenses, the IDF says, and caused casualties and damage, including in residential areas in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Rishon Lezion in central Israel.
Three Israelis were killed and some 70 were wounded in the missile impacts.
The military says that all of its bases, including air bases, are operating as usual with no harm to their functionality.
Several drones fired at Israel overnight were also shot down by the Israeli Air Force and Navy. This comes after 100 drones fired by Iran on Friday were also intercepted.
Iran announces airspace closed ‘until further notice’
Iran’s civil aviation authority has declared the country’s airspace closed “until further notice,” state media reports, as Israel and Iran continued to trade fire for a second day.
“No flights will be operated at any airports in the country in order to protect the safety of passengers… until further notice,” the official IRNA news agency says.
The announcement comes shortly after Israeli military said its jets have freedom of action in the skies to Tehran.
IDF releases footage of strikes on dozens of ballistic missile launchers in Iran
The Israeli Air Force destroyed dozens of ballistic missile launchers in recent strikes in Iran, the military says, attaching footage of some of the strikes.
חיל האוויר ממשיך לתקוף עשרות משגרי טילי קרקע-קרקע באיראן pic.twitter.com/c4n0lLsz1L
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) June 14, 2025
2 rockets fired from Gaza hit open ground near border, IDF says
Two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip about an hour ago, the IDF says.
According to the military, both projectiles hit open areas near the border fence.
IDF confirms 2 Iranian drones intercepted in north this morning
Two drones launched at Israel from Iran were shot down by air defenses over the Galilee Panhandle this morning, the IDF confirms.
Sirens had sounded in Kiryat Shmona and surrounding towns.
‘The way to Tehran has been paved’: IDF chiefs say Air Force to begin operating freely over Iranian capital
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Israeli Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar say in a published assessment this morning that “the way to Tehran has been paved.”
“According to the plans, air force fighter jets will begin to carry out strikes on targets in Tehran,” the military adds.
The statement comes after the military said that last night IAF jets struck air defense systems in Tehran, enabling the military more freedom of aerial action above the Iranian capital.
The Fars news agency said two projectiles hit Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, and Iranian media said flames were reported there. Close to key Iranian leadership sites, the airport hosts an air force base with fighter jets and transport aircraft.
Israeli airstrikes hit Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport on June 14, causing explosions near military facilities. Flights have been suspended.https://t.co/PGE8XG2j2s
— Khaama Press (KP) (@khaama) June 14, 2025
Iran confirms two more senior generals killed in Israeli strikes
Two senior Iranian generals have been killed in Israeli strikes, state television reports, as Israel kept up its assault on Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities.
General Gholamreza Mehrabi, deputy head of intelligence of the armed forces general staff, and General Mehdi Rabbani, deputy head of operations, “were martyred,” the broadcaster says.
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Iran’s Media reports killing of two senior military officials, Sardar Gholamreza Mehrabi and Mehdi Rabbani in Israeli attacks. Mehrabi was Deputy Chief of Intelligence and Rabbani was Deputy Chief of Operations at Armed Forces General Staff. pic.twitter.com/JDkoOEYpD5— The Khorasan Diary (@khorasandiary) June 14, 2025
Lebanon reopens its airspace
Lebanon reopened its airspace this morning, hours after closing it due to the exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport apologizes to passengers whose flights were delayed, saying it had closed the airspace late Friday for the safety of travelers.
The airspace was reopened at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT.)
Iran confirms limited damage at Iran’s Fordo nuclear site
Iran's underground Fordo nuclear facility outside of Qom, Iran, October 23, 2021. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)
Iran confirms that its Fordo nuclear facility sustained limited damage following recent Israeli attacks, the semi-official ISNA news agency reports, citing a spokesperson for the country’s atomic energy organization.
“There has been limited damage to some areas at the Fordo enrichment site,” state atomic energy agency spokesperson Behrouz Kamalvandi says. “We had already moved a significant part of the equipment and materials out, and there was no extensive damage and there are no contamination concerns.”
Iran calls nuclear talks with US ‘meaningless’ after Israeli strikes
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman today calls further nuclear talks with the United States “meaningless” after Israeli strikes on the country, state television says.
The comments by Esmail Baghaei further threw possible talks between the two nations, initially scheduled to take place Sunday in Oman, into doubt.
“The US did a job that made the talks become meaningless,” Baghaei is quoted as saying. He adds that Israel has passed all Iran’s red lines by committing a “criminal act” through its strikes.
However, he stops short of saying the talks were cancelled. The Mizan news agency, which is run by Iran’s judiciary, quotes him as saying: “It is still not clear what we decide about Sunday talks.”
Iranian official warns strikes against Israel will continue, threatens to target US bases
This picture taken from Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, shows rocket trails in the sky, after Iran struck Israel with barrages of missiles, June 13, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Iran’s strikes against Israel will continue, with targets set to expand to include US bases in the region in the coming days, Iran’s Fars news agency reports, citing senior Iranian military officials.
“This confrontation will not end with last night’s limited actions and Iran’s strikes will continue, and this action will be very painful and regrettable for the aggressors,” Fars reports, citing senior military officials.
They were quoted as saying that the war would “spread in the coming days to all areas occupied by this (Israeli) regime and American bases in the region.”
Satellite images confirm damage to Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal
Satellite images analyzed Saturday by The Associated Press began to confirm some of the damage sustained by Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal in the Israeli assault on the country.
Images from Planet Labs PBC taken Friday showed damage at two missile bases, one in Kermanshah and one in Tabriz, both in western Iran.
At Kermanshah, where the base is up against a mountainside, burns could be seen across a wide area after the attack. In Tabriz, images showed damage at multiple sites on the base.
Iran has not acknowledged the damage, though it reported on Israeli strikes in the area.
This is pre- and post-strike PlanetScope satellite imagery of the Kermanshah underground missile base, taken June 12 and 13, 2025. https://t.co/Pg9o7cF7l1 pic.twitter.com/HHicZroJVo
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) June 13, 2025
3-month-old baby rescued from rubble of destroyed home in Rishon Lezion
A three-month-old baby was among those rescued from the rubble of a destroyed home in Rishon Lezion after it was hit by an Iranian missile.
“I pulled her into my arms and then gave her to the first police officer I saw, and then started lifting out all the other family members,” Fire and Rescue Service Captain Idan Chen tells the Walla news site.
“As we were doing this there were people trapped in the home above and next door — and opposite there was a fire — and I’m trying to manage the incident amid complete destruction,” he says.
Two people were killed and 19 wounded in the early morning strike that destroyed several family homes.
The baby was lightly wounded.
A police officer holds a three-month-old baby after it was pulled from the ruins of a home hit by an Iranian missile in Rishon Lezion on June 14, 2025 (Israel Police)
IDF calls up reservists to bolster forces on northern border
Following a fresh assessment, the IDF says it has called up the headquarters of the 146th Reserve Division, along with the Iron Fist and Etzioni reserve brigades, to serve as backup forces for “various scenarios” on the northern border.
Several other reserve battalions were called up and deployed to the Lebanon and Syria borders, the IDF adds.
Drone warning sirens sound in northern Israel
Sirens warning of a suspected drone infiltration are sounding in Kiryat Shmona and other towns in the Galilee Panhandle.
The IDF says it is looking into the incident.
Footage posted to social media appears to show the interception of an Iranian drone over the Galilee Panhandle.
יירוט בשמי הצפון, כעת. pic.twitter.com/NdgrY0AoZh
— יואב איתיאל מדווח כי (@yoavetiel) June 14, 2025
IDF says jets hit targets, including air defenses, in Tehran overnight
An IAF fighter departs to carry out strikes in Iran in a picture released on June 14, 2023 (Israel Defense Forces)
Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets carried out a wave of airstrikes in the area of Iran’s capital Tehran overnight, the military says.
The many targets hit included Iranian air defense infrastructure, the IDF says.
“For the first time since the beginning of the war, dozens of Air Force fighter jets flew over the skies of Tehran, more than 1,500 kilometers from Israel, and attacked defense systems in the Tehran area,” IAF chief Tomer Bar says.
“We chose to act in the face of an existential threat to the security of our citizens, with professionalism, determination, and precision,” he adds.
IDF says it downed several Iranian drones near Dead Sea area
After sirens sounded near the Dead Sea and in the southern West Bank, the IDF says several drones launched at Israel from Iran were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force.
Jordan reopens airspace
Jordan reopens its airspace at 7:30 a.m. (0530 GMT), the civil aviation commission says, a day after it suspended flights amid Iran-Israel tensions.
Iran claims to shoot down Israeli reconnaissance drones
Iranian forces shot down Israeli drones on a reconnaissance mission over the northwest on Saturday, state media reports.
“Islamic fighters (Iranian forces) in the Salmas border region successfully shot down Israeli drones that had violated the country’s airspace,” state television says, adding that the “drones had entered Iranian airspace on espionage and reconnaissance missions.”
IDF working to shoot down several drones launched from Iran, sirens in Arava area
The IDF says it is working to shoot down several drones launched at Israel from Iran.
The drones set off sirens in the Arava area and southern West Bank.
IDF says it continues to strike Iranian missiles and launchers
The Israeli Air Force continues to strike Iranian ballistic missiles and launchers, the military says, attaching footage of recent strikes.
חיל האוויר ממשיך לתקוף מטרות להסרת איום במרחב איראן pic.twitter.com/NF0Q4efquQ
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) June 14, 2025
Photos show heavy destruction in Ramat Gan after overnight missile strikes
Damaged buildings and vehicles are seen in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv on June 14, 2025, after an Iranian missile strike (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
Photos published this morning reveal the extent of the destruction caused in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, after overnight Iranian missile strikes.
The images show apartment blocks almost completely destroyed and the wreckage of several vehicles among the debris.
Iran fired several waves of missiles, killing at least three people and wounding dozens.
Damaged buildings and vehicles are seen in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv on June 14, 2025, after an Iranian missile strike (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
IDF downs drone in Arava
The military says the incident that set off drone infiltration warnings in the Arava area is over.
Hebrew media say the IDF downed the drone.
Sirens in the Arava warn of suspected drone infiltration
Sirens are activated in the Arava region warning of a suspected drone infiltration.
Sheba Medical Center: 43 hurt in missile attacks being treated, 23 released
Sheba Medical Center says that 43 wounded from the overnight barrages are being treated, and 23 have been released.
Shamir Medical Center reports that four wounded people arrived at the hospital during the latest barrage, two in moderate condition and two in mild condition.
Overnight, seven wounded people were evacuated to Ichilov Medical Center, most of them in mild condition and one in moderate condition.
At the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya last night, two men, 88 and 57, and one woman, 64, were injured while on their way to shelters during the overnight barrages. The woman was released, and the men, in moderate condition, are being treated in the orthopedic unit.
One woman who arrived at Beilinson Hospital died of her wounds.
Death toll in direct Iranian missile hit rises to two
Policemen at the scene of a direct Iranian missile hit on residential buildings in Rishon Lezion, June 14, 2025. (Israel Police)
An additional person has been declared dead after an Iranian missile directly impacted residential buildings in Rishon Lezion, in central Israel, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says.
A woman in her 60s and a man in his 40s have been killed and at least 19 people were injured in the hit, medics say.
MDA spokesperson says one killed, 19 hurt in direct Iran missile impact
A Magen David Adom spokesperson tells Channel 12 news that one person was killed and 19 others hurt in a direct missile impact on residential buildings in central Israel this morning.
Three of those injured are in a serious condition, while the rest are lightly hurt. They were all taken to Shamir Medical Center and Wolfson Medical Center.
Two trapped in building, 14 hurt, after building struck by missile in central Israel
Hebrew media reports that two people are trapped in a building that was hit by a missile in central Israel.
Channel 12 reports that 14 people were hurt in the impact, including a 60-year-old woman in a serious condition who was taken to Wolfson Medical Center.
Footage from the Iranian ballistic missile impact in central Israel. Medics say they're treating at least 10 wounded. pic.twitter.com/iZtMAh8IlD
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) June 14, 2025
IDF says civilians can leave shelters after Iranian missile barrage
Israelis take cover in a public shelter in Jerusalem, during a ballistic missile attack fired from Iran into Israel on June 13, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)
The IDF Home Front Command says civilians can leave bomb shelters after Iran’s latest barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel, but should remain close to them until further notice.
Several people hurt, number of homes heavily damaged by Iranian missile hit
Several people are wounded and a number of homes are heavily damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile impact in central Israel, first responders say.
Magen David Adom says its medics are treating ten people in light-to-moderate condition.
IDF says it downed 3 drones from Yemen around an hour ago
The Israeli Air Force shot down three drones apparently launched from Yemen about an hour ago, the IDF says.
The attack did not set off any sirens in Israel.
IDF says it detected new missile barrage launched from Iran
The IDF says it has detected a new barrage of ballistic missiles launched from Iran at Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes, as air defenses work to shoot down the threats.
Civilians are instructed to remain in bomb shelters until further notice.
IDF says northern residents can leave shelters after Iranian missile barrage
The IDF Home Front Command says northern residents can leave their bomb shelters but should remain near them, after a barrage of rockets was fired from Iran.
China slams Israel, calls it to stop Iran airstrikes
BEIJING/HONG KONG, China — China condemns Israel’s violations of Iran’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity and urges Israel to immediately stop all risky military actions, China’s UN Ambassador Fu Cong says, state media Xinhua News Agency reports.
China opposes the expansion of conflicts and is deeply concerned about the consequences that may be brought about by Israel’s actions, Fu says.
Missile sirens sound across north as IDF says new barrage launched from Iran
Sirens warning of incoming rockets sound in dozens of northern communities.
The IDF says it identified rockets being fired from Iran.
Fresh Israeli airstrikes reported in Isfahan
Iranian air defenses attempt to intercept Israeli airstrikes in Isfahan in central Iran, the Iran International news site says.
The site posts footage of Iranian air defenses activated over the city.
Iranian air defenses in Isfahan are attempting to shoot down Israeli projectiles amid a new wave of airstrikes hitting several parts of Iran, including Tehran. pic.twitter.com/QgntybF6KO
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) June 14, 2025
UN chief calls for end to Israel-Iran conflict: ‘Enough escalation, time to stop’
UNITED NATIONS — The UN chief calls for Israel and Iran to halt their escalating conflict, after Israel launched a preemptive strike on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, resulting in Tehran firing multiple ballistic missile barrages at the Jewish state.
“Enough escalation. Time to stop. Peace and diplomacy must prevail,” Antonio Guterres says on X.
Israeli bombardment of Iranian nuclear sites.
Iranian missile strikes in Tel Aviv.
Enough escalation.
Time to stop.
Peace and diplomacy must prevail.
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) June 13, 2025
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Iran will target countries that try to defend Israel, senior Iranian official tells CNN
Iran will target military bases of any country that tries to defend Israel, a senior Iranian official tells CNN.
“Iran reserves the right – under international law – to respond decisively to this regime,” the official says. “Any country that attempts to defend the regime against Iran’s operations will, in turn, see its regional bases and positions become new targets.”
Blast reported at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport; 2 projectiles said to hit area
TEHRAN, Iran — Fire and heavy smoke billowed from Mehrabad Airport in the Iranian capital early Saturday, an AFP journalist says, as local media reports a blast in the area.
The local ISNA news agency shares a video showing columns of heavy smoke rising from the area of the airport in western Tehran, while Mehr news agency reports a “blast” there.
The Fars news agency says two projectiles hit the area around the airport.
#BREAKING A video shared by Iranian media purportedly shows a huge explosion at an airbase in Tehran's Mehrabad Airport. pic.twitter.com/lYejFWWrpf
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) June 13, 2025
Times of Israels staff contributed to this report.
Two medics lightly hurt after ambulance hit by shrapnel in Iranian missile attack
Two ambulance crew members were lightly hurt by glass fragments in the latest Iranian missile barrage, after their intensive care unit was hit by shrapnel, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says.
Israel’s UN envoy: We were patient with diplomacy, intelligence showed Iran could have been days away from nuke
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon attends a UN Security Council meeting to vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on June 4, 2025. (Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
US Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon says Israel had been patient with diplomatic efforts to end Iran’s nuclear program despite mounting risks, in an address to the UN Security Council.
“We waited for diplomacy to work … We watched negotiations stretch on, as Iran made false concessions or refused the most fundamental conditions,” Danon tells the Security Council. He says intelligence had confirmed Iran could have produced enough fissile material for multiple bombs within days.
Woman killed in Iran’s ballistic missile attack
One woman was killed in the first barrage of Iran’s ballistic missile attack earlier tonight, Hebrew media outlets report.
The woman was critically injured and later succumbed to her wounds, the reports say.
Reports say seven hurt, including one mildly, in latest Iranian missile barrage
Seven people were injured, including one mildly, in the last Iranian missile barrage, Hebrew media reports.
IDF: Dozens of rockets fired by Iran in previous barrage, some of them downed
Debris of a missile fired from Iran toward Israel leaves a trail in the night sky over Jerusalem after being intercepted on June 13, 2025. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
The IDF says that dozens of rockets were fired by Iran in its last barrage.
The military says some were intercepted, without specifying numbers.
IDF Home Front Command says civilians can leave shelters
The IDF Home Front Command says civilians can leave bomb shelters after Iran’s third barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel, but should remain close to them until further notice.
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