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US bombs fortified Fordo, 2 other nuclear facilities, joining Israel’s war in Iran
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Trump says key enrichment facilities ‘totally obliterated’; underground Fordo hit with bunker-busters, Natanz and Isfahan targeted by submarine missiles; Israel braces for response
 
Transcript / ‘Totally obliterated’: Full text of Trump’s speech after US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities
By AP
 
US, Israeli militaries jointly drilled Iran strike during Biden administration – report
By ToI Staff
 
Live updates
US defense chief says overnight American strikes ‘obliterated Iran’s nuclear ambitions’
By ToI Staff
At least 86 wounded as Iran launches 2 missile barrages at Israel * Airspace reopens, repatriation flights resume * IDF: Bodies of three slain hostages, Ofra Keidar, Jonathan Samerano, and Shay Levinson, recovered from Gaza
 
Netanyahu hails US strikes on Iran nuclear sites: ‘First comes strength, then comes peace’
By Jacob Magid, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Trump averted Mideast ‘nuclear arms race,’ says opposition leader Lapid, as US attacks on Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz receive widespread Israeli support
 
Israel said pressing for swift action on Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, may act without US
By Reuters and ToI Staff
 
Israeli carriers to start outbound flights on Monday, limited to 50 people per plane
By Sharon Wrobel
 
Iran threatens ‘everlasting consequences’ after US strikes nuclear sites
By AP and ToI Staff
Top Iranian diplomat condemns assault as illegal under international law; Tehran calls for UN emergency session; state broadcaster warns every American is ‘legitimate target’
 
Iran’s Khamenei said to pick three potential successors as he hides in bunker
By ToI Staff
 
US moves B-2 stealth bombers toward Guam, amid uncertainty over possible strike on Iran
By Reuters and ToI Staff
 
After US hits Iranian nuclear sites, nations urge diplomacy to end conflict
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
UN chief calls strikes ‘dangerous escalation’; Iran says it has right to respond to ‘outrageous’ move; Hamas pans ‘blind adherence’ to ‘Zionist agenda’; US lawmakers divided
 
Iran says Europe’s nuclear proposals ‘unrealistic’ as it is pressured to make concessions
By Agencies and ToI Staff
 
Erdogan urges Iran to continue talks with US, says Israel’s rhetoric is ‘poison’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
 
86 wounded by Iranian missile attacks on Israel after US strikes 3 Iran nuclear sites
By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter and Naomi Lanzkron
Broad devastation at impact sites in Tel Aviv and nearby Ness Ziona; failed Israeli interceptor crashes in Haifa; IDF destroys primed Iranian launchers, foiling larger attack
 
All gatherings banned as military ramps up restrictions after US strikes on Iran
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Sharon Wrobel
 
IDF recovers bodies of three slain hostages from Gaza in military operation
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Families say they’re comforted by retrieval of bodies of Ofra Keidar, Jonathan Samerano, and Staff Sgt. Shay Levinson, murdered and abducted by Hamas in Oct. 7 onslaught
 
‘They’re still there’: Hostages’ families rally online as Iran war diverts public attention
By ToI Staff
 
BBC shelves Gaza documentary over impartiality concerns
By ToI Staff
 
ToI podcast
Daily Briefing June 22: Day 625 – US joins the Israel-Iran war, ‘obliterating’ 3 nuclear sites
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman and US bureau chief Jacob Magid on overnight strikes on Iran, US President Trump’s statements, Democrat pushback and where the war may go from here
 
Explainer / What to know about the three Iranian nuclear sites that were hit by US strikes
By AP
 
IDF strikes in Iran target drones, F-14 jets and missiles; UAV hits home in Beit She’an
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
 
FROM THE BLOGS
This had to be done
For the last 18 months, we have been fighting Iran’s proxies. Now, finally and inevitably, we have taken the war to its source
 
Analysis
Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble
Analysts warn of protracted conflict should Tehran retaliate against strikes, say US bombardment may increase Iranian resolve to build up nuclear capability
 
Democrats divided over American involvement in Israel-Iran war
By AP and ToI Staff
 
Gazans ‘desperately need more aid,’ says humanitarian group backed by US and Israel
By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
US officials say GHF approached the Trump administration to ask for $30 million in order to expand reach across Strip; eight said killed near aid distribution sites Saturday
 
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