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Israel launched one of its most extensive military operations in decades, striking Iranian nuclear facilities, missile bases, and high-profile targets, including top generals and nuclear scientists. As casualties climb and the region stands on edge,
Israel’s campaign, militarily and rhetorically, has quickly evolved beyond its initial targets. Over the weekend, it hit Iran’s energy facilities, including a gas depot and an oil refinery, triggering huge fires and spewing smoke across the sprawling capital of about ten million people.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned Israel’s strikes on Iran as a reckless provocation that violates international law and risks igniting a global catastrophe. Calling it a “strategy of bloodshed,
President Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Saturday that White House envoy Steve Witkoff is ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran's foreign minister, the Russian president's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Iran would pay "a very heavy price" for killing Israeli civilians, as the two foes kept up intense fighting.
Both sides are aware a US intervention could be decisive, bringing bunker-busting ordnance, unavailable to the Israel Defense Forces, that are powerful enough to penetrate Fordow, a nuclear facility buried under a mountain.