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Iran-Israel War Day 9 Live Updates: The conflict between Israel and Iran continues to escalate as relentless attacks continued for the ninth consecutive day. An Iranian missile struck a premier research institute known for its work in life sciences and physics, causing heavy damage.
The Israeli Air Force launched a new wave of airstrikes on missile facilities in central Iran as Israeli Army chief warned that his country could be engaged in a “prolonged campaign” against Tehran. Israel’s military said it struck missile launchers in Iran.
At least 19 people were injured in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa after Iran launched two missile barrages.
Meanwhile, Iran ruled out nuclear talks with US President Donald Trump as top diplomats from Britain, France and Germany met with their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Geneva. Several countries have withdrawn their embassy staff from Tehran.
Trump, who has given two weeks’ time before deciding on military action, said it would be “very hard to stop” Israel’s strikes on Iran in order to negotiate a possible ceasefire.
Meanwhile, the Indian government initiated Operation Sindhu and brought back 290 stranded Indian students, primarily from Jammu and Kashmir, from Iran.
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Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Iranian Quds Force Official Killed In Overnight Israeli Strike
Behnam Shahriyari, a senior IRGC Quds Force official, was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in western Iran, The Times of Israel quoted the Israeli military as saying. He was the leader of the Quds Force’s Unit 190, responsible for the clandestine transfer of weapons to Iran’s proxy groups, especially Hezbollah.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Israeli Military Confirms Death Of IRGC Commander Who Funded Hamas
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed the death of Saeed Izadi, head of the Palestinian Division in the IRGC Quds Force, in an overnight airstrike in the Iranian city of Qom. Izadi is believed to have facilitated financial support to Hamas for the October 7 attacks.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Israeli Air Force Downs Iranian Drone
The Israeli Air Force down another Iranian drone, which triggered sirens in the Beit She’an valley and the northern West Bank, according to Israeli media reports.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: IRGC Commander Who Armed Hamas For Oct 7 Attack Killed In Iran
Saeed Izadi, the head of the Palestinian Division in the IRGC Quds Force, was killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment in the Iranian city of Qom, said Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz. The minister called it a huge achievement for Israeli intelligence and justice for the deceased Israeli civilians and hostages.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Sirens Blare Across Northern Israel
Drone alert sirens sound in several communities and settlements close to the Jordanian border in the north, according to The Times of Israel, warning of further Iranian attacks.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Iran's Foreign Minister In Turkey For Arab League Meeting
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Istanbul on Saturday for a meeting with Arab League diplomats to discuss Tehran’s escalating conflict with Israel, as per Iranian media reports.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Israeli Military Strikes Hezbollah Site In South Lebanon
Israel’s military said its navy hit a Hezbollah “infrastructure site” near the southern Lebanese city of Naqoura, a day after Israel’s foreign minister warned the Lebanese armed group against entering the Iran-Israel war.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: In A First, Israel Uses Barak System To Neutralise Iranian Drones
The Israeli Air Force deployed its advanced ‘Barak’ air defence system to intercept an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle that entered Israeli airspace, it said on Friday.
The Barak system was indigenously designed to safeguard against aerial threats, including UAVs, cruise missiles and other airborne targets. The Barak-8 system was jointly developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Iran Says Israeli Strikes Targeted Isfahan Nuclear Site
Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site was targeted by Israel, Iran’s Fars news agency reports, adding that there is no leakage of hazardous materials. However, there was no comment from Israel Defence Forces.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: India To Evacuate Sri Lankan, Nepali Citizens From Iran
The Indian embassy in Iran announced that it will evacuate citizens of Nepal and Sri Lanka from Iran at the requests of their governments.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: 22 Arrested In Iran Over Links To Israeli Spy Services
Iranian media reports said 22 people had been arrested since June 13 in Qom province over their alleged ties with Israeli intelligence services.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Over 600 Killed In Iran By Israeli Strikes, Claims NGO
A US-based NGO, the Human Rights Activists News Agency, put the death toll in Iran at 657 people including at least 263 civilians, citing Iranian sources and reports. Iran said Israeli strikes have killed 224 people so far, without updating it since Sunday.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Iran Missile Attacks Hit Israeli Science Institute
An Iranian missile struck the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel known for its work in life sciences and physics. It caused heavy damage to multiple labs on campus, although no one was killed in the strike.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Hundreds Of US Citizens Departed Iran In Past Week
In the past week, since the outbreak of an aerial conflict between Iran and Israel, hundreds of American citizens have left Iran via land routes, Reuters reported citing an internal State Department cable.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Khamenei’s Old 'Feminist' Tweets Go Viral Amid Conflict
As the war of words and weapons escalates between Israel and Iran, social media users have dug up an unexpected blast from the past: old liberal, even feminist-sounding tweets by none other than Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Yes, the same Khamenei who recently warned the United States of “irreparable consequences” if it joined the conflict.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Fresh Attacks On Early Saturday
Iran and Israel exchanged fresh attacks early on Saturday, as the Israeli military wared of an incoming missile barrage from Iran, triggering air raid sirens in parts of the country. Israel launched attacks against missile storage and launch sites in Iran.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Trump Says Tulsi Gabbard Is 'Wrong' About Iran's Nuclear Weapons
US President Donald Trump said his own director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong”, when she said the US believed Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon. Meanwhile, Gabbard said her testimony was taken out of context “as a way to manufacture division.”
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Israel Claims To Deter Iran's Nuclear Programme By Two Years
Israel claimed on Saturday it has already set back Iran’s presumed nuclear programme by at least two years, after bombing several nuclear sites and killing senior scientists responsible for the programme. “According to the assessment we hear, we already delayed for at least two or three years the possibility for them to have a nuclear bomb,” said Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: 19 Wounded In Israel's Haifa After Iranian Missile Barrage
At least 19 people in Israel’s Haifa were wounded by an Iranian missile barrage. At least 25 people have been killed in Israel since the war began, according to Israeli authorities.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Special Flight With 290 Indian Students Lands In Delhi
In the thick of intensifying hostilities between Israel and Iran, the Indian government has initiated Operation Sindhu, a crucial mission to evacuate its nationals from West Asia.
A significant milestone in this operation was achieved late on Friday, June 20, when a special flight from Mashhad, Iran, carrying 290 Indian students, primarily from Jammu and Kashmir, safely landed at the Delhi airport.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Trump Says Iran Has 'Maximum' Two Weeks To Avoid US Strikes
US President Donald Trump said Iran had a maximum of two weeks to avoid possible US strikes, indicating that he could take a decision before the fortnight deadline, while dismissing European efforts to end the conflict.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Trump Says Europe Can't Help In Ending War
US President Donald Trump said Europeans were “not going to be able to help” end the war between Iran and Israel. “Iran doesn’t want to speak to Europe. They want to speak to us,” he said.
Israel-Iran War News Today Live Updates: Israel Launches Attacks On Missile Sites In Central Iran
The Israeli air force said Saturday it had launched a new wave of airstrikes against missile storage and launch sites in central Iran, on the ninth day of conflict between the two countries.
