Destroyed building of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) after it was hit a few days earlier in an Israeli strike, in Tehran.
The conflict between Israel and Iran has entered its eighth day, and both sides continue to fire missiles and drones at each other. Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday and Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel after hitting an Israeli hospital overnight. Iranian missiles struck a major hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings in Tel Aviv on Thursday, injuring 240 people and causing widespread damage.…Read More
Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, blamed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has given the army instructions to achieve their goals in Iran at any cost.
“Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has been instructed and knows that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist,” Katz said in a post on X.
Israel launched strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, marking its latest assault on Iran’s extensive nuclear program. Iranian state television reported that the facility had been evacuated prior to the attack and assured there was “no radiation danger whatsoever.”
The White House says President Donald Trump will decide within the next two weeks whether to strike Iran. It says Trump still sees a “substantial” chance that negotiations can achieve US and Israeli demands on Iran’s nuclear program.
What is the latest in Israel-Iran conflict
- Israel bombed Iranian nuclear and missile facilities again on Thursday following Iran’s missile and drone strikes, including one that damaged a hospital in Beersheba.
- Over 270 people have been injured in Israel from Iranian strikes; Iran has not updated its casualty figures since Sunday. Israel accuses Iran of using cluster munitions in the hospital attack.
- US President Donald Trump may decide within two weeks whether the US will intervene on Israel’s side, with ongoing back-channel talks between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran’s foreign minister.
- Iran’s nuclear program has been severely damaged but not destroyed, according to reports. Israel continues airstrikes to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, which Iran denies pursuing.
- Israeli leaders have called for intensifying strikes on Tehran and openly questioned the future of Iran’s Supreme Leader, while Iran warns that US involvement would bring “hell” to the region.
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June 20, 2025 6:59 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: Iranian missile strikes Israel’s ‘crown jewel of science’
With Iran and Israel in an open-ended direct conflict, scientists in Israel have found themselves in the crosshairs after an Iranian missile struck a premier research institute known for its work in life sciences and physics, among other fields.
While no one was killed in the strike on the Weizmann Institute of Science early Sunday, it caused heavy damage to multiple labs on campus, snuffing out years of scientific research and sending a chilling message to Israeli scientists that they and their expertise are now targets in the escalating conflict with Iran.
“It’s a moral victory” for Iran, said Oren Schuldiner, a professor in the department of molecular cell biology and the department of molecular neuroscience whose lab was obliterated in the strike. “They managed to harm the crown jewel of science in Israel.” (AP)
June 20, 2025 6:53 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: What UK’s foreign minister said after meeting Marco Rubio
After meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, UK foreign minister David Lammy said, “We are determined that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon… A window now exists within the next two weeks to achieve a diplomatic solution.”
“Now is the time to put a stop to the grave scenes in the Middle East and prevent a regional escalation that would benefit no one.”
June 20, 2025 6:47 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: UK foreign minister meets US counterpart in Washington
Britain’s foreign minister David Lammy is set to leave for Geneva on Friday to engage in nuclear talks with Iran along with foreign ministers of France and Germany and the European Union’s top diplomat.
This comes after Lammy met his US counterpart Marco Rubio in Washington and they both discussed the ongoing Israel Iran conflict.
June 20, 2025 6:39 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: IDF says intercepted 2 UAVs launched from Iran
Israeli Defence Forces said that the country’s air force continues intercepting threats and that it intercepted two additional UAVs launched from Iran.
“Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration between 3:09 and 3:13 in the area of the Dead Sea, two UAVs launched from Iran were intercepted by the IAF. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol,” said IDF in a statement.
June 20, 2025 6:30 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: Patients in Israel’s Soroka hospital were taken underground hours before the strike by Iran
Israel Iran war Live: Soroka hospital in southern Israel, a key facility serving nearly a million residents, suffered heavy damage after being struck my Iranian missiles.
In the days leading up to the strike, the hospital had started relocating patients from certain buildings as a precautionary measure amid escalating Iranian attacks, reported Reuters. Since then, it has restricted new admissions to only the most critical, life-threatening cases.
According to a statement from Israel’s Health Ministry, patients housed in the damaged wing were moved to an underground facility just hours before the missile hit.
June 20, 2025 6:21 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: What are Cluster Bombs
Israel Iran war Live: Cluster bombs are controversial because they indiscriminately scatter submunitions, some of which can fail to explode and kill or injure long after a conflict ends.
June 20, 2025 6:17 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: Iran used missile with cluster munitions, says Israel
Iran launched a missile at Israel on Thursday that scattered small bombs with the aim of increasing civilian casualties, the Israeli military and its Washington embassy said, the first reported use of cluster munitions in the seven-day-old war.
“Today, the Iranian Armed Forces fired a missile that contained cluster submunitions at a densely populated civilian area in Israel,” the embassy said in an email to Reuters that did not identify the area.
“Cluster weapons are designed to disperse over a large area and maximize the chances of a harmful strike,” the email continued. “Iran unlawfully fired deliberately at civilian population centers, and seeks to maximize the damage to civilians in them by using wide-dispersal munitions.” (Reuters)
June 20, 2025 6:08 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: Trump to decide on US involvement within 2 weeks
Israel Iran war Live: President Donald Trump said he will decide within two weeks whether the US military will get directly involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran given the “substantial chance” for renewed diplomatic negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
June 20, 2025 6:02 AM IST
Israel Iran war Live: Several US airlines suspend flights to the Middle East
United Airlines said Saturday it has indefinitely paused flights between Newark, New Jersey, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
American Airlines said it is suspending flights between Philadelphia and Doha, Qatar, at least through Sunday and will make “additional adjustments as needed.”
Both airlines said they are monitoring the situation and are working to rebook customers.
