4 h. ago Israel issues stark warning to Iran after three people killed in missile attack

Iran had responded to an attack on its nuclear bases by Israel, which killed a number of generals and scientists.

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5 h. ago ‘Tehran will burn,’ Israel warns after missile strikes as Iran threatens UK, US and France regional bases – live

Three people reported dead in Israel after Iranian strikes as Tehran says 78 people, mostly civilians, killed in Israeli attackIranian missiles hit Tel Aviv as Netanyahu warns attack on Iran ‘just the beginning’Emma Graham-Harrison, the Guardian’s chief Middle East correspondent, has spoken to families who live in a Tel Aviv neighbourhood that was struck by Iran’s retaliatory attacks. At midnight on Friday Sveta’s four-year-old daughter was asleep on the floor outside their shattered apartment block, as the rest of the family weighed up where they should spend the night.A missile from the first Iranian salvo fired at Tel Aviv had landed a couple of blocks away, killing at least one person, injuring at least 16 others and damaging hundreds of shops and homes in this quiet residential area. The 37-year-old was sanguine about her own losses, and backed the government decision to attack Iran even though it had so quickly cost her family their home. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Netanyahu outplayed Trump on Iran. Now the US risks being mired in another war | Mohamad Bazzi

If Trump wants to be the peacemaker he claims to be, he must negotiate a new deal with TehranBefore dawn on Friday, Israel unleashed a wave of air strikes against more than 100 targets in Iran, including nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and air defense systems. The surprise Israeli attack also killed some of Iran’s most senior military commanders and nuclear scientists. The Iranian regime called it a “declaration of war” – and western powers raced to prevent a wider regional conflict that could draw in the US along with other countries in the Middle East.While the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claims that he’s trying to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the attack is as much intended to blow up ongoing negotiations between Tehran and Donald Trump’s administration. While Trump’s overall foreign policy has been a disaster, for months he had resisted Netanyahu’s pleas to give Israel a green light to attack Iran, with US assistance. Trump insiste...

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10 h. ago Israel and Iran exchange missile strikes with explosions heard in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Tehran – live

Two people reported dead in Israel after Iranian strikes; Tehran says 78, mostly civilians, killed in Friday’s surprise Israeli attack and confirms new wave of retaliatory strikes on IsraelIranian missiles hit Tel Aviv as Netanyahu warns attack on Iran ‘just the beginning’Earlier, Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif reported that dozens of civilians in Gaza were killed or wounded early on Saturday after they were attacked by Israeli forces as they gathered to wait for aid north of the Nuseirat refugee camp.The Guardian has not been able to confirm the details of this report. Israel has not allowed foreign reporters to enter Gaza since 7 October 2023, unless they are under Israeli military escort. A complete internet blackout in the Gaza Strip since Thursday has made reporting even more challenging. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago The Guardian view on Israel’s shock attack on Iran: confusing US signals add to the peril | Editorial

The recklessness of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the incoherence of Donald Trump’s deepen the crisis in the Middle EastUS presidents who thought they could easily restrain Benjamin Netanyahu have quickly learned their lesson. “Who’s the fucking superpower?” Bill Clinton reportedly exploded after his first meeting with the Israeli prime minister.Did Donald Trump make the same mistake? The state department quickly declared that the devastating overnight Israeli attack on Iran – which killed key military commanders and nuclear scientists as well as striking its missile capacity and a nuclear enrichment site – was unilateral. Mr Trump had reportedly urged Mr Netanyahu to hold off in a call on Monday, pending US talks with Iran over its nuclear programme due this weekend. The suspicion is that Israel feared that a deal might be reached and wanted to strike first. But Israeli officials have briefed that they had a secret green light from the US, with Mr Trump only claiming to oppos...

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25 h. ago Israel's nighttime attack on Iran mapped as six key nuclear targets confirmed

Israel has launched a widescale attack against Iran, killing top military commanders and nuclear scientists, with the country responding by launching 100 drones of their own and promising "bitter" revenge

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7 d. ago Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister

Nattapong Pinta had been seized in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack and killed, according to Israeli militaryThe Israeli military has retrieved the body of Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who had been held in Gaza since Hamas’s attack on 7 October 2023, according to defence minister, Israel Katz. .Pinta’s body was held by a Palestinian militant group called the Mujahideen Brigades, and was retrieved from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza, Katz said. His family in Thailand has been notified. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Palestinian paramedic who survived Israeli attack that killed 15 says soldiers shot colleagues calling for help

Asaad al-Nasasra was one of two first responders who survived an attack by Israeli soldiers on a convoy of emergency vehicles

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1 week ago Israel says 3 soldiers killed in Gaza in deadliest attack on its forces since a truce ended in March

The Israeli military says three of its soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip, in what appeared to be the deadliest attack on its forces since Israel ended a ceasefire with Hamas in March

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1 week ago At least 31 people in Gaza 'killed in Israeli attack' near aid distribution site

The Palestinian health ministry, run by Hamas, claimed 31 people had been killed by Israelis near an aid centre, but there are conflicting reports over the numbers and causes of the deaths

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1 week ago At least 31 killed in alleged Israeli attack near Gaza aid site

The Red Cross field hospital in Rafah earlier confirmed receiving 21 bodies and said 175 people had been injured

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1 week ago Israeli attack on Palestinians near Gaza aid distribution centre kills at least 31, officials say

Israel accused of opening fire from tanks on starving Palestinians attempting to reach aid distribution site

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1 week ago Israeli attack on Palestinians near Gaza aid distribution centre kills at least 30, officials say

Israel accused of opening fire on starving Palestinians attempting to reach aid distribution site

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3 w. ago Suspect charged with murder in shooting of Israeli embassy staffers

US attorney general says Chicago-based suspect believed to have acted alone in killing of couple at Jewish museumUS politics live – latest updatesThe US justice department on Thursday charged the lone suspect in a brazen attack that killed two young Israeli embassy staff members outside an event at the Jewish museum in downtown Washington DC with two counts of first degree murder.Jeanine Pirro, the interim US attorney for Washington, said at a press conference on Thursday afternoon that authorities were also investigating as a “hate crime and a crime of terrorism” the killings that left the US capital in shock as world leaders condemned the “horrible” and “antisemitic” shootings. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Washington shooting: Terrorism police swarm city street as two Israeli Embassy staff killed in attack

The man and the woman were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum near Penn Quarter, Washington DC, and police have warned members of the public to avoid the area

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3 w. ago ‘No flour, no food, no water’: Israel continues to pound Gaza as aid still struggles to get through

The Israeli military continued its renewed attack on Gaza overnight on Wednesday, killing at least 82 including a week-old baby and several women, Gaza’s hospital officials said

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