According to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel is changing the face of the entire world with its war against Iran, and any help in destroying Iranian nuclear facilities is welcome. In the Iranian attack on Thursday night, a ballistic missile hit the Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva. The hospital was severely damaged after the attack and several people were injured. Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz declared after the Iranian attack on the hospital that Iran's supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei"can no longer exist." According to him, the Israeli armed forces were instructed in this regard.
Where did the Israeli attacks on Iran go
20:08 According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli army has destroyed more than half of Iran's ballistic missile launch facilities. According to him, Israel is changing the face of the whole world with its war against Iran, and any help in destroying Iranian nuclear facilities is welcome, according to Netanyahu, writes the AFP agency. Israel and Iran are continuing their air strikes on each other for the seventh day today, which began with Israel's attack on Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure and other targets on Friday.
According to Netanyahu, it doesn't matter how many missiles Iran has, what matters is how many launchers it has. He said the army has destroyed more than half of them. On Wednesday, the Israeli army said it had destroyed about 40 percent of these devices, The Times of Israel reports.
"I said we will change the face of the Middle East, and now I say we are changing the face of the entire world," Netanyahu said in an interview with Kan 11 television. According to the prime minister, Israel is capable of striking all of Iran's nuclear facilities, but all help is welcome. Regarding American involvement in military strikes against Iran, Netanyahu said that US President Donald Trump will do what is good for the United States, and he will do what is good for Israel.
The fall or change of the Iranian regime is not the goal of the current operations, according to Netanyahu, but it could be their result. It is a matter for the Iranian people, the prime minister said, according to Reuters.
18:54 US President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has spoken to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi several times by phone over the past week. This was confirmed to Reuters by three diplomats familiar with the developments, TASR writes.
The talks were reportedly part of efforts to end the conflict and, according to Reuters, were the most significant direct talks between the United States and Iran since early April. Araqchi reportedly informed Witkoff that Tehran would not return to talks with the United States unless Israel stopped attacking Iranian territory.
According to one source, the Iranian minister even told Witkoff that Tehran"could be flexible on the nuclear issue" if Washington forced Israel to stop attacking. The first call was allegedly initiated by the United States.
Reuters sources said the talks also briefly discussed a US proposal last month to create a regional consortium to enrich uranium outside Iran, an option Tehran has so far rejected.
18:20 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday that he was appalled by the way both sides in the Iran-Israel conflict treated civilians as collateral damage. He called on all parties involved to exercise maximum restraint.
"It is alarming to see civilians being treated as collateral damage. Threats and inflammatory rhetoric from high-ranking officials on both sides indicate a disturbing intent to deliberately harm civilians," Türk said in a statement.
"The only way out of this illogical escalation is maximum restraint, respect for international law, and a return to the negotiating table in good faith," he added.
According to a press release from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the airstrikes have caused damage well beyond military targets and have also killed many civilians. The report cites figures showing that at least 224 people have died in Iran and at least 24 in Israel. According to Türk, the growing number of displaced civilians, especially in Tehran, is worrying. (afp, tasr)
17:28 According to the Israeli military, Iran used a missile with multiple warheads for the first time during one of Thursday's attacks. An anonymous Israeli military source told the AP.
Missiles with multiple warheads are a complication for air defense systems because they have to track multiple targets at the same time. Israel's advanced Iron Dome (Kipat Barzel) defense system is also expected to have problems with such missiles.
According to the Times of Israel, it could also have been a cluster bomb, and the Israeli military is already investigating the attack. More than 40 people were injured in Thursday's Iranian missile attack on central and southern Israel, at least three of whom are in serious condition. One of the missiles directly hit the Soroka medical facility in Beersheba. The hospital was severely damaged and several people were injured. (ap, tasr, timesofisrael.com)
17:15 Iranian police announced on Thursday that they had detained 24 people accused of spying for Israel and activities aimed at damaging the country's image."Twenty-four individuals who carried out espionage for the Zionist enemy offline and online and who... sought to disrupt public opinion and damage the image of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran were detained," the Tasnim news agency quoted a police official as saying.
Iranian media reported on Thursday a wave of arrests of alleged Israeli spies and collaborators in recent days, during which the two countries have been attacking each other.
There have been previous reports of the detention of dozens of people accused of working for the Israeli secret service. The Iranian judiciary has threatened to issue swift sentences in such cases. Collaboration with the enemy or foreign intelligence services is often punishable by death in Iran. (dpa, afp, tasr)
17:12 Nine European Union member states have called on the European Commission to submit proposals to halt trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
The letter was addressed to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and signed by the foreign ministers of Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. The European Union is Israel's largest trading partner, accounting for about a third of its total trade in goods. Bilateral trade in goods between the EU and Israel reached 42.6 billion euros last year, but it is not clear how much of that was due to settlements, Reuters reports.
The ministers note the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of July 2024, which found the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and settlements to be illegal. The court also stated that states should take steps to prevent trade or investment activities that perpetuate this situation.
"We have not seen any proposal to start discussions on how to effectively end trade in goods and services originating from illegal settlements," the ministers said."We need the EC to develop proposals for concrete measures that will ensure the Union's compliance with the obligations identified by the Court," they added.
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said Europe must ensure its trade policy complies with international law."Trade cannot be separated from our legal and moral obligations," he said.
The ministers' letter comes ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on June 23. The 27 foreign ministers will discuss the Union's relations with Israel. They are expected to receive an assessment of Israel's compliance with the human rights clause in the association agreement governing political and economic relations between the two sides. The Union decided to review compliance with the agreement in response to developments in the Gaza Strip and at the request of several member states. (Reuters, Tasr)
16:46 Iran fired a new salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Thursday afternoon, and sirens sounded in the north of the country, Reuters reports, citing an Israeli military statement. Israel and Iran are continuing their air strikes on each other, which began with Israel's attack on Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure and other targets on Friday.
The Israeli military estimates that Iran has now fired at least ten missiles. There have been no reports of injuries or rocket impacts in populated areas. The military has already announced that the attack is over and residents can leave their shelters.
In the morning attack, Iranian missiles hit a hospital in the city of Beer Sheva, as well as areas in the cities of Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Holon.
Dozens of people were injured in the strikes. According to the Israeli military, one of the rockets launched this morning carried a cluster bomb, with one of the submunitions hitting a house in the town of Ayor, The Times of Israel reports. (reuters, čtk, timesofisrael.com)
13:13 Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said on Thursday that Iran's supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei"can no longer exist" following the Iranian attack on a hospital in southern Israel.
"Khamenei openly declares that he wants Israel destroyed - he personally gives orders to fire on hospitals. He considers the destruction of the state of Israel to be the goal," Kac told reporters in the city of Holon, near Tel Aviv.
"Such a person cannot exist any longer," he added, noting, according to the AP, that the Israeli armed forces had been instructed in this regard.
More than 40 people were injured in an Iranian missile attack on central and southern Israel on Thursday, at least three of them seriously. One of the missiles directly hit the Soroka medical facility in Be'er Sheva. The hospital was severely damaged and several people were injured. Patients were evacuated, the Times of Israel (TOI) reported.
Kac had previously said that Khamenei was directly responsible for the attack on the hospital."The cowardly Iranian dictator is hiding deep in a fortified bunker and is deliberately attacking hospitals and residential buildings in Israel," Kac said."These are war crimes of the worst kind, and Khamenei will be held accountable for his crimes," he added. (afp, timesofisrael.com, tasr)
12:37 Low-cost airline Wizz Air is suspending flights to Dubai and Abu Dhabi from July 3 to September 15 due to the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. The airline told nepszava.hu on Friday, reports TASR's correspondent in Budapest.
According to a statement from Wizz Air, customers who booked tickets directly with the airline will be informed of the situation via the email addresses and phone numbers they provided. Those who purchased tickets through online or offline travel agents should contact those agencies.
"Wizz Air once again asks for its customers' understanding, but the safety of passengers, crew, aircraft and air traffic is always paramount," the airline stressed.
Wizz Air announced last week that it was extending the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv and Amman, also due to the escalating situation in the Middle East, until September 15. The airline said its flights would also avoid Israeli, Iraqi, Iranian and Syrian airspace and said it was closely monitoring the situation in consultation with the relevant authorities and security services.
12:10 The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of acting as an ally of Israel in its"aggressive war" against Tehran. TASR reports this based on a report by the AFP agency.
Even before the start of the conflict between Israel and Iran, which broke out last week on Friday night after the Israeli attack on Tehran, the IAEA accused Iran of failing to comply with its commitments regarding its nuclear program.
"You have betrayed the non-proliferation regime. You have made the IAEA a partner in this unjust military aggression," Iranian diplomatic spokesman Esmáíl Bakájí wrote on the X network in a post addressed to the agency's head, Rafael Grossi.
Grossi told the France24 news station on Wednesday that"although Iran is the only country in the world currently enriching uranium to near-military levels...we are not in a position to say whether there is a direct effort towards developing a nuclear weapon."
11:08 Iran said on Thursday that the main target of a rocket attack that hit a hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba was Israeli military and intelligence bases, not a medical facility. TASR reports this according to a report by the AFP agency.
In an Iranian attack on Thursday night, a ballistic missile hit the Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva. The hospital was severely damaged and several people were injured. In total, 47 people were injured in the latest wave of Iranian attacks on Israel.
"The main target of the attack was the Israeli military command and intelligence base and military intelligence camp in the Gav-Jam Technology Park located near the Soroka Hospital area," the Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
11:06 Repatriation flights from the Middle East region, coordinated by Slovak ministries, have been terminated for the time being. The Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs continues to monitor the situation and is ready to promptly respond to the situation if necessary. This was stated by Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Juraj Blanár (Smer-SD) at a press conference on Thursday.
"At this moment, we have fulfilled all the requirements that have developed as a result of the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran, but we are ready to promptly resolve the crisis situation again within our capabilities," added the minister, who recalled that through the repatriation flights carried out, Slovakia has helped not only its own citizens, but also citizens of 24 other countries, to leave the conflict region.
In this regard, the president of the Slovak Association of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators, Roman Berkes, stated that travel agencies are responding to the situation in the region."Some planned stays and trips to Israel and Jordan have been cancelled. In the case of surrounding countries such as Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt and Tunisia, there are no changes, trips and tours are still being planned. There is no reason to make any changes yet," he emphasized.
10:43 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharib Abadi warned the United States on Thursday against interfering in the conflict with Israel, adding that his country is ready to defend itself in the event of further escalation. TASR reports on this based on a report by the AFP agency.
"If the United States wants to actively enter the game on behalf of the Zionist regime, Iran will have to use its tools to teach the aggressors a lesson while defending its national security and national interests," he said. He added that Iranian military officials"of course have all the necessary options on the table."
9:55 Iran launched a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel early this morning, hitting at least four sites, including a hospital in the south of the country. According to the Israeli medical service Magen David Adom, 47 people were injured. Three of them are in serious condition, two are in moderate condition, and the remaining 42 people suffered minor injuries. Another 18 civilians were injured while fleeing for shelters. In addition to the hospital in the city of Beersheba, the missiles also hit Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Holon, the server of the daily The Times of Israel (ToI) reported.
9:38 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be"held accountable" for his "war crimes," Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said after an Iranian ballistic missile hit a hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. TASR reported this, citing AFP and the Times of Israel (TOI).
"The cowardly Iranian dictator is hiding deep in a fortified bunker and is deliberately attacking hospitals and residential buildings in Israel," Kac said."These are war crimes of the worst kind, and Khamenei will be held accountable for his crimes," he added.
9:07 AM Another target of the morning raid was the nuclear facility in Natanz, where the Israeli military says equipment and materials needed to produce nuclear weapons are located. Israel has previously damaged centrifuges used to enrich uranium there. In recent days, it has also attacked other targets linked to Iran's nuclear program.
Israel blows up Iran's missile launchers
8:50 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Iran would"pay dearly" for a rocket attack that directly hit a hospital in the southern city of Beersheba. TASR reports according to the AFP agency.
"Iran's terrorist dictators fired rockets this morning at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba and civilians in the central part of the country. We will make the tyrants in Tehran pay a heavy price," Netanyahu wrote on the X platform.
8:05 More than 40 people were injured in Thursday's Iranian missile attack on southern and central Israel. At least two people were seriously injured, TASR reports, citing AP and the Times of Israel (TOI) portal.
About 20 people suffered minor injuries after one of about two dozen Iranian missiles hit the city of Holon, TOI reports. One person is in serious condition.
Iranian missiles also hit the cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Beer Sheva, where one of the missiles directly hit a hospital. The medical facility suffered"extensive damage" after the strike and an unspecified number of people were injured.
Israeli Health Minister Uriel Buso called the attack on the hospital an"act of terror."
Iran launched a huge ballistic missile at a hospital full of sick and wounded. Look what happened to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva
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A spokesman for the Soroka Medical Center in the southern Israeli city told the Associated Press that the hospital suffered extensive damage in several areas and that an unspecified number of people were injured in the attack. The hospital has 1,000 beds, according to the agency. Some videos on social media show the extent of the damage.
In the city of Holon, south of Tel Aviv, at least 16 people were injured, three of them seriously, according to local medics.
7:54 Israel attacked a heavy water reactor in the Iranian city of Arak, Iranian television reported on Thursday. There is no radiation hazard after the attack and the facility was evacuated before the Israeli strike. TASR reports this based on a report by the AP agency.
The Israeli military announced late Thursday that its air force was carrying out a new series of airstrikes on targets in and around Tehran and elsewhere in Iran. It also urged residents of the cities of Arak and Khondab in central Iran to evacuate for their own safety.
The military posted the warning on the X network, where it also included satellite images of the device in a red circle, similar to other warnings that preceded the strikes.
IDF Confirms it Struck the Arak Nuclear Site:
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The IDF announced that 40 Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted overnight strikes on dozens of military targets across Iran, including an inactive nuclear reactor near Arak and a nuclear weapons development site near Natanz. The… pic.twitter.com/Z6gDtcFHLk
The heavy water reactor in Arak is located about 250 kilometers southwest of Tehran; according to Reuters and AFP, it is uncompleted and inactive. This type of reactor allows the use of less enriched uranium as fuel. According to Reuters, heavy water reactors can produce plutonium, which can be used to make nuclear weapons. Israel said after the attack that it had hit a structure at the reactor, which is crucial for plutonium production.
According to Iranian state media, the Israeli strike on the reactor site did not cause major damage and there is no increased radiation risk in the area. The site was evacuated before the strike, according to the media.
6:41 Iran has launched a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel. The Fars news agency reported this early this morning. The Israeli military confirmed that the missiles were flying towards the Jewish state, adding that it was trying to destroy them. Reuters, citing witnesses, reported that explosions could be heard over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Israeli media reported injuries and a hospital in the south of the country hit.
The Times of Israel reported that the latest volley was larger than recent ones, and that it had received reports of four rocket strikes in central and southern Israel.
The moment Soroka Hospital was hit by Iran
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6:35 France, together with its European partners, plan to propose an initiative to settle the conflict between Iran and Israel, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday. TASR reports on this, according to a report by the AFP agency and The New York Times.
At a meeting of the National Security Council, Macron ordered Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot to develop in the coming days “an initiative with close European partners proposing a coherent solution capable of ending the conflict through negotiations.” The president did not provide further details.
Barrot has been in regular contact with his German and British counterparts since Israel launched air strikes on Iran on Friday. The three countries also participated in talks that led to the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, which eased sanctions on Iran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear activities. US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018.
5:40 The Israeli military on Thursday called for an evacuation in the vicinity of Iran's heavy water reactor in Arak. The warning was posted on the X network. Israel has been carrying out large-scale attacks on targets in Iran since Friday last week, which it says is an effort to prevent the Islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons. Tehran repeatedly claims that its nuclear program is purely peaceful.
The Jewish state's military added a satellite image of the nuclear facility in the red circle. The reactor in Arak is located about 250 kilometers southwest of Tehran.
Here is a quick warning to the workers and also to all the people who are located in the red-colored area on the map in the limited cities of Iraq and Khandab
⭕️ the Israeli army is active in this area, as in recent days throughout Iran to attack the infrastructure of the regime of Iran. army defense Israel | IDF Farsi (@IDFFarsi)
June 19, 2025
Israel has previously struck the Natanz nuclear facility, damaging centrifuges used to enrich uranium, and has also attacked other targets linked to Iran's nuclear program.
Israel has warned for years that it will not allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon. Tehran says it has no such ambitions.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) says it targeted and destroyed two F-14 Tomcat aircraft at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, as part of a broader military operation aimed at neutralizing threats to Israeli airspace, June 16, 2025./Source: Israeli Air Force (IAF)
5:35 Senior US officials are preparing for a possible US strike against Iran in the coming days. Bloomberg reported on Thursday night, citing its sources. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to say whether the US would join Israel in attacking the Islamic Republic.
Bloomberg said the situation is still evolving and could change. Some US officials have mentioned possible plans for a weekend attack, according to the agency.
Israel has been attacking targets in Iran since Friday last week, justifying it by trying to prevent Tehran from building a nuclear bomb. Trump has refused to say whether the US will join the Jewish state."I can't say. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. Nobody knows what I'll do," Trump said on Wednesday when asked about possible US strikes on Iran.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Trump told his advisers on Tuesday that he had approved plans to attack Iran, but that he was still waiting to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program.
In connection with the possible involvement of the US in the conflict, the media and analysts often mention that the United States could strike the Iranian nuclear facility at Ford, which is built inside a mountain. The US has in its arsenal bombs that are capable of piercing through a mass of rock and concrete and then exploding underground. Israel does not have such ammunition at its disposal.
The fighting between Israel and Iran began on Friday with a large-scale Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, military sites, nuclear scientists and military officials. Israel says its military action is aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Tehran denies that it is currently actively working on developing nuclear weapons, while reiterating that it intends to continue its peaceful nuclear program.
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