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Iran-Israel War Day 2: Missile exchanges continue as efforts at diplomacy falter

France 24

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Saturday, June 14


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Iran launched a fresh wave of missiles towards Israel late Saturday as Israel said it was simultaneously striking military targets in Tehran. The strikes are the latest in a series of tit-for-tat attacks between the two countries, raising fears of a full conflict breaking out. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.

Summary

  • Iran launched waves of drones and ballistic missiles from Saturday into Sunday that lit the night skies over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in response to Israel's unprecedented attack on Iran’s nuclear sites and top military commanders on Friday.
  • Israel's military on Saturday continued attacks on Iran with strikes reported at a gas field and an underground missile facility. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to strike “every target” of the Iranian regime.
  • The latest round of US-Iran talks over Iran’s uranium enrichment program, scheduled to begin in Oman on Sunday, were cancelled. As world leaders urged Iran to negotiate, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said doing do was unjustifiable while"barbarous" Israeli attacks continued.
  • Amid pledges from world leaders to support Israel, Iran threatened to attack US, French and British bases if those countries helped Israel fend off Iranian strikes.
  • Eight people were killed and over 130 were injured in Israel by Iranian attacks, medical workers said. In Iran, at least 78 people were killed and more than 320 wounded by Israeli strikes. Among them were 60 people, including 20 children, killed by an Israeli strike on a Tehran housing complex.

Yesterday's developments:

  • Israel on Friday launched major drone and missile strikes on Iran, targeting Tehran's nuclear programme and killing several top Iranian military officials, IRGC commanders and nuclear scientists.
  • Iran launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israel Friday evening.
  • US President Donald Trump urged Iran to make a nuclear deal"before there is nothing left".
  • French President Emmanuel Macron said that Iran bore a heavy responsibility for destabilisation in the Middle East, and that it had pushed ahead with an unjustified nuclear programme, but he also urged restraint after Israel struck Iran.

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