Israel and Iran launch strikes a week into their war as new diplomatic effort takes shape
- Israel and Iran exchanged airstrikes on June 20, a week after conflict erupted, with strikes hitting Iranian cities and military sites including Rasht on the Caspian Sea.
- The war began on June 13 when Israel launched air strikes targeting Iranian nuclear sites, senior generals, and scientists, prompting Iran to retaliate with hundreds of missiles and drones.
- Israel used over 60 aircraft to target missile manufacturing sites, including Natanz, Isfahan, Tehran’s centrifuge workshops, and SPND headquarters linked to nuclear research, while Iran’s foreign minister rejected negotiations amid ongoing strikes.
- At least 657 people have died and 2,000 were wounded in Iran, according to human rights groups, while missile strikes in southern Israel damaged buildings and wounded over 80 patients and medical staff at Soroka Medical Center.
- New diplomatic efforts emerged with Iran’s Abbas Araghchi heading to Geneva for talks, and the US president will decide within two weeks on military involvement amid hopes for diplomacy and de-escalation.
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A week into their war, Israel and Iran launch new strikes even as diplomatic effort gets underway | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Israel and Iran traded strikes a week into their war on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed U.S. military involvement and key European ministers meeting with Iran's top diplomat in Geneva scrambled to negotiate a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
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A week into their war, Israel and Iran have exchanged more strikes while diplomatic efforts led by the Europeans took place in Geneva. Iran’s foreign minister held hours of meetings Friday with the European Union’s top diplomat and counterparts from…
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