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Israel Iran war highlights: Missile sirens sound across Israel after Tehran launches fresh attack
Israel Iran war: Around 1,000 Indians are set to return home as three special flights will bring them back from Iran's Mashhad to Delhi on Friday and Saturday.
- 5:14 AM IST, June 20Missile sirens sound across Israel after Iran launches fresh attack
- 4:14 AM IST, June 20Iranian missile strike damages historic mosques in Israel's Haifa
- 3:19 AM IST, June 20Trump says his director of national intelligence was 'wrong' on Iran's nuclear programme
- 2:32 AM IST, June 20Trump open to backing Israel-Iran ceasefire 'depending on circumstances'
- 1:51 AM IST, June 20Trump says two weeks is 'maximum' for Iran decision
- 1:23 AM IST, June 20Trump doubts European role in resolving Iran-Israel conflict
- 12:25 AM IST, June 20Netanyahu visits Rehovot, addresses missile strike on Weizmann Institute
- 11:25 PM IST, June 20US imposes new sanctions on Iran’s defence sector and Houthis
- 11:13 PM IST, June 20Series of blasts heard in Tehran
- 7:58 PM IST, June 20Expansion of conflict could ignite fire 'none can control', says UN chief
- 7:48 PM IST, June 20First flight carrying Indians from Iran's Mashhad to arrive in Delhi at 11:30 PM
- 7:47 PM IST, June 20Another flight from Turkmenistan to bring back Indians tomorrow
- 7:42 PM IST, June 20US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions
- 7:17 PM IST, June 20Nuclear talks between Iran, European leaders begin in Geneva, says report
- 6:56 PM IST, June 20Israel's attack betrayal of diplomacy, says Iran's foreign minister
- 6:55 PM IST, June 20Israeli attack on Iran's nuke sites 'grave war crimes', says foreign minister to UN
- 6:33 PM IST, June 20Expect European powers to demand complete rollback of Iran nuke programme, says Israel to UN
- 4:51 PM IST, June 20One flight with Indians reaching tonight, two others coming tomorrow
- 6:08 AM IST, June 20Trump to decide on US involvement within 2 weeks
- 6:02 AM IST, June 20Several US airlines suspend flights to the Middle East
Israel Iran War: Iran launched a fresh barrage of missile on Israel as the two countries continued to fiercely trade fire for an eighth consecutive day on Friday. Meanwhile, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities are “grave war crimes”.
...Read MoreThe Israeli military said that it hit multiple military targets across Iran in a series of strikes overnight. Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said that over 100 "combat and suicide" drones were launched at Israel on Thursday, a day after the strike on city's Soroka hospital.
Top European leaders are also meeting with Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva on Friday to discuss Iran's nuclear programme. A senior Iranian official expressed the country's readiness to discuss limitations on nuclear enrichment, Reuters reported.
Iranian missiles struck Soroka hospital, southern Israel's largest medical facility, and hit residential buildings in Tel Aviv on Thursday, injuring 240 people and causing widespread damage.
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.
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.
