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Israel and Iran traded strikes for a fourth day early Monday, damaging two high-rise residential buildings in central Israel, emergency officials said. Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency aid organization,
While the U.S. insists it is not involved in strikes on Iran, American officials have confirmed military forces have been helping to intercept Iranian missiles fired at Israel.
The two powers have been exchanging barrages since Israel attacked Iran and killed many of the country’s top military leaders and scientists.
It follows daytime attacks from both sides, with Israeli strikes in Tehran continuing and Iran firing more missiles towards Israel.
Several buildings in Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science, one of the country’s top research centers, were damaged in an Iranian strike but there were no casualties, its management told its community members.
Israel’s attack on Iran was long in the making – the result of years of meticulous planning by Israel and days of high-stakes talks between Tel Aviv and Washington, officials told CNN.
Israel’s sweeping attack across Iran struck at the heart of Tehran’s nuclear program, delivering a blow to the country’s ability to enrich uranium and potentially setting its nuclear ambitions back by months or years.
The U.S. military is operating in the air, on land and at sea to shoot down Iranian missiles fired at Israel.
The path to diplomacy appeared to narrow after officials called off talks that had been set for Sunday between Tehran and Washington on the future of Iran’s nuclear program. Israel said the goal of the powerful strikes it unleashed on Friday was disabling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
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Crude oil futures jumped more than 3% Sunday after Israel struck two natural gas facilities in Iran, raising fears that the war will expand to energy infrastructure and disrupt supplies in the region.
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