Overview

• Iranian missiles struck the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, causing extensive damage and wounding dozens.
• Israeli fighter jets targeted the Arak heavy water reactor to prevent plutonium production and struck a Natanz site linked to centrifuge development.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered intensified attacks on strategic and government targets in Tehran.
• President Donald Trump has approved U.S. plans to join strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities but has not yet issued a final order.
• European foreign ministers will meet Iran’s Abbas Araghchi in Geneva on June 20 to pursue diplomatic de-escalation as civilian casualties rise.