Overview

• Third night of heavy cross-border attacks saw Israel bomb Tehran’s Defense Ministry, SPND research headquarters and two oil depots while Iran launched rocket salvos into Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa.
• Operation Rising Lion continues to target Iranian nuclear and military sites after Israel said it eliminated senior Revolutionary Guard commanders and the IAEA confirmed radioactive contamination at the Natans facility.
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned that further Israeli strikes would prompt tougher and more extensive retaliation as it pressed fresh rocket barrages into central Israel.
• President Donald Trump threatened unprecedented US military action if Iran attacks American interests, and he and President Putin have both called for an end to the conflict.
• Western allies, including the US, France and the UK, were briefed on Israel’s initial operation and scheduled US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman were cancelled, prompting calls for both sides to stand down.