Overview

• Israel’s Operation Rising Lion has struck multiple Iranian nuclear and military targets, killing senior IRGC figures including intelligence chief Mohammad Kazemi and severely damaging the Natanz enrichment facility.
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and military forces have launched successive waves of missile and drone attacks on Israeli cities, causing at least 14 deaths and nearly 400 injuries in Bat Yam, Rehovot and Haifa.
• Iranian Health Ministry figures report at least 224 killed and 1,277 hospitalized—over 90 percent civilians—prompting authorities to use mosques and metro stations as makeshift bomb shelters.
• President Trump has denied U.S. involvement in the strikes, vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Ayatollah Khamenei and warned that any attack on American assets would be met with unprecedented force.
• Global leaders at the upcoming G7 summit are urging a cessation of hostilities and renewed diplomatic talks to prevent further damage to regional stability and critical energy routes.