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Israel-Iran Clash Escalates as US Weighs Direct Intervention

Trump’s conflicting statements on direct strikes follow Tehran’s warning that any US involvement would spark a regional all-out war.

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Director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that neither US nor Israel can “continue to sit and intercept missiles all day.”
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Overview

  • Ongoing airstrikes and missile exchanges have killed at least 585 people in Iran—including hundreds of civilians—and 24 in Israel, with more than 1,300 wounded across both countries.
  • President Trump has held emergency National Security Council meetings and deployed warships, aircraft and Marines to the Middle East while withholding a final decision on direct US strikes.
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei have warned that American military involvement would trigger an all-out regional war and pledged to retaliate against any US actions.
  • Israel claims to have achieved air superiority over Tehran, has eased restrictions on civilian activities and begun repatriation flights after strengthening missile defenses.
  • International leaders—including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan—have offered to mediate and urged both sides to halt hostilities to prevent broader regional destabilization.