Overview
- Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF to intensify strikes on regime targets in Tehran to undermine Iran’s government.
- He identified the Basij paramilitary force and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as symbols of oppression and central targets.
- Operation Rising Lion, launched June 13, marked Israel’s most comprehensive assault on Iranian nuclear and military sites.
- Iran retaliated with drone and missile strikes on Israeli territory in ongoing reprisal attacks.
- United States and United Nations mediation efforts to revive nuclear negotiations have stalled in the face of rising hostilities.