Overview

• Israel’s air force hit the state-run television and communications center in central Tehran after warning 330,000 residents to evacuate ahead of the attack.
• Iran retaliated with fresh ballistic missile barrages on Tel Aviv and Haifa that briefly triggered shelter-in-place alerts and tested Israel’s air defenses.
• President Donald Trump cut short his G7 summit attendance to urge all Tehran residents to evacuate and ordered additional US naval capabilities toward the Middle East.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency reported extensive damage to centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz enrichment site, worsening Tehran’s nuclear capacity setbacks.
• G7 leaders and the United Nations have called on both sides to stand down and pursue diplomacy to prevent a wider regional conflict.