Overview

• President Trump ordered Operation Midnight Hammer, deploying bunker-busting bombs on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan in a non-stop strike flown by U.S. pilots from Missouri.
• Vice President Vance emphasized the operation targeted only Iran’s nuclear program, not civilian or other military sites, and was executed without endangering American aircrews.
• Iran’s government vowed to defend its territory after the attack, and its Revolutionary Guard launched missiles at Israel on the conflict’s tenth day.
• Administration officials reiterated there is no intention to deploy U.S. ground forces and framed the strikes as a reset for stalled nuclear negotiations.
• Global leaders, including the U.N., have urged restraint to prevent a wider Middle East war as civilian safety concerns rise with each retaliatory exchange.