Overview

• President Trump said US B-2 stealth bombers dropped GBU-57 bunker-busting bombs on the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan facilities to halt Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
• Trump declared the Fordow site completely obliterated and reported that all planes returned safely to friendly airspace.
• Since Israel’s Operation Rising Lion began on June 13, exchanges have left over 600 dead in Iran and 24 civilian fatalities in Israel.
• Israel was notified in advance of the coordinated strike marking the first direct US military involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.
• Diplomatic initiatives by the US and European partners have stalled as Russia and China condemn the airstrikes and Tehran warns of full-scale retaliation.