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17-06-2025
JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN:
What’s happening now?
Iran launched a new barrage at Israel on Sunday evening, with an explosion seen in the coastal city of Haifa. Israel said it began another series of strikes on military targets across Iran amid international pleas for diplomacy and de-escalation.
Trump rejects assassination plan
Two US officials told media the US president rejected a plan by the Israelis to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his spokesperson have denied the reports of such a plan.
Terrified civilians and rising death tolls
The hostilities have killed at least 224 people in Iran and 14 in Israel, according to local authorities in each country. As Tehran residents flee the capital, Iran’s Ministry of Health said at least 1,277 people had been hospitalized since Israel launched the wave of attacks on Friday.
‘Weeks’ to go
Israel’s operation against Iran is expected to take “weeks, not days” and is moving forward with implicit US approval, according to White House and Israeli officials. US President Trump said his country “had nothing to do with” the Israeli attacks but later acknowledged that US involvement in the conflict is a possibility.
Iran launches a new wave of missiles: Israel
Israel says it has identified more missiles launched from Iran and is currently working to intercept the threat, according to a statement from Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Red alert sirens began to sound in several areas of Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with the IDF warning its defense was “not hermetic.”
Media reported hearing sirens in Jerusalem and loud explosions. A video filmed by the producer showed several missiles soaring through the sky.
Israel’s emergency services agency, Magen David Adom, said are its teams are heading to reported impact sites.
The IDF instructed people across the country to enter bomb shelters and remain there until further notice.
“Leaving the protected space is only permitted following an explicit directive,” the IDF said.
“Good chance” of deal: Trump
While President Donald Trump said Sunday that he wants to see a deal reached between Israel and Iran and that he believes “there’s a good chance” of that happening, he told reporters that “sometimes they have to fight it out.”
Asked how he plans to de-escalate the intensifying conflict between the two nations, Trump said, “I hope there’s going to be a deal. I think it’s time for deal and we’ll see what happens, but sometimes they have to fight it out.”
“I think there’s a good chance there will be a deal,” he added, while speaking outside the White House as he prepared to leave for the G7 summit in Canada.
Trump also said that “we get along really well” with Iran and that he thinks Israel and Iran “have great respect for each other.”
However, Trump declined to say whether he has asked Israel to pause airstrikes into Iran.
“I don’t want to say that,” he said.
The “fight it out” phrase is similar to how Trump has spoken about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including comparing the war over Moscow’s invasion to a fight between children.
“Sometimes you see two young children fighting like crazy. They hate each other, and they’re fighting in a park, and you try and pull them apart. (Int’l News Desk)
