Despite suffering significant leadership losses from Israeli airstrikes, Iran retains a robust missile arsenal—including advanced systems—allowing it to maintain retaliatory attacks over an extended period, according to a former senior Israeli intelligence official.
Israel’s sweeping surprise attack on Iran last week marked a major escalation in tensions, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring it had “struck at the head of Iran’s nuclear weaponization program.”
Israel is reportedly pressuring the United States to use its most powerful non-nuclear weapon—the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)—in a strike against Iran’s heavily fortified Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, as tensions mount in the Middle East.
Israel’s main hospital in the south sustained a direct missile strike on Thursday amid escalating hostilities with Iran, causing extensive damage and prompting urgent warnings from health officials.
The Prime Minister updated the citizens of Israel on the progress of Operation "Am K’Lavi'" now in its sixth day. He emphasised the operation's objectives to neutralise nuclear and ballistic missile threats while acknowledging painful losses and praising the nation's resilien.
As tensions between Israel and Iran escalate, the vital Strait of Hormuz has become a focal point of global concern, prompting commercial shipping to reroute and maritime agencies to issue urgent advisories.
Iran warned on Wednesday that it would respond firmly to any direct U.S. involvement in Israel’s military campaign, as tensions between Tehran and Tel Aviv escalated sharply.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for unconditional surrender, warning that any American military action would bring severe consequences.
Iranian state television on Tuesday called on citizens to delete WhatsApp from their smartphones, without providing specific evidence, claiming that the Meta-owned messaging platform was collecting user data to send to Israel.
On the fifth day of the Iran-Israel conflict, the conflict reached a new level of intensity as missile barrages, targeted airstrikes, and evacuation warnings dominated the region. Iran called on civilians in Haifa and Tel Aviv to flee immediately, while both sides exchanged fresh rounds of fire.
On Day 4 of the Iran–Israel conflict, missile and drone attacks intensified. Iran’s state TV was struck, Haifa’s refinery shut down, and prison riots led to mass escapes. With civilian evacuations underway and both sides trading threats, the region faces mounting chaos and instability.
Israel launched a strike on Saturday targeting Iran’s energy sector for the first time in its current military campaign, hitting installations at the South Pars gas field, a major fuel depot in Tehran, and a nearby oil refinery.
As Israel continues its airstrikes on Iran, the nuclear facilities that sparked the conflict remain standing—most notably, the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant.
Iran launched a fresh wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, injuring at least 25 people and triggering nationwide alerts and defence responses according to Channel 12, citing emergency officials.
In June 2025, Iran and Israel entered direct war for the first time, ending years of covert hostilities. The three-day conflict reshaped regional dynamics and left lasting military, civilian, and diplomatic consequences.
The latest round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, scheduled for Sunday in Muscat, have been canceled. This development follows Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's explicit statement that Tehran refuses to negotiate as long as Israeli attacks persist.
Iranian authorities are reportedly beginning the evacuation of Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran.
Brigadier General Khosrow Hassani, the Deputy Head of Intelligence for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, has been killed in an alleged Israeli strike inside Iran.
What began as a shadow war has erupted into open conflict. Iran’s missile barrage on Israeli cities and Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Tehran mark a dangerous new phase, with rising casualties, nuclear sites hit, and diplomacy on the brink of collapse.
Tensions flared up in the Middle East as tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated to the point where the stakes cannot be any higher.
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