IDF says it has ‘full aerial control’ over Tehran after minister rows back on threat to residents - Netanyahu warns ‘Iran will pay a heavy price for the murder of civilians, women and children’

The Israeli military claims its campaign has eliminated high-value targets, including nine senior scientists, and severely damaged Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Iranian authorities confirmed damage to four critical buildings at the Isfahan uranium conversion facility,

Hundreds of civilians, mostly in Iran, have been killed by dueling airstrikes despite international pleas for de-escalation.

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The exchange of fire comes as talks on Iran's nuclear program in Oman between the U.S. and Iran were called off.

All night people in Israel have been braced for more rockets. Just before 01:00 the Israeli military announced that it was striking missile sites in Iran, and instructed residents to move closer to shelters. Four hours later the response came – with what felt like the largest barrage so far of this conflict.