An Iranian missile struck Jerusalem during Eid al-Fitr, a few hundred meters from the holiest sites for Muslims, Christians and Jews on Saturday, confirmedIsrael's Foreign Ministry. Taking to X, Israel's foreign ministry slammedIransaying this is the true face of the 'mullahs' so called 'religious' regime. The foreign ministry also shared two videos showing the impact of the strike. The first video showed how the Iranianmissilestruck the holy site while the second one captured the aftermath.
Iran is fighting a joint war by Israel and United States, first launched on February 28 when together they pounded upon more than 30 weapons, eliminating their Supreme Commander Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, several of his key aides and family members. Ever since then, Iran has been targeting Gulf nations including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain among others in retaliation and to build pressure on America. The war, meanwhile, has shown no signs of abating.
Iran said its Natanz nuclear facility was hit in an airstrike Saturday but that there has been no radiation leakage. Israel said Iran continued to fire missiles at it early Saturday, while Saudi Arabia said it downed 20 drones in just a couple of hours in the country’s eastern region, which is home to major oil installations. The defense ministry said there were no injuries or damage.
Earlier today, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran will “increase significantly” in the coming week. Katz spoke Saturday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” military operations in the Mideast even as the United States announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region and Iran threatened to attack tourist sites worldwide.
The mixed messages came after another climb in oil prices plunged the US stock market, and was followed by a Trump administration announcement that it will lift sanctions on Iranian oil loaded on ships, a move aimed at wrangling soaring fuel prices.
The death toll has risen to more than 1,300 people in Iran, more than 1,000 people in Lebanon, 15 in Israel and 13 U.S. military members in the region. Millions of people in Lebanon and Iran have been displaced.
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