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Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, accused Iran of targeting Israeli civilians in its overnight attacks.
Then in the very next breath, he appeared to threaten Iranian civilians, saying “residents of Iran will pay the price.”
Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Reuters reported, citing Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency.
The man, identified as Esmail Fekri, is the third person Iran has executed in recent weeks in connection with accusations of espionage on behalf of Israel.
Iranian police in Alborz province said earlier that they had arrested two Mossad operatives, Iranian state media reported.
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the embassy branch in Tel Aviv will be officially closed today as military tensions continue to escalate between Israel and Iran.
No U.S. staffers have been injured, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said in a post on X, though there has been “some minor damage from concussions of Iranian missile hits” near the Tel Aviv branch.
The U.S. Embassy has directed all U.S. government employees and their family members to shelter in place in and near their residences until further notice, it said in a statement.
Trump said he hoped for a deal between Israel and Iran as he headed to Canada for a meeting of world leaders where the conflict is high on the agenda.
“I hope there’s going to be a deal. I think it’s time for a deal, and we’ll see what happens. But sometimes they have to fight it out,” Trump told reporters before he left the White House for a summit of the Group of 7 major economies in Canada.
Reporting from Tehran
At least 224 people have been killed in Iran since the Israeli strikes started Friday, Iranian state media reported.
More than 90% of the casualties are civilians, according to Iran’s semiofficial Mehr News Agency, which cited a spokesperson for the health ministry.
The Israeli military said it had begun a series of strikes on dozens of surface-to-surface missile targets in western Iran.
It later said missiles had been launched from Iran, instructing the public to seek shelter. Sirens sounded in several places across Israel.
The Israeli military said it was “operating to intercept and strike where necessary to eliminate the threat.”
A day of strikes across both countries included a rare daytime attack on the Iranian capital, Tehran, where streets were jammed with traffic as residents tried to flee.
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