{"id":153908,"date":"2025-06-19T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/israel-iran-live-israel-vows-to-intensify-iran-attacks-after-dozens-hurt-in-hospital-strike-sky-news\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T09:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:15:55","slug":"israel-iran-live-israel-vows-to-intensify-iran-attacks-after-dozens-hurt-in-hospital-strike-sky-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/israel-iran-live-israel-vows-to-intensify-iran-attacks-after-dozens-hurt-in-hospital-strike-sky-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Iran live: Israel vows to intensify Iran attacks after dozens hurt in hospital strike &#8211; Sky News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting between Israel and Iran enters a seventh day. A hospital in southern Israel has been hit in an Iranian missile strike, while the IDF bombed a nuclear reactor in southwest of Tehran. Follow the latest and listen to The World as you scroll.<br \/>Thursday 19 June 2025 10:13, UK<br \/>Donald Trump does not want to go to war with Iran and has left the door open for Tehran to resume negotiations, a former chief of staff of the US National Security Council has told Sky News.<br \/>Speaking on The World With <b><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/yalda-hakim-982\" target=\"_blank\">Yalda Hakim<\/a><\/b>, Fred Fleitz said the US president was &#8220;going to make Iran a pretty good deal for a peaceful nuclear programme&#8221;.<br \/>But he said if Iran did not give up its enrichment programme then &#8220;the clock is running out&#8221; and Trump would send US bombers to drop bunker-buster bombs on its Fordow nuclear site.<br \/>&#8220;Trump is a man of his word,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He gave the Iranians 60 days. And if they don&#8217;t agree soon on this, Trump has concluded that an Iranian nuclear weapon will be here soon.<br \/>&#8220;And it is not just a threat to Israel. It is a threat to the United States. And that&#8217;s why I think there&#8217;s a good chance Trump will drop bunker-buster bombs on the Fordow facility.&#8221;<br \/>He said Iran would have to agree to give up the site and agree to stop enriching uranium: &#8220;If it wants a peaceful nuclear programme, the US will help it build one.&#8221;<br \/><b>Watch the full episode of The World here&#8230;<\/b><br \/>The coming days, weeks and months of the Israel-Iran conflict hinges around the question of American involvement, our <b><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/alistair-bunkall-499\" target=\"_blank\">Middle East correspondent Ali Bunkall<\/a><\/b> reports from Jerusalem.<br \/>Watch his full breakdown of three possible scenarios below:<br \/><b>By <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/lisa-holland-530\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa Holland<\/a>, communities correspondent, and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/olive-enokido-lineham-839\" target=\"_blank\">Olive Enokido-Lineham<\/a>, specialist producer<\/b><br \/>With Iran now in the middle of a near-total internet blackout, communication is difficult.<br \/>But we&#8217;ve managed to piece together a picture of a country gripped by fear and panic, where relatives are struggling to contact loved ones.<br \/>Amir Javadzadeh and Attieh Fard are among the British-Iranians trying to get through to friends and family in Iran.<br \/>Hour by hour, it&#8217;s getting harder and harder.<br \/>Amir finally makes contact with a friend in the eastern city of Mashhad.<br \/>We are calling the friend &#8220;Ali&#8221; to protect his identity.&nbsp;<br \/>Ali paints a worrying picture of people struggling to get hold of basics like bread and fuel&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/british-iranians-struggling-to-contact-friends-and-family-who-fear-punishment-by-tehran-regime-13385588\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><br \/>Watch the moment the Soroka Hospital in southern Israel was hit by an Iranian missiles this morning.<br \/>At least 40 people have been injured, and two others seriously wounded.<br \/>Donald Trump has approved attack plans for Iran but withheld the final order, according to a new report.<br \/>The Wall Street Journal reports Trump told senior aids he was holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear programme first.<br \/>It cited people familiar with the deliberations.<br \/>US involvement could be vital for Israeli goals to end the Iranian nuclear programme.<br \/>Washington&#8217;s &#8220;bunker buster&#8221; bombs would be one of the only ways Israel could destroy some of the more defended targets.<br \/>The Fordow nuclear site, for example, is embedded in the side of a mountain, deep underground, out of reach of all but the most powerful bombs.<br \/><b>Watch: Nuclear sites targeted in Iran<\/b><br \/>&nbsp;Our <b><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/cordelia-lynch-898\" target=\"_blank\">correspondent Cordelia Lynch<\/a><\/b> is at the Soroka Hospital in southern Israel after it was hit by Iranian missiles this morning.<br \/>She says she saw smoke rising as she arrived.<br \/>&#8220;We heard eyewitness accounts of people hearing a loud boom as this medical centre was struck,&#8221; she says.<br \/>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been seeing patients being wheeled out here, we&#8217;ve seen others with minor injuries, but it&#8217;s unclear when exactly they incurred those.&#8221;<br \/>The hospital had been closed to any new patients, with only life-threatening cases being admitted in recent days.<br \/><b>The new &#8216;rhythm&#8217; to Israeli life<\/b><br \/>Lynch also reflects on her time in Israel during the fighting with Iran.<br \/>&#8220;One of the things you&#8217;re struck by is the rhythm of life that people have become accustomed to,&#8221; she says.&nbsp;<br \/>&#8220;When those sirens blare out, they head down to their shelters.&nbsp;<br \/>&#8220;They have come to expect this kind of choreography and I think, yes, there is a degree of fear, of concern, but you also hear a sort of confidence in people as well.&#8221;<br \/>At least five people have been seriously in Tel Aviv, the Israeli emergency service says.<br \/>Israeli air defences were penetrated overnight and trails of missiles and interception efforts were visible in the skies over the central Israeli city this morning as explosions were heard.<br \/>The emergency services said five people had been seriously injured in the attack, with dozens of others hurt in three other locations. In south Tel Aviv, people are trapped in a building, it said.<br \/>Here are some of the latest pictures from Ramat Gan, in Israel.<br \/>The Iron Dome was penetrated over central parts of the country.<br \/>Ramat Gan, just east of Tel Aviv, was one of the areas hit by Iranian attacks overnight, leading to extensive damage.<br \/>Listen to the latest episode of Politics At Sam And Anne&#8217;s, where they ask what Sir Keir Starmer will do if Donald Trump wades into the Middle East.<br \/>Yesterday, the US president said he was weighing up strikes on Tehran.<br \/>Starmer has so far walked a tightrope with Trump, keeping him on side while appealing to other world leaders.<br \/>But possible strikes on Iran represent another hurdle for the Labour leader to clear.<br \/>On this episode, our <b><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/sam-coates-763\" target=\"_blank\">deputy political editor Sam Coates<\/a><\/b> and Politico&#8217;s Anne McElvoy discuss what advice Starmer is getting over potential British involvement in the conflict.<br \/>We also hear, as we reported at 7.03, on David Lammy&#8217;s trip to Geneva tomorrow where he&#8217;ll be meeting his Iranian counterpart.<br \/><b>By <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/mark-stone-551\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Stone<\/a>, US correspondent<\/b><br \/>The UK government&#8217;s top legal adviser has raised questions over whether Israel&#8217;s actions in Iran are lawful, according to a source familiar with discussions inside the government.<br \/>The source suggested to Sky News that Attorney General Richard Hermer&#8217;s thinking, which has not been published, complicates the UK&#8217;s potential involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict.<br \/>If the attorney general deems Israel&#8217;s actions in Iran to be unlawful then the UK is restricted in its ability to help to defend Israel or support the US in any planned attacks on Iran.<br \/>Be the first to get <span>Breaking News<\/span><br \/>Install the Sky News app for free<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPTC1mRVNoaThkZVJmMEhzM05hUHhDWng5M2hnRHNUMnFzZzZIRFQ5bVBZYU45NFV2Zm16ajgtNXRyOS1peEh6ZXVpbzdXMEotcHRyWXlzTWZYVzc5Uy1ldDJjMTgxN3JmSlVUMW5vbFhwa0F3cWNibE9VaXpBTHNId09mR2ZfdFVveE01WC11ZklrOHFiNWc?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting between Israel and Iran enters a seventh day. A hospital in southern Israel has been hit in an Iranian missile strike, while the IDF bombed a nuclear reactor in southwest of Tehran. 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