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Today’s headlines at a glance Good afternoon. Thank you for reading our ongoing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East and the Israel-Iran war. The live blog is now closed.
Here’s a quick overview of the latest events:
Israel and Iran launched more attacks in the past few hours, with a barrage of Iranian missiles exploding over central Israel and the Israeli Air Force bombing sites in central Iran. A missile strike on the Israeli city of Haifa wounded 30 people overnight. Israeli strikes killed at least 44 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including many who were seeking food aid, local officials said. US President Donald Trump has scorned European peace efforts, after foreign ministers from the UK, France and Germany held inconclusive talks with their Iranian counterpart. Iran says it would not discuss the future of its nuclear program while it was under attack by Israel. Israel’s UN envoy told the UN Security Council his country would not stop its attacks “until Iran’s nuclear threat is dismantled”, while the country’s top general warned of a “prolonged campaign”. The Israeli foreign minister claimed the bombing campaign had already set back Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons by two to three years. Israel has said it may open some outgoing flights for foreigners from Monday, and Australians in the region are advised to check smartraveller.gov.au and register with DFAT. Australia has shut its embassy in Tehran, and sent defence personnel and assets to the region to help evacuate Australians. Earlier, Trump said he would decide whether the US would join military action against Iran within two weeks. Latest posts
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Israel says it has killed Iran’s drone commander The Israeli Defence Forces said it had killed a commander of Iran’s drone forces in its latest wave of airstrikes on the Islamic republic, the Ti
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