Israel v Iran LIVE: Tehran in chaos after blitz with gridlocked roads & ‘car bombs' as Trump says US may ‘get involved'
WAR ZONE Israel v Iran LIVE: Tehran in chaos after blitz with gridlocked roads & 'car bombs' as Trump says US may 'get involved'
CARNAGE appears to have erupted in Tehran as civilians try to flee the Iranian capital amid car bombings and Israel's relentless strikes.
It comes as Trump said the US may "get invovled" in the crisis after Tel Aviv carried out fresh strikes on Tehran this morning.
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Smoke from an oil refinery rises over residential buildings in southern Tehran
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Iranian residents have abandoned their cars in droves as they attempt to get out of Tehran
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The aftermath of today's strikes on Tehran
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Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot in Tehran, Iran
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Iran launched another wave of missile strikes on Israel last night
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The Israeli airstrikes appear to have dealt a heavy blow to Tehran.
A CNN corrspondent based in the capital reported people are getting stressed and panicking amid the high intensity attacks.
Pictures show hundreds of cars gridlocked on roads as they try to flee the capital city.
Local media reports heavy damage was caused to Tehran's urban infrastructure. Many buildings were seen destroyed in various parts of the city.
The strikes are also said to have obliterated an aircraft repair centre, and targeted the city's famous Valiasr Square.
A slew of car bombings were also reported, which the Iranian media has blamed in Israel.
Tel Aviv has denied setting off these bombs.
Residents are now understood to be fleeing the city due to a lack of bomb shelters.
A dad of two told CNN: "I don't want to leave my home, but I am not going to put my young children in this situation."
Israel and Iran have been fighting after Israel launched "pre-emptive strikes" it said were designed to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Israeli officials have now said Iran's theocratic dictator Khamenei is not "off limits" from targeting as it continues its air bombing in the Islamic republic.
Trump told ABC News network today that it remains possible the US will become involved in the Iran-Israel conflict.
He also warned Tehran would experience "the full strength" of the US military if it attacks the US bases in the Middle East.
Iran and Israel sit on the brink of a full-scale war after Tel Aviv accused Tehran of trying to develop a nuclear bomb.
The IDF killed top military leaders, nuclear scientists and blasted secretive sites believed to be being used by Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
Last night, least 70 missiles across two waves targeted Israel's port city of Haifa alongside Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Rehovot.
And while Israeli residents hunkered in bunkers, the country's military continued strikes against Iran's miliatry and nuclear targets.
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Reuters
26 minutes ago
- Reuters
Israel-Iran battle escalates, will be high on agenda as world leaders meet
TEL AVIV/DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - Israel and Iran kept up their attacks, killing and wounding civilians and raising concern among world leaders meeting in Canada this week that the biggest battle between the two old enemies could lead to a broader regional conflict. The Iranian death toll in four days of Israeli strikes, carried out with the declared aim of wiping out Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, had reached at least 224, with 90% of the casualties reported to be civilians, an Iranian health ministry spokesperson said. At least 10 people in Israel, including children, have been killed so far, according to authorities there. Group of Seven leaders began gathering in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday with the Israel-Iran conflict expected to be a top priority. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his goals for the summit include for Iran to not develop or possess nuclear weapons, ensuring Israel's right to defend itself, avoiding escalation of the conflict and creating room for diplomacy. "This issue will be very high on the agenda of the G7 summit," Merz told reporters. Before leaving for the summit on Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump was asked what he was doing to de-escalate the situation. "I hope there's going to be a deal. I think it's time for a deal," he told reporters. "Sometimes they have to fight it out." Iran has told mediators Qatar and Oman that it is not open to negotiating a ceasefire while it is under Israeli attack, an official briefed on the communications told Reuters on Sunday. Explosions shook Tel Aviv on Sunday during Iran's first daylight missile attack since Israel's strike on Friday. Shortly after nightfall, Iranian missiles hit a residential street in Haifa, a mixed Jewish-Arab city, and in Israel's south. In Bat Yam, a city near Tel Aviv, residents braced on Sunday evening for another sleepless night after an overnight strike on an apartment tower. "It's very dreadful. It's not fun. People are losing their lives and their homes," said Shem, 29. Images from Tehran showed the night sky lit up by a huge blaze at a fuel depot after Israel began strikes against Iran's oil and gas sector - raising the stakes for the global economy and the functioning of the Iranian state. Brent crude futures were up $1.17, or 1.6%, to $75.39 a barrel by 0015 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained $1.11, or 1.6%, to $74.14. They had surged more than $4 earlier in the session. In Washington, two U.S. officials told Reuters that Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. When asked about the Reuters report, Netanyahu told Fox News on Sunday: "There's so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I'm not going to get into that." "We do what we need to do," he told Fox's "Special Report With Bret Baier." Israel began the assault with a surprise attack on Friday that wiped out the top echelon of Iran's military command and damaged its nuclear sites, and says the campaign will escalate in coming days. The intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Kazemi, and his deputy were killed in attacks on Tehran on Sunday, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said. Iran has vowed to "open the gates of hell" in retaliation. Trump has lauded Israel's offensive while denying Iranian allegations that the U.S. has taken part and warning Tehran not to widen its retaliation to include U.S. targets. Two U.S. officials said on Friday the U.S. military had helped shoot down Iranian missiles that were headed toward Israel. The U.S. president has repeatedly said Iran could end the war by agreeing to tough restrictions on its nuclear program, which Iran says is for peaceful purposes but which Western countries and the IAEA nuclear watchdog say could be used to make an atomic bomb. The latest round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the U.S., due on Sunday, was scrapped after Tehran said it would not negotiate while under Israeli attack.
Daily Mail
37 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
NATALIE LISBONA: As sirens wail I text a friend in her shelter. She tells me a missile has just killed seven... it could easily have been us
Yesterday was terrible, and relentless. A day of strikes which begins in the early hours of Sunday morning, 2.19am in fact, with the hideous, piercing shriek that rings out from my phone and means a fresh Iranian attack is imminent. Once again I scramble to get three kids, two dogs, bottled water and a flashlight into the bomb shelter in our backyard. Then I text my colleagues in London: 'We're being attacked.' It's the third day of the Iranian missile onslaught and civilians are still being targeted by the regime. The Houthis – Iran-backed militants in Yemen – also join in by sending missiles. The middle of the night seems a favourite time to attack, probably to grind down our morale by depriving us of sleep. Though of course the attacks continue in the day. Since there is no internet or wi-fi in the shelter we turn on an old-fashioned radio. The door is shut tight with a special lock – Israelis had them installed after Hamas 's October 7 massacres, when many terrorists forced their way into shelters, shooting those inside or throwing grenades. There is enough of a mobile signal to send an SMS to my friend who lives in the city of Bat Yam, next door to Tel Aviv, asking if she and her family are OK. And then the sirens wail again, putting me in mind always of Second World War films about the Blitz. At first we hear the loudest roar – enough to silence my chatty kids, and even Lula, the lunatic chihuahua, for once. Our other chihuahua, Super Ted, is shaking like a leaf. At a guess it was probably an Israeli fighter jet. Then several very, very loud booms. At one point I could swear a gush of air blew inside the shelter, but I am weary and half asleep. 'I am really scared, Mummy,' one of my teens cries. What on earth can I tell her? My friend texts me: 'That was the loudest noise I have ever heard.' Just a few blocks away from her home in Bat Yam, a direct hit from a ballistic missile has killed seven, including two children, with more than 100 injured and others still unaccounted for. At the time of writing, there are three still missing, likely to be trapped under rubble. It doesn't bear thinking about. 'It could have been us,' she says. 'I am shaking,' she tells me after sending a video taken from a friend's balcony yesterday, in which a huge ball of fire crashes through the night sky at ferocious speed into a civilian area. The Israel Defence Forces say that those who died were not in their bomb shelters. Why on Earth not? My only conclusion is that they have become desensitised. I have now lost count of the times we have had to run to the shelter. It's all a big blur, and the only way I can remember is by checking my phone for the time stamps on the air-raid alerts. The most recent at the time of writing, 4.08pm and 8.34pm. No doubt we will be back in the shelter before dawn. Israelis are constantly asking, 'How long is this to continue?' I have been told it could be weeks. On Saturday night, before the onslaught, we were laughing about a message being endlessly forwarded on WhatsApp that advises people to pack cash and passports in case they have to make a run for it. My friend has done exactly this, but I joke that we wouldn't get very far because all the airports are closed. In one video now all over social media, a man jokes that he only survived the missile blast that devastated the front room of his home because of divine intervention – a sudden call of nature that sent him to the lavatory. In the face of adversity, the Israelis are full of humour. It is a nation that can cope with suffering. Since the State of Israel was born almost 80 years ago, its citizens have had to survive the countless terror attacks, long before October 7. They cannot forget, though, that more than 50 of their compatriots are still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. The country is feeling it. One friend, a mum of two, told me: 'I am in a state of shock and sadness, how much more should Israelis endure?' These latest attacks feel like something different. One of the world's crazed regimes launching its vast arsenal in a fanatical attempt to wipe you from the face of the earth. But Israelis realise their present suffering cannot be avoided. They have no choice but to fight for their future. If Iran were to get nukes, the whole world would be held hostage to the mullahs. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday raised the terrifying prospect that the Iranians were planning to give nukes to their proxies – Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Dana Berry, a mother of two, sums up the national mood: 'We are nervous but confident. It's not easy for families with children but I believe it's for the better. 'The world will be a safer place today than it was yesterday,' she says. This morning I receive a flurry of messages from people asking if we are OK. I wonder how many times they must have asked us this now. Sleep-deprived and drained by constant worry for loved ones, Israelis know they are suffering for a greater cause: the safety of the world against a nuclear armed rogue state. The question is, when will this all stop?
North Wales Chronicle
38 minutes ago
- North Wales Chronicle
Israel-Iran conflict set to dominate as world leaders gather for G7
Sir Keir Starmer said that the G7 meeting in Alberta would provide an opportunity for allies to make the case for de-escalation in the 'fast moving' situation in the Middle East, with Donald Trump among those set to attend. Leaders have been urging calm in recent days since Israel first launched strikes against Iran before the weekend, with Sir Keir having held calls with Mr Trump, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Friedrich Merz among others. Israel and Iran continued to exchange fire on Sunday, as the Iranian health ministry said that 224 people have been killed since the conflict ignited on Friday. Israel's attacks have killed a number of Tehran's top generals, as the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls Iran's arsenal of ballistic missiles, said intelligence chief General Mohammad Kazemi and two other generals were the latest killed. The UK Government updated its travel guidance to advise against all travel to Israel on Sunday amid the continuing blows. The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office website warns that 'travel insurance could be invalidated' if people travel against the advice, and described the current status as a 'fast-moving situation that poses significant risks'. Asked about reports that ministers have drawn up contingency plans to evacuate British nationals from Israel, a Number 10 spokesman said on Sunday: 'We always monitor the situation closely and we keep contingency plans, as you'd expect, under constant review.' The Associated Press reported on Sunday that Mr Trump in recent days vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Mr Trump said on Sunday that 'Iran and Israel should make a deal'. 'We will have peace soon between Israel and Iran,' he posted on his TruthSocial platform. 'Many calls and meetings now taking place.' He also told ABC News that 'it's possible we could get involved' in the conflict. A planned sixth round of talks between the US and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme did not take place on Sunday. 'We remain committed to talks and hope the Iranians will come to the table soon,' a senior US official said. The UK has been calling for de-escalation, and Sir Keir confirmed on Saturday that more RAF jets would be sent to the region for 'contingency support'. Earlier on Sunday, Rachel Reeves said that the decision to send the planes ' does not mean that we are at war'. 'We do have important assets in the region and it is right that we send jets to protect them and that's what we've done. 'It's a precautionary move,' she told Sky News. Oil prices surged surged on Friday after Israel's initial strikes against Iran's nuclear programme, sparking fears of increasing prices in the UK. The Chancellor told the BBC that there is 'no complacency' from the Treasury on the issue and 'we're obviously, monitoring this very closely as a government'. An Iranian health ministry spokesman said on social media that as well as the 224 fatalities, 1,277 other people were admitted to hospital. He asserted that more than 90% of the casualties were civilians.
