Israel-Iran War Day 7 LIVE: Khamenei Appoints New Commander Of IRGC Ground Forces; Netanyahu Vows Revenge As 47 Injured
Iran-Israel War News Today Live Updates Day 7: Tensions escalated in the Middle East due to violent engagement between Iran and Israel for seventh straight day on Thursday with both the sides exchanging strikes. While Israel targetted an area near the heavy water facility of Iran's Khondab nuclear facility, Tehran directly hit southern Israel's biggest hospital 'Soroka Medical Center' in a missile attack.
Meanwhile, sirens were activated across Israel as Iran launched another barrage of missiles targeting it.
With the latest development, uncertainty looms over the prospect of peace in the Middle East region amid conflict. Further, Israel has issued an evacuation warning to the residents of Arak and Khondab in central Iran, which is home to a heavy water reactor facility – one of Iran's nuclear facilities.
The Middle East has been witnessing deadly attacks for the past few years now and is expected to see more with United States President Donald Trump giving hints that he might push US directly into the fight.
US President, who cut short the G7 Summit and said some thing bigger was the reason behind him doing so and not the ceasefire as people were speculating, has open the possibility of the US joining Israeli military action against Iran as he claimed that Tehran had made overtures to negotiate.
'I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do,' Donald Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn amid a sharp escalation in the Middle East as Israel claimed responsibility for airstrikes on military targets in Tehran, including what it described as Iran's 'internal security headquarters.'
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