Live: Fresh attacks as Iran and Israel enter third day of strikes
Iran and Israel have resumed airstrikes and missile attacks on each other for a third successive night.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks were nothing compared with what Iran would see in the coming days. While, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Israel would suffer a "bitter and painful fate" after the deadly attack.
Meanwhile, Iran has reportedly called off nuclear talks that Washington said were the only way to halt Israel's bombing.
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Responders work amid building rubble following a strike by an Iranian missile in the Israeli city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, early on June 15, 2025. Photo: AFP / JACK GUEZ By Alexander Cornwell and Parisa Hafezi , Reuters Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, as US President Donald Trump said the conflict could be easily ended while warning Tehran not to strike any US targets. Israeli rescue teams combed through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed in strikes, using flashlights and sniffer dogs to look for survivors after at least seven people were killed, including children, authorities said. Tehran has called off nuclear talks that Washington had said were the only way to halt Israel's bombing, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks by Israel so far were nothing compared with what Iran would see in the coming days. 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