Israeli strikes in central Iran kill nine Revolutionary Guards

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At least nine members of the Revolutionary Guards were killed Sunday in Israeli attacks on central Iran, local media reported, as fighting between the two foes continued.
"Following the aggression of the barbaric Zionist regime and its mercenaries against two military centers in Yazd city, seven Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps personnel and two conscripts were martyred," the Tasnim news agency reported, quoting an IRGC statement.
Others were injured in the attack, it added. The Fars news agency had earlier said Israeli strikes targeted two military sites in Yazd.
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An expanding battlefield: US intervention in Iran-Israel conflict puts Israel on edge

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An expanding battlefield: US intervention in Iran-Israel conflict puts Israel on edge

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Syria says Islamic State group behind church attack, at least 15 dead

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