Israel-Iran conflict live updates: Israeli strikes kill Iranian intelligence chief and deputy
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Israel has unleashed a punishing barrage of strikes across Iran, hitting targets from the west to Tehran and as far east as Mashhad for a third straight day, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to make the country pay a 'heavy price' for killing civilians.
With no let-up in sight, Iran said it would begin opening mosques, metro stations and schools to serve as makeshift bomb shelters for civilians, as Israel kept up its withering blows.
The Islamic republic responded with barrages of missiles, with residents told to seek shelter as booms were heard over Jerusalem.
The intelligence chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Kazemi, and his deputy were among those killed in Israel's attacks on Tehran, the nation's Tasnim news agency confirmed.
Mr Netanyahu said in an earlier interview on Sunday that Israel 'got' the duo in its strikes.
'I can tell you we got their chief intelligence officer and his deputy in Tehran,' he told Fox News.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump told ABC News 'it's possible' the US 'could get involved' in the conflict, as the death toll on both sides mounts.
The US President stressed his nation is 'not at this moment involved' in the military action.
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