New night of attacks in Iran, where Israel killed two targets. The first is Saeed Izadi, "chief of the Palestinian division of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" , killed in an attack on an apartment in the Iranian city of Qom, said Defense Minister Israel Katz, explaining that Izadi "financed and armed Hamas before the massacre of October 7" . Katz speaks of a "huge achievement for Israeli intelligence and the Air Force".
The IDF said it also killed the new commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) drone unit, a week after eliminating his predecessor. Amin Pour Jodkhi was accused by Israel of overseeing the launch of "hundreds" of drones toward the Jewish state from southwest Iran.
A new wave of air strikes was also launched against depots and missile launch sites in central Iran.
On the other side, sirens sounded in central Israel tonight. And explosions were heard in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, there are glimmers of hope in the negotiations in Geneva, with Tehran saying it is "available to continue the dialogue on nuclear power". But Donald Trump freezes the EU: "Iran does not want to talk to Europe but to us, Europe will not be able to be useful in this" .
For the tycoon, it is now "very difficult" to ask Israel to stop the attacks, because "it is winning". Trump also said that he has given Tehran two weeks as "maximum time to decide whether to negotiate or not" .
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Iran: "US involvement in the conflict would be very dangerous"
Any US involvement in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran would be "very very dangerous", Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said today in Istanbul, as reported by the BBC. Iran "cannot negotiate with the United States when our people are being bombed", Araghchi reiterated in an interview with the media. "The United States has been involved in the aggression since day one", he added without providing any evidence.
Ankara: "Israel is dragging the region into total disaster"
Turkey accuses Israel of dragging the region to a "total disaster," Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said. "Israel is now dragging the region to the brink of total disaster by attacking Iran, our neighbor," Turkey's foreign minister said at the opening of an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Istanbul, on the ninth day of the war with Iran.
Drone hits building in northern Israel, fire breaks out
Minutes after the alarm was raised, a drone launched from Iran exploded on a two-story house in Beit Shean, northern Israel, blowing a hole in the building and starting a fire. Rescuers from Magen David Adom said no injuries were reported so far.
50% of Iran's missile launchers destroyed
The IDF says that in recent days, waves of intense strikes by Israeli fighters have destroyed more than 50 percent of ballistic missile launchers and many more are trapped in the affected tunnels in the Iranian mountains. According to the military, the Iranians are now having difficulty firing dozens of missiles programmed against Israel from western Iran and are operating from the east. The Air Force launched two powerful raids in western and central Iran overnight: in the west, 15 IAF fighters bombed a huge tunnel for storing ballistic missiles. 15 planes and over 30 bombs were used.
Shahriari Killed, Hezbollah and Hamas Missile Supply
The IDF announced that Air Force fighters, with precise intelligence guidance, attacked and killed the commander of the weapons transfer unit (190) of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, Behanam Shahriari, who was responsible for smuggling weapons to Iranian emissaries in the Middle East. Shahriari, who was killed while driving a car more than 1,000 kilometers from Israel in western Iran, "worked directly with Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis by providing missiles and rockets that were fired at Israel during the war," the IDF said.
Putin: "IAEA has no evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons"
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has no evidence that Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Sky News Arabia. "Iran has repeatedly stated that it is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons. And the IAEA has no evidence or signs that Tehran is developing nuclear weapons," the Russian leader said.
Putin: "Iran has the right to peaceful use of nuclear weapons"
Iran has the right to develop a civil nuclear program and use atomic technologies for peaceful purposes, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Sky News Arabia. "Iran has the right to pursue nuclear technology programs for peaceful purposes," the Russian head of state said. Russia is ready to provide Tehran with "the necessary assistance and support in the development of peaceful nuclear energy, just as it has done in previous years," he stressed.
Mother and son from Parma out of Iran
They have crossed the Iranian border and are safe: the 18-month-old baby from Parma and his mother, an Iranian architect, who were in the woman's country to meet his grandparents when Israel's attack began. On Instagram, the mayor of Parma, Michele Guerra, explains that the two have undertaken a "long journey to the border with Azerbaijan, they will arrive in Baku and board a plane to Italy". In recent days, the woman's partner, Parma gynecologist Salvatore Politi, had launched an SOS for his 36-year-old partner and their baby. "I'll wait for them at the Town Hall to say hello and hug them", concludes the mayor.
(Online Union)
