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Iranian drones strike Israel in rare penetration of air defences

FE ONLINE DESK
Published :
Jun 21, 2025 18:58
Updated :
Jun 21, 2025 18:58

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Two Iranian drones penetrated Israel’s air defences and struck sites in the north and south, CNN reported, citing the Israeli military. The incident marked one of the rare instances in which one-way attack drones from Iran successfully breached Israeli air defences.

The drone in northern Israel struck the town of Beit Shean near the Jordanian border, hitting a two-storey home, emergency responders were quoted as saying.

Images from the scene showed a gaping hole in the side of the building, with its windows and doors blown out. Debris and dirt were scattered around the impact area, CNN said.

Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said it had not found any casualties at the site and continued to search through the rubble, according to CNN.

A second drone pierced Israel’s air defences and landed in an open area in the south of the country, the Israeli military was quoted as saying.

Most of the drones launched from Iran since Israel began its military campaign have been intercepted before reaching their targets, CNN reported.

The barrage included at least six drones, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the US-based broadcaster added.

Several other drones approaching Israel at roughly the same time were intercepted, including in the Arava desert in southern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights, CNN said.

Iran has launched more than 1,000 drones since Israel began its offensive last week, an Israeli military official was quoted by the American news network as saying.​
 

Russia says any use of tactical nuclear weapons by US in Iran would be catastrophic, TASS reports

REUTERS
Published :
Jun 20, 2025 17:35
Updated :
Jun 20, 2025 17:35

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam in Moscow, Russia May 10, 2025. Photo : REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/Pool/Files

Potential use of tactical nuclear weapons by the United States in Iran would be a catastrophic development, Russian state news agency TASS quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday.

Peskov was commenting on what he called speculative media reports about that possibility. His comments, as reported by TASS, did not mention any media by name.

The Guardian newspaper reported that US defence officials were briefed that using conventional bombs against Iran's underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordow would not be enough to destroy it completely, and that destroying it would require initial attacks with conventional bombs and then dropping a tactical nuclear weapon from a B-2 bomber.

However, the British newspaper said President Donald Trump was not considering using a tactical nuclear weapon on Fordow and the possibility was not presented by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, in meetings in the White House Situation Room.

Trump said on Thursday that any decision on potential US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict would be made within two weeks.

Russia, which has close ties with Iran, has warned strongly against US military intervention on the side of Israel.​
 

Israel’s ‘expansionist policies’ require regional intervention: Turkiye

REUTERS
Published :
Jun 21, 2025 20:24
Updated :
Jun 21, 2025 20:24

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks during a joint news conference with Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud (not pictured) in Istanbul, Turkey, July 14, 2024. Photo : REUTERS/Murad Sezer/Files

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has praised Qatar and Egypt for their ongoing efforts to get a ceasefire for Gaza while denouncing Israel for its continued attacks on Palestine, Al Jazeera reports.

“Israel seeks to expel Palestinians from their lands, has turned the West Bank into a warzone, and seeks to undermine the two-state solution,” Fidan was quoted as telling foreign ministers gathered in Istanbul at the summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

“Israeli attacks and its expansionist policies require us to deal with them. These are not the problems of individual countries alone – they are Israel’s problem alone. We condemn Israeli attacks and they must be stopped immediately. The international community must immediately halt these policies that threaten global stability,” he was quoted as adding.

Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Ali Jafarian reportedly says the department is preparing to treat any victims suffering from the effects of Israel’s continuing attacks on nuclear facilities.

“We have not yet received reports of Israel using unconventional weapons. We are prepared to deal with any nuclear leak in the event that nuclear reactors are targeted, and we hope we do not reach that stage,” Jafarian was quoted as saying.

He was also quoted as saying three hospitals have been attacked so far, with Kermanshah Hospital being completely evacuated.

“All of these are civilian targets. International organisations, especially the World Health Organization and the International Red Cross, must pressure Israel to stop targeting civilians. However, we do not expect much from them as we have witnessed their inability to do anything in Gaza for a year and a half.”

Jafarian reportedly confirmed “430 civilians” have so far been killed and more than 3,500 wounded after eight days of “Israeli aggression”.​
 

Iran says more than 400 killed since start of war with Israel

AFP
Published: 21 Jun 2025, 19: 18

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A missile launched towards Iran Reuters file photo

Israeli strikes on Iran have killed more than 400 people since they began last week, Iran's health ministry said in an updated toll on Saturday, as fighting raged between the two foes.

"As of this morning, Israeli attacks have claimed the lives of over 400 defenseless Iranians and left 3,056 others wounded by missiles and drones," health ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said in a post on X.​
 

B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions: US officials

Published: 21 Jun 2025, 23: 10

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A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam January 11, 2018. Picture taken 11 January 2018. Reuters

The United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether the United States should take part in Israel's strikes against Iran.

It was unclear whether the bomber deployment is tied to Middle East tensions.

The B-2 can be equipped to carry America's 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, designed to destroy targets deep underground. That is the weapon that experts say could be used to strike Iran's nuclear program, including Fordow.

The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, declined to disclose any further details. One official said no forward orders had been given yet to move the bombers beyond Guam. They did not say how many B-2 bombers are being moved.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.​
 

Israel attacks aimed to sabotage Iran nuclear talks: Erdogan
Reuters Ankara
Published: 21 Jun 2025, 16: 12

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference following a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, 16 June 2025. Reuters

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Israel's attacks on Iran right before a new round of nuclear talks with the United States aimed to sabotage the negotiations, and it showed Israel did not want to resolve issues through diplomacy.

Speaking at a foreign ministers' meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, Erdogan urged countries with influence over Israel not to listen to its "poison" and to seek a solution to the fighting via dialogue without allowing a wider conflict.

He also called on Muslim countries to increase their efforts to impose punitive measures against Israel on the basis of international law and United Nations' resolutions.​
 

Fresh Israeli strikes kill 3 Iranian commanders
Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem 22 June, 2025, 00:09

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Israeli soldiers and first responders check the damage caused to a building from an Iranian strike in Beit She’an on Saturday amid the ongoing fire exchange between Iran and Israel. | AFP photo

Israel said Saturday it had killed three more Iranian commanders in its unprecedented bombing campaign against the Islamic republic, which foreign minister Gideon Saar claimed had delayed Tehran’s alleged progress towards a nuclear weapon by two years.

Israel’s military said a strike in Qom south of Tehran successfully targeted top Iranian official Saeed Izadi, in charge of coordination with Palestinian militant group Hamas, adding two other commanders from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were also killed overnight.

As Israel continued to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities and military targets, Saar said in an interview that by his country’s own assessment, it had ‘already delayed for at least two or three years the possibility for them to have a nuclear bomb’.

‘We will do everything that we can do there in order to remove this threat,’ Saar told German newspaper Bild, asserting Israel’s onslaught would continue.

Israel and Iran have traded wave after wave of devastating strikes since Israel launched its aerial campaign on June 13, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon—an accusation the Islamic republic has denied.

Israel said it had attacked Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site for a second time after its air force announced it had also launched salvos against missile storage and launch sites in the centre of the country.

The army later said it was striking military infrastructure in southwest Iran.

US president Donald Trump warned on Friday that Tehran had a ‘maximum’ of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes, as Washington weighs whether to join Israel’s campaign.

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Istanbul on Saturday for a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to discuss the conflict.

Top diplomats from Britain, France and Germany met Araghchi in Geneva on Friday, and urged him to resume talks with the United States that had been derailed by Israel’s attacks.

But Araghchi told NBC News after the meeting that ‘we’re not prepared to negotiate with them [the United States] anymore, as long as the aggression continues’.

Trump, dismissive of European diplomatic efforts, also said he was unlikely to ask Israel to stop its attacks to get Iran back to the table.

‘If somebody’s winning, it’s a little bit harder to do,’ he said.

Any US involvement would likely feature powerful bunker-busting bombs that no other country possesses to destroy an underground uranium enrichment facility in Fordo.

A US-based NGO, the Human Rights Activists News Agency, said on Friday that based on its sources and media reports at least 657 people have been killed in Iran, including 263 civilians.

Iran’s health ministry on Saturday gave a toll of more than 400 people killed and 3,056 in the Israeli strikes.

Traffic police and the Fars news agency reported congestion on roads heading into Tehran on Saturday, indicating some inhabitants were returning to the capital.

Internet access remained highly unstable and limited in Tehran, with slow connections and many sites still inaccessible, according to AFP journalists.

Iran’s retaliatory strikes have killed at least 25 people in Israel, according to official figures.

Overnight, Iran said it targeted central Israel with drones and missiles.

Israeli rescuers said there were no casualties after an Iranian drone struck a residential building in Beit She’an.

At the site of the strike in the north of Israel, mounds of soil had been gouged from the ground and the wall of a ground-floor room was destroyed.

Israel’s national public diplomacy directorate said more than 450 missiles have been fired at the country so far, along with about 400 drones.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted military sites and air force bases.

In Tel Aviv, where residents have faced regular Iranian strikes for nine days, some expressed growing fatigue under the constant threat from Iran.

‘In the middle of the night, we have to wake the children and take them to the shelter,’ Omer, who gave only his first name, told AFP.

‘They are tired all day after that,’ he added, explaining he still supported Israel’s war aim of denying Iran a nuclear weapon.

Western powers have repeatedly expressed concerns about the expansion of Iran’s nuclear programme, questioning in particular the country’s accelerated uranium enrichment.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi has said Iran is the only country without nuclear weapons to enrich uranium to 60 per cent.

However, he added that there was no evidence Tehran had all the components to make a functioning nuclear warhead.

Grossi told CNN it was ‘pure speculation’ to say how long it would take Iran to develop weapons.​
 

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