The Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has told US officials that in order to destroy Iran's Fordow nuclear plant, which is buried deep underground, the US may need to drop a nuclear weapon, The Guardian has reported. According to the report, Pentagon...
Iran Firing More Advanced Missiles as Israel Is Running Low on Interceptors
A senior Israeli intelligence official told NBC News on Thursday that Israel intercepted only 65% of the missiles Iran fired at Israeli territory over the previous 24 hours, as the Iranian military has started firing more advanced weapons. "Iran still has very...
Israel Attacks Iran’s Arak Heavy Water Reactor
On Thursday, Israel further escalated its war on Iran, and particularly on Iran’s civilian nuclear program, attacking the Arak heavy water reactor in the Markazi Province. Israel issued an evacuation order for the surrounding area before the attack, and Iranian state...
Rights Group: Israeli Attacks on Iran Have Killed 639
Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI), a US-based organization that's critical of Iran's Islamic government, said on Thursday that since Israel began its attacks on June 13, at least 639 Iranians have been killed and 1,329 have been wounded. The Iranian government...
Trump Says He Will Decide Whether or Not To Bomb Iran ‘Within Two Weeks’
President Trump said in a statement released by the White House on Thursday that he will make a decision on whether or not to directly enter the Israel-Iran war by launching airstrikes within two weeks. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read the statement...
Israeli Attacks Kill 84 in Gaza, Including Aid Seekers
Israeli attacks on Gaza killed 84 Palestinians on Thursday, Al Jazeera has reported, as US-backed Israeli strikes continue to pound targets across the Strip and the Israeli military continues to kill people seeking aid. Among those killed were 16 Palestinians who were...
Israel’s Defense Minister Says Iran’s Khamenei ‘Cannot Continue To Exist’
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "cannot continue to exist," marking one of the strongest threats from an Israeli official against the Iranian leader. "Dictator Khamenei is a modern-day Hitler who...
Israel Kills Three in Strikes on Southern Lebanon, Claims They’re ‘Top’ Hezbollah Commanders
Israel has carried out multiple deadly drone strikes against southern Lebanon today, killing at least three people, two of whom the IDF identified as “top” Hezbollah commanders in keeping with their tendency to posthumously promote the people they killed as not just...
US Africa Command Launches Airstrike in Somalia Targeting al-Shabaab
US Africa Command has announced that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on June 16 as the Trump administration continues to bomb the country at a record pace. AFRICOM offered no details about the strike, only saying that it was launched near Bullo Xajji, a...
IAEA Chief Says There’s ‘No Proof’ Iran Working Toward a Nuclear Bomb
Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reaffirmed on Tuesday that his organization had "no proof" that Iran decided to build a nuclear bomb ahead of Israel's attacks on the country. Grossi made the comments in an interview with CNN...