Israel and Iran exchange new waves of strikes:

Israel and Iran exchange new waves of strikes: LIVE UPDATES

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Israel dramatically escalated its attacks on Iran on Saturday, striking key oil and gas facilities including the massive South Pars gas field – the world’s largest. The energy sector strikes came after a night of intense reciprocal attacks between the two nations.

• 14 June 2025

  22:19 GMT

  Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is “not off limits” as a potential target, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an Israeli official.

  21:23 GMT

  Israeli jets targeted an oil depot in Tehran, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, which cited the Oil Ministry.

  A video circulating on social media appears to show a large fire at an oil refinery in the capital.

  • 20:56 GMT

    An Israeli airstrike was carried out in Yemen earlier today, according to defense sources cited by The Times of Israel. The attack was reportedly an assassination attempt targeting a leader of the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group.

  • 20:25 GMT

    The sky over Haifa, Israel filled with Iranian missiles.

  • 19:53 GMT

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his claim that Iran attempted to assassinate US President Donald Trump "twice", supposedly in retaliation for the 2020 killing of General Qasem Soleimani. Netanyahu did not provide specific details about the alleged plots. Iranian media and officials have consistently denied similar past claims, framing them as Israeli propaganda to justify military actions.

  • 19:24 GMT

    Iran has temporarily reduced operations at the massive South Pars gas field – the world’s largest – following an Israeli strike that triggered a fire there Saturday, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency. This appears to mark Israel’s first direct attack on Iran’s critical energy infrastructure.

    Israel initially avoided targeting Iran’s oil and gas facilities in earlier attacks, which already drove oil prices up 9% on Friday.

  “This war in Israel-Iran should end,” US President Donald Trump has posted on his Truth Social platform, adding that he agrees with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the matter

  18:00 GMT

  Iranian air defenses are engaging incoming projectiles over the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas, as Israel continues its strikes against Iranian targets. Local reports indicate multiple interceptor missiles have been launched from Iranian anti-aircraft batteries in an attempt to shoot down the Israeli munitions.