Monday, June 16, 2025

Sirens sound across country after IRGC vows to strike Israel ‘without interruption’






Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday





US President Donald Trump will leave a Group of Seven summit tonight, a day early, due to the Israel-Iran war, the White House says, after he warned the residents of Tehran to flee.

“Because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt writes on X.

Drone alert siren sounds in Golan Heights

Iranian FM tells European counterparts Israeli strikes ‘deal a blow’ to diplomacy

US deploying more defensive capabilities to Middle East, says defense secretary

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he has ordered the deployment of additional defensive capabilities to the Middle East, as the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran drives regional tensions higher.

Hegseth did not disclose what military capabilities he sent to the region. But Reuters was the first to report earlier today a deployment of a large number of US military refueling aircraft and the movement of an aircraft carrier to the Middle East.

Sirens sound across central, southern Israel amid barrage of ballistic missiles from Iran

IRGC vows to strike Israel ‘without interruption until dawn’




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