Updates From Israel

Fresh Israeli strikes in Tehran; IDF says 1,100 Iranian targets hit since Friday

ToI Staff

Times of Israel is liveblogging Wednesday’

IDF confirms it’s attacking military sites in Tehran

The Israeli Air Force is conducting a wave of strikes on Iranian military sites in Tehran, the IDF announces.

Multiple explosions were heard in the Iranian capital, with smoke seen rising in the east.

UK ‘temporarily withdraws’ embassy staffers’ families from Israel

PM to convene security cabinet at 10 p.m. as Israel awaits Trump’s decision on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet at 10 p.m. tonight in Jerusalem, the offices of one of the ministers tells The Times of Israel.

The meeting comes as Israel awaits a decision from US President Donald Trump on whether the US will join the operation against Iran’s nuclear program.

Gazan media reports 11 killed, over 70 injured by Israeli fire near aid site; no comment from IDF

Germany tells Iran: ‘It is never too late to come to the negotiating table,’ says Israel’s strike is ‘comprehensible’

Report: US moving refueling tankers and C17s to Scotland and Italy

Overnight, the United States moved air force refueling tankers and C17s to European bases in Prestwick, Scotland, and Aviano in Italy, according to Aurora Intel, a group that reviews open source information in real time in the Middle East.

This comes as the US is shifting military aircraft and warships into and around the Middle East to protect Israel from Iranian attacks as President Donald Trump warns Tehran to step back from the conflict. Trump is said to be mulling joining Israel in striking Iran’s nuclear sites.

Yesterday, the US relocated a dozen F-16s from the Italian base to Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, said the group.

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