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Venezuelan president condemns Israel’s attacks on Iran as ‘neo-Nazi Zionism’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned Israel’s bombardment of Iran, describing it as a “criminal assault” that “violates international law and the United Nations Charter”.

“No to war, no to fascism, no to neo-Nazi Zionism,” Maduro said in a statement.

Maduro also accused France, Germany, Britain and the US of supporting “the 21st-century Hitler”, referring to Prime Minister Netanyahu, “against the noble and peaceful Iranian people”.

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Israel claims it struck dozens of targets in Tehran overnight
A military update says the targets “included surface-to-air missile infrastructures as part of an effort to dismantle” air defence capabilities around Iran’s capital.

The Israeli army said dozens of fighter jets took part in the strikes. “For the first time since the beginning of the war, over 1,500km from Israeli territory, the [Israeli air force] struck defence arrays in the area of Tehran.”

It was the second wave of overnight attacks carried out by Israel after the country started its recent direct strikes early Friday, escalating the regional tensions.

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Iran launches a new wave of ballistic missile attacks on Israel – including Tel Aviv and Haifa – killing at least eight people hours after the Israeli military again bombed the Iranian capital, Tehran.
The death toll from Israel’s attacks on Iran has risen to more than 220, including 70 women and children. The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and two other generals were killed in Israeli attacks on Sunday.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warns Tehran’s residents will “pay the price – and soon” for deadly Iranian retaliatory strikes.
US President Donald Trump says he’s hopeful Israel and Iran can “make a deal”, but adds his country will continue its support for Israel.
Meanwhile, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 55,362 people and wounded 128,741, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.

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Israeli army says ballistic missile launched from Yemen
A military update says the country’s defence systems are working to intercept the missile.

Hostile aircraft sirens have been activated in several areas of the country.

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China urges nationals in Israel to monitor developments
The Chinese Embassy in Israel is again reminding its nationals in Israel “to closely monitor ongoing developments and strictly follow safety alerts and emergency instructions issued by the relevant Israeli authorities”.

Although Israel’s main airport remains closed, the embassy noted that the three land border crossings between Israel and Jordan remain open: the Jordan River Crossing, the King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge Bridge, and the Yitzhak Rabin crossings, adding travellers “may proceed to these points at their own discretion, provided it is safe to do so”.

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More on the deaths, injuries from latest Iranian strikes on Israel
The eight deaths in the latest Iranian strikes on Israel included two women, three men in their 70s and 80s, and three others whose bodies were found in the rubble in the northern city of Haifa.

Israel’s Channel 14 quoted the country’s emergency service as saying that at least 87 wounded people were taken to hospital for treatment.

Among those injured was a 30-year-old woman reported to be in serious condition after sustaining facial injuries. Five Israelis suffered moderate injuries and 81 others were mildly hurt.

Also among the wounded were children hurt by broken glass following the impact of the Israeli strikes. Rescue operations are ongoing in several locations, the news report said

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IRGC commander, soldier killed in Israeli attack
The Ansar al-Mahdi Corp, a unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that an Israeli attack in Zanjan province killed one of its commanders and one soldier.

Tasnim, a news agency affiliated with the IRGC, identified the dead as Reza Najafi, a commander of the IRGC in the Ijrud district of Zanjan, and Hassan Rasouli, a soldier.

More than 220 people, including military officials, scientists, and women and children, have been killed across Iran since Israel launched its attack on Friday

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Israelis ‘now realising’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering
Elijah Magnier, a military and political analyst, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but that Israeli support for the war may wane if the destruction continues.

“I think it’s going to continue escalating because we are just in the first days of the war that Israel declared on Iran,” he told Al Jazeera.

“And also the Israeli officials, the prime minister and the army, have all warned Israeli society that this war is going to be heavy and … the price is going to be extremely high. But the society that stands behind Benjamin Netanyahu and supports the war on Iran did not expect this level of destruction because, since 1973, Israel has not waged a war on a country and never been attacked on this scale, right in the heart of Tel Aviv,” Magnier said from Paris.

“So now they are realising what the Palestinians have been suffering, what the Lebanese have been suffering, and they see the destruction in front of them, buildings in Tel Aviv, in Haifa destroyed, fire everywhere. The properties no longer exist. Eight people killed, 250 wounded in one day. That’s unheard of since a very long time in Israel. So, all that is not something that the Israeli society has been ready for,” he added.

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The official Israeli Army Radio is reporting that the death toll from the latest Iranian attacks has now risen to eight.

That’s after the three missing people in the city of Haifa were confirmed dead, the outlet said.

Earlier, another five people were reported killed in central Israel.

This means that more than 20 people have been killed in Israel since the country’s military launched the attacks on Iran four days ago. More than 300 others have also been wounded.

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Mike Huckabee says there’s been “some minor damage” to the US Embassy building in Tel Aviv after “concussions of Iranian missile hits” near the structure.

There were no injuries to US personnel, and the country’s embassies and consulates in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv will remain closed today, he added.