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Iran and Israel continued on Sunday their aerial attacks, which began Friday with a series of Israeli strikes on Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on the mission of his lifetime. For years, the veteran leader has made the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program his top priority.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that if the Israeli strikes on Iran stop, then “our responses will also stop.”
Smoke and flames filled the sky over Tehran as Israel struck oil and gas facilities in the Iranian capital and targeted more nuclear facilities during attacks that carried on into Sunday after starting two days earlier.
Israel’s attack on Iran was long in the making – the result of years of meticulous planning by Israel and days of high-stakes talks between Tel Aviv and Washington, officials told CNN.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will strike "every site and every target of the ayatollah regime" in Iran.
The two sides were due to meet for a sixth round of negotiations on Sunday. Tehran suggested that it had not yet decided whether to participate, given Israel’s attack on its nuclear infrastructure.
Soaring oil prices following Israel's airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities could turn out to be a boost for Russia's war effort. Israel launched Operation Rising Lion against Iran's nuclear facilities in the early hours of Friday morning,