Middle East crisis live: Israel says it has struck targets in central and western Iran

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, Middle East crisis live: Israel says it has struck targets in central and western Iran, IDF says it struck military targets in fresh attacks launched after Donald Trump called Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him not to strike back Full report: Iran launches missiles at Israel Donald Trump also aggressively pushed back against claims that he broke a key campaign promise to keep the US out of new foreign conflicts. “Well, well, first of all, I didn’t guarantee no war,” Trump said during the Meet the Press interview. “Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?” Continue reading…

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Source

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