Israel, Iran trade blows for the third day with no sign of Letup | Today news

For the third day, Israel and Iran continued intense bombings on each other’s territories, with no sign of a postponement and growing concern over a greater conflict in one of the world’s most important oil producing regions. Israel reported a new wave of rocket attacks from Iran on Sunday, a few hours after he intercepted an earlier barrage and carried out simultaneous strikes on Tehran. The Tit-for-Tat results from explosions across Iran, including one at a natural gas plant linked to the giant South Pars field. The enmity between the two countries turned into an open conflict on Friday when Israel prevented the core and military sites of Iran. Assaults since then have shown that Israel retains dominance in the air and emphasizes the boundaries of Tehran’s ability to bring about a credible reaction. For Iran it is an existential dilemma: it cannot afford to look weak, but the options are narrowing and proxy groups that are back have limited options to support the Islamic Republic, while Israel has reduced their ability to attack. On Sunday, Iran fired ballistic missiles in retaliation, with some aiming Israel’s infrastructure and energy facilities around Haifa, according to the state media. Israel advised residents to stay in bomb shelters for a short time, while the powers tried to intercept the projectiles. Authorities said three people were killed in a rocket strike in the west of Galilee, in the north of the country, which brought the death toll to at least six over the past two days. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his army “will strike in every area and every target of the Ayatollah regime, while Iran’s highest leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said a day earlier that Israel would not be able to escape” intact “after the attacks on the Islamic Republic. The ongoing steps and intense conflict sent shockwaves through financial markets, with oil rising by 7% on Friday and investors rushed to buy havenbates such as gold and US treasury. The MSCI World Index of Shares developed has dropped the most since April. Iran canceled its next round of core talks with the US scheduled for Oman on Sunday. US President Donald Trump, who is looking for an agreement that will combat Iran’s core activities in exchange for relief of sanctions, said on social media that “this war in Israel-Iran should end.” Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the growing crisis in an approximately hour phone call on Saturday. During the call, Russian leader condemned Israel’s military operation against Iran and expressed serious concerns about a possible escalation that “unpredictable consequences for the entire region” reported, Tass, citing Kremlin assistant Yuri Ushakov. Trump told Putin that he did not exclude a return by the US after negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, Ushakov said. Iran’s neighbors, cautious that the conflict may be out of control and greater, have strengthened diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman spoke to Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian and spurred self -control. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a call with the Iranian leader that diplomacy is the only solution to the nuclear standar. The United Nations atomic watchdog said that Israeli strikes on Iran’s uranium conversion facility caused an Isfahan to serious damage. If you deactivate the facility, Iran’s ability to enrich uranium in large volumes will seriously shrink. Yet most of Iran’s core facilities were spread across many places, with some deep under rock and armed concrete. Israel’s ability to damage them, without the help of American weapons and aircraft, is limited. Trump, who warned Iran to agree on a nuclear deal “before it’s too late”, has not yet indicated whether the US would join Israel to strike Iran. According to a report in Axios with reference to unnamed sources, Israeli officials have requested the Trump administration to participate in the fight against Tehran. Further escalation – especially any target of US military or diplomatic facilities in the region – can help Iran’s rulers bring about political support, but it will dramatically strengthen the conflict. It is unclear whether Tehran options for the last resort entertainment-such as to attack tankers in the street of hormuz, making producers in the Middle East about a fifth of the world’s daily production. That type of action could attract the US, the world’s most powerful military, in the conflict, a risk that Tehran calculated that it could not afford, according to Bloomberg Economics analysts. Several Topiranian generals were killed and the most important military infrastructure was badly damaged in Israel’s opening strikes on Friday, which, according to an official score, left nearly 80 people. On Saturday, four sites were beaten in the East Zazerbaijan Province, just like the Mehraad International Airport in Tehran -where the Air Force has a base and the national carrier is headquartered, according to the Iranian media. Israel also attacked buildings of the Ministry of Defense, including its headquarters, several residential buildings in the capital’s suburbs and an oil pot to the west of the city, according to reports. Iran’s Network of Allied militia in the Middle East was also severely weakened by Israel’s conflicts with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Another important ally, former President Bashar al-Assad, Syria, was overthrown late last year when his administration fell to a rebel uprising. Iran’s military command structure was decimated by Israeli actions. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leader Hossein and military staff chief Mohammad Bagheri both died in strikes, while at least two other senior IRGC members and some atomic scientists also died. Meanwhile, leaders of the group of seven major economies are meeting in Canada and will be attention to Trump’s response to the conflict. In the top of the top, there was a general desire to keep ominous geopolitical issues of the table, but it would be difficult, given the effects of an increase in oil prices on inflation. With the help of Fadwa Hodali. © 2025 Bloomberg MP This article was generated from an automatic news agency feed without edits to text.