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(NewsNation) — Israel unleashed airstrikes crossed Iran for a third day connected Sunday, and threatened adjacent much unit arsenic immoderate Iranian missiles dodged Israeli aerial defenses to onslaught buildings successful the halfway of the country.
Planned talks connected Iran’s atomic programme were canceled.
The portion braced for an extended conflict aft Israel’s astonishment onslaught connected Iran’s atomic and subject sites connected Friday, which killed respective apical generals and atomic scientists. Neither broadside has shown immoderate motion of backing down.
Iran said Israel struck 2 lipid refineries, raising the imaginable of a broader battle connected Iran’s heavy sanctioned vigor manufacture that could impact planetary markets.
The Israeli military, via societal media, warned Iranians to evacuate arms factories, which would awesome further widening of the campaign.
Iran asks Cyprus to convey messages to Israel
Iran connected Sunday asked Cyprus to convey "some messages" to Israel, President Nikos Christodoulides said.
Christodoulides acknowledged helium expected to talk to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aboriginal successful the day. He made it wide helium was not blessed with what helium said was a dilatory absorption by the European Union to the unfolding situation successful the Middle East.
Cyprus is the closest European Union subordinate authorities successful the region, and Christodoulides has asked for an bonzer gathering of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council.
Continued attacks successful Tehran
New explosions could beryllium heard elsewhere successful Tehran, but determination was nary update to the decease toll released by Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s U.N. ambassador. Iravani said 78 radical had been killed and much than 320 wounded successful the attacks.
Meanwhile, successful Israel, astatine slightest 10 radical were killed successful Iranian strikes overnight, Israeli rescue officials said. The decease toll successful the state present is up to 13. The country’s main planetary airdrome and airspace remained closed for a 3rd day.
Israeli strikes targeted Iran’s Defense Ministry connected the 3rd time aft striking its aerial defenses, subject bases, and sites associated with its atomic program.
World leaders telephone for reduced attacks connected atomic sites
World leaders person called connected Israel and Iran to alteration strikes connected atomic sites.
Wang Yi, China's overseas minister, said the continued battle connected atomic sites sets a "dangerous precedent"
Netanyahu brushed disconnected specified calls, saying Israel’s strikes truthful acold are “nothing compared to what they volition consciousness nether the sway of our forces successful the coming days.”
Israel, which represents the lone undeclared nuclear-armed authorities successful the Middle East, said it launched the onslaught to forestall Iran from processing a atomic weapon.
The 2 countries person been determination adversaries for decades.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
