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(NewsNation) — Missile alerts sounded crossed Israel connected Friday greeting arsenic Iran launched different attack, and residents successful Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv were urged to instrumentality shelter.
As the struggle betwixt Israel and Iran enters a 2nd week, the Israel Defense Forces targeted dozens of subject targets overnight and Iran launched counterattacks.
Thousands of Iranians were marching successful the streets connected Friday successful enactment of Iran's efforts to onslaught backmost against Israel.
Israel has focused connected military and atomic targets, arsenic good arsenic targeting Iran's atomic scientists and authorities and subject leaders. Citizens person fled Tehran arsenic strikes deed the city.
In Israel, the Iron Dome has provided defense, but immoderate Iranian strikes person gotten through, including 1 successful Beersheba successful confederate Israel. Officials said astir fractional a twelve radical were injured.
In the aforesaid region, a infirmary took a nonstop deed from an Iranian rocket overnight Wednesday, sparking outrage successful Israel, which has called Iran a panic authorities for targeting civilians.
Efforts to negociate with Iran
European leaders are set to conscionable with Iran successful Switzerland connected Friday successful hopes of de-escalating the conflict, but Iran has said determination tin beryllium nary dialog portion Israel continues to onslaught the country.
Diplomats from the United Kingdom, France and Germany are acceptable to be the meeting, but the U.S. volition not beryllium present.
Prior to Israel's attack, the Trump medication had been pursuing talks with Iran successful hopes of reaching a atomic deal.
The medication said it was alert of Israel's volition to onslaught Iran earlier it happened, with Iran breaking disconnected negotiations soon aft the archetypal strikes.
President Donald Trump pulled retired of a erstwhile woody during his archetypal term.
Trump promises determination successful 'two weeks'
The White House said Thursday that Trump volition determine whether to impact the U.S. successful the struggle within the adjacent 2 weeks.
Trump is acceptable to person different national information meeting Friday, the latest successful aggregate specified meetings since helium near the Group of Seven acme aboriginal successful airy of the conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for the U.S. to participate the struggle sooner. There are reports the U.S. is considering the usage of "bunker-buster" bombs to people Iranian atomic facilities buried underground.
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said Trump's extremity is inactive diplomacy but warned the U.S. could usage unit if Iran doesn't travel to the table.
"Iran is successful a precise anemic and susceptible presumption due to the fact that of the strikes and the attacks from Israel," she said. "And with respect to the president's statement, I shared that with each of you, and helium has been precise nonstop and clear: Iran tin and should marque a deal. We sent a woody to them that was practical, that was realistic, oregon they volition look sedate consequences."
Trump himself has made conflicting statements astir the conflict, saying that "nobody knows" what helium volition do. As for a deal, helium has stressed that Iran cannot person a atomic limb and indispensable halt enriching uranium. He has besides demanded the country's "unconditional surrender."
The White House maintains Iran has ne'er been person to having a atomic weapon, though sources person told NewsNation that the quality assemblage is divided astir however adjacent the state really was.
