US, Israeli airstrikes batter Iran as Trump’s Strait of Hormuz deadline looms
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“Israel and the United States carried out a wave of attacks on Monday that killed more than 25 people in Iran.”
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“Tehran responded with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors as US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz loomed.”
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“Explosions rang out into the night in Tehran and low-flying jets could be heard for hours as the capital was pounded.”
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“Thick black smoke rose near the city’s Azadi Square after one airstrike hit the Sharif University of Technology grounds.”
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“Two people were found dead in the rubble of a residential building in Haifa, according to Israeli authorities.”
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“Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates both activated their air defense systems to intercept incoming Iranian missiles and drones.”
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“Iran’s regular attacks on regional energy infrastructure and its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped in peacetime, has sent global energy prices soaring.”
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“Trump gave Tehran a deadline that expires Monday night, Washington time, saying if no deal was reached to reopen the strait the US would hit Iran’s power plants and other infrastructure targets.”
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“Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose to $109 in early Monday spot trading, some 50% higher than it was when the war started.”
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“Iran has let some vessels through the strait since the war began, but none belonging to the US, Israel or countries perceived as helping them.”
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“The overall flow of traffic is down more than 90% over the same period last year.”
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“Oman’s Foreign Ministry said that deputy foreign ministers and experts from Iran and Oman met to discuss proposals to ensure 'smooth transit' through the strait.”
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“Egypt said that Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty had spoken with US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and with Turkish and Pakistani counterparts.”
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“Russia said that Araghchi also spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.”
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“One of Monday’s morning airstrikes targeted Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology, where Iranian media reported damage to the buildings as well as a natural gas distribution site next to the campus.”
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“A strike near Eslamshar, southwest of Tehran, killed at least 13 people, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.”
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“Five others were killed when a residential area in the city of Qom was hit, and six more were killed in strikes on other cities, the state-run IRAN daily newspaper reported.”
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“Three more people were killed when an airstrike hit a home in Tehran, Iranian state television reported.”
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“More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, but its government has not updated the toll for days.”
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“In Lebanon, more than 1,400 people have been killed and more than 1 million people have been displaced.”
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“Eleven Israeli soldiers have died there while targeting Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants.”
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“In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, more than two dozen people have died, while 19 have been reported dead in Israel and 13 US service members have been killed.”
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