17:31 GMT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told ABC News that he doesn’t rule out killing Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
When asked about reports that US President Donald Trump rejected an Israeli plan to assassinate Khamenei, Netanyahu said, “It’s not going to escalate the conflict, it’s going to end the conflict.”
“The ‘forever war’ is what Iran wants, and they’re bringing us to the brink of nuclear war. In fact, what Israel is doing is preventing this, bringing an end to this aggression, and we can only do so by standing up to the forces of evil.”
Asked if West Jerusalem would indeed target the supreme leader, Netanyahu said that he was “doing what we need to do.”
16:24 GMT
US President Donald Trump stated at the G7 summit in Canada that he believes Iran wants to de-escalate the conflict with Israel, noting that Tehran is “not winning this war,” as quoted by CNN.
Speaking about the canceled US-Iran nuclear talks and their failure to produce an agreement, Trump claimed Tehran “should have done that before,” adding that both parties had 60 days to negotiate, “and on the 61st day, I said, ‘We don’t have a deal.’”
“They have to make a deal, and it’s painful for both parties, but I’d say Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately, before it’s too late.”
Trump also refused to say what could prompt the US military to get involved in the conflict. “We’ve always supported Israel. We have for a long period of time, strongly, and Israel is doing very well right now,” he added.
16:22 GMT
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has subtly urged the US to intervene and negotiate a resolution to the ongoing hostilities between Tehran and West Jerusalem.
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In an X post, the minister suggested that if US President Donald Trump is “genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential.”
“Israel must halt its aggression, and absent a total cessation of military aggression against us, our responses will continue. It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu. That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy.”
15:36 GMT
Ruptly's office in Tehran has received a warning about an impending Israeli strike on the residential area where its office is located, the video agency's head has told RT.
The agency's employees are urgently being evacuated. There has been no contact with them since the message was received.
15:30 GMT
The Israeli military has bombed the offices of Iranian state broadcaster IRIB in Tehran. The moment of the strike was caught live.
According to the Times of Israel, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for the area in Tehran where IRIB’s headquarters are based shortly before the strike. Defense Minister Israel Katz then said that the “Iranian propaganda and incitement mouthpiece is on its way to disappear.”
https://www.rt.com/news/619058-israel-strikes-iran-updates/