In a major joint operation on June 23, 2025, the U.S. conducted precision airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities—Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan—using bunker-buster bombs .
Iran responded by
launching a barrage of 40+ missiles and drones at Israel, striking cities like
Tel Aviv and Beersheba, and hitting key civilian and research
infrastructure .
Tel Aviv saw extensive
structural damage, though casualties were relatively low (16–23 lightly
injured), thanks in part to widespread evacuations .
A Sejjil missile struck
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on June 19, injuring dozens and causing a
chemical leak .
The Weizmann Institute—a
leading Israeli science center—suffered serious damage in an Iranian strike on
labs investigating cancer and artificial tissue
.
Regional & global
ripple effects
Iran threatened to close
the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global oil flow and raising prices .
Around 100,000 Tehran
residents have fled following initial Israeli strikes since June 13 .
Israel’s June operation
included a Mossad-coordinated sabotage campaign, deploying drones to disrupt
Iranian missile launchers ahead of the airstrikes .
Diplomatic and political
responses
Israeli President Herzog
emphasized that Israel is not dragging the U.S. into war, and that strikes were
defensive .
Israeli hardliners urge
continued campaign until Iran’s nuclear and missile programs are neutralized;
Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” (Hezbollah, Hamas, etc.) remains mostly
non-committal to wider conflict .
Voices on both sides warn
of expanding conflict; tens of thousands of civilians are displaced and energy
markets are rattled .
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