#IsraelIranConflict 1 min

Israeli officials gave civilians permission to leave their shelters, after an Iranian missile barrage struck Tel Aviv and triggered sirens across Israel. Earlier Friday night, explosions could be seen in Tel Aviv, amid a retaliatory attack Iranian officials dubbed “Operation Severe Punishment,” meant as a response to an Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear program and military targets. The Israeli strikes killed at least 78 people, including four senior Iranian commanders. Nuclear officials were also killed, according to Iranian state media. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised “severe punishment” for the attacks. President Donald Trump urged Iran to “make a deal” with Israel “before it is too late.”

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