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Fear and shock in Iran: ‘I’m constantly afraid a missile might hit my home’

ByAs told to Jedidajah Otte

Anahita, a Tehran resident in her 30s, tells of fleeing the city, surging inflation and her hopes for regime changeMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe greatest impact of this war is fear and anxiety. We don’t know whether this situation will last for …

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From Beersheba to Babylon: Netanyahu casts himself as liberator of Iran

ByJulian Borger in Beersheba

Speaking at a hospital hit by an Iranian missile, the Israeli prime minister invoked ancient Persia as he hinted at a historic missionIt was in the Beersheba, about a thousand kilometers and 2,500 years from Babylon, that Benjamin Netanyahu suggested o…

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Israel’s attack has exposed Iran’s lack of firepower – but conflict could yet turn in Tehran’s favour

ByDan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Iran has struggled to respond effectively after Israel killed many of its top military commandersIt is a week since Israel began its largest attack ever on Iran, and in conventional military terms it is clear that Tehran is under extreme pressure. Isra…

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Trump denies approving Iran attack plan but will make decision ‘within two weeks’

ByEdward Helmore

President denies report in Wall Street Journal and says newspaper has ‘no idea’ of his plans for Israel and IranMiddle East crisis – liveDonald Trump has denied a report in the Wall Street Journal that he has approved US plans to attack Iran, saying th…

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The Guardian view on Trump and Iran: Netanyahu’s war has no visible exit | Editorial

ByEditorial

The US president promised to keep his country out of conflicts. The Israeli prime minister has other ideasThe maxim that wars are easy to start and hard to end does not appear to be troubling Benjamin Netanyahu. For the Israeli prime minister, con…

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Nuclear non-proliferation is a failure in the Middle East | Letters

ByGuardian staff

Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have the bomb, writes Corrado Pirzio-Biroli. Plus, letters by Hubert Cassel, Dr Anthony Isaacs and Randhir Singh BainsI agree with Simon Tisdall’s…

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Dozens more people killed or injured seeking aid in Gaza

ByMalak A Tantesh in Gaza and Jason Burke

Civil defence agency says Israeli fire killed 15 and wounded 60 on Thursday, bringing death toll this week to over 100Middle East crisis – live updatesDozens more Palestinians were killed or injured in Gaza as they sought desperately needed aid on Thur…

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Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing ‘personal cost’ of Iran war – postponing son’s wedding

ByJulian Borger in Be'er Sheeva and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem

Israeli prime minister prompts furious backlash for remarks in front of missile-struck hospital at height of Iran conflict Middle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has evoked the spirit of London during the blitz, and pointed to his own fami…

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Israeli minister says Khamenei ‘can no longer be allowed to exist’ after hospital strike – video

ByMiddle East and north Africa | The Guardian

Defence minister Israel Katz says Iran’s supreme leader ‘personally gives the order to fire on hospitals’ after Soroka hospital in southern Israel was hit during an Iranian missile attackMiddle East crisis live Continue reading…