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In Gaza, Israel destroyed its reputation. Attacking Iran is a belated and dangerous attempt to restore it | Nesrine Malik
ByNesrine Malik June 16, 2025

Losing credibility Netanyahu has acted to diminish Iran while he still can, and in doing so regain support from his alliesThere are two ways of looking at events in the Middle East over the past year and a half. One is that the response to 7 October 20…

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Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert
ByMark Townsend June 16, 2025

UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and SudanUN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Natio…

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Iran strikes Tel Aviv and Haifa as Israel conflict enters fourth day
ByGuardian staff June 16, 2025

Casualties reported in central Israel as G7 leaders were set to meet in Canada with the battle between the two regional enemies set to dominate the agendaMiddle East crisis – live updatesExplainer: what we know so far in the Israel-Iran conflictIranian…

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Ali Khamenei: ruthless defender of Iran’s revolution with few good options left
ByJason Burke International security correspondent June 16, 2025

The Iranian supreme leader is backed into a corner, a situation he has spent his life doing his best to avoidWhen he appeared in public for the first time in five years in October, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, had an uncompro…

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Explainer: what we know so far in the Israel-Iran conflict
ByGuardian staff June 16, 2025

After Israel’s surprise attack on Iran on Friday, there have been days of escalating strikes between the two longstanding enemiesMiddle East crisis – live updates Continue reading…

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Israel and Iran broaden strikes during third day of escalating war
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Tel Aviv June 15, 2025

Trump calls for end to conflict and warns Tehran against striking US targets in the regionMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael and Iran have broadened their strikes against each other on the third day of an escalating war that has killed and injured…

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Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader – report
ByReuters June 15, 2025

US officials say Israelis reported they had opportunity to kill Iranian leader, but Trump waved them off of planPresident Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two US officials told Reu…

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‘They just see you as an Arab’: Israel’s Palestinian citizens given cursory protection from attack
ByJulian Borger and Quique Kierszenbaum in Tamra June 15, 2025

Deaths of four family members sheltering in supposed ‘safe rooms’ in Tamra highlight racial inequality of Israel’s defence of its citizensWhen an Iranian missile bound for the industrial port of Haifa dropped out of the sky on the town of Tamra on Satu…

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European leaders to press Trump on Israel-Iran strategy at G7 meeting
ByPatrick Wintour in Banff June 15, 2025

Leaders gathering for summit in Canada intend to pin US president down on his whole Iran strategyMiddle East crisis – live updatesEuropean leaders gathering for a G7 summit with Donald Trump in the Canadian Rockies plan to spend the opening day asking …

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What has Israel hit in Iran and how has Iran responded?
ByPeter Beaumont June 15, 2025

This is what we know so far after Israeli strikes on multiple Iranian targets, and Tehran’s responseMore than 200 Israeli jets were involved in initial air raids on Friday on at least 100 targets in Iran in five waves of strikes, including at the key N…

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