Between the fire of ballistic missiles and the shipments of drones, Iran and Israel continue their mortal exchanges on Friday, June 20, the seventh day of the conflict between the two countries of the Middle East.
While nuclear sites have been affected and high Iranian figures and hundreds of civilians have been killed, the military escalation continues and the evolution of the conflict seems uncertain.
The UN High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights for Volker Türk judges on Thursday, June 19 “frightening” to see that civilians are treated as “collateral damage” in the war between Iran and Israel, which currently threatens to take an international turn, with a possible implication of the United States in the short term.
• At least 224 dead in Iran, nuclear and soldiers attacked
Israel launches on the night of Thursday, June 12 to Friday, June 13, a series of attacks, described as “preventive strikes”, claiming that Iran approaches the “point of no return” to the atomic bomb.
The Hebrew State speaks of “large -scale strikes” aimed at attacking military and nuclear sites in Tehran and the west of the country. “Doctors of storage infrastructure and launch of ground missiles have been affected”, as well as the “air missile launchers and drone storage sites” in the west of Iran, the army said in a statement on Tuesday.
Among the affected sites, is the Pilot of Enrichment of Uranium Natanz, located in the center of the country, largely “destroyed” on the surface, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA), an “Nuclear reactor without finishing” in Arak, but also in other key places, such as the Machhad airport, the second city in Iran, or the main building of the Iranian television.
If they will activate their anti -aircraft defense system in several provinces, including that of Tehran, Israeli attacks left at least 224 dead, according to a last official evaluation provided on Sunday, June 15.
• Dozens of high Iranian and scientific degrees killed
Israel also addressed the high Iranian figures in their attacks. Among them, there are several senior officers of the Armed Forces and the body of the guards of the Revolution, as well as scientists specialized in nuclear energy.
The first series of Israeli attacks killed General Mohammad Bagheri, the highest rank of the Iranian forces that worked directly under the authority of the Supreme Guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the last one who manufacturer in Iran and the commander -in the Chile of the Armed Forces. But there are other big names.
• Iranian replicas, a hospital hit in Israel
After the first Israeli attacks, Iran responded quickly. Until Saturday morning, Israeli aid evokes two dead in a residential area in the center of the country affected by a projectile.
The following days, new missiles are sent to the Hebrew State.
According to the general director of Soroka HospitalShlomi Kodesh, “several services have been completely destroyed and the entire hospital has suffered important damage.”
While Israel denounces this strike, Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Iran to make him pay a “heavy price,” Iran ensures that his main objective was actually a nearby military and Israeli intelligence base, not the establishment of health.
Until now, 24 dead have been identified, in total in Israel, according to a statement communicated by the Government. The Hebrew State is in an emergency state and closes its airspace until new notice.
• Word of words and verbal climbing
At dawn on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his army launched “one of the largest military operations in history”, after the offensive was launched in Israel.
Since then, leaders and senior officials of the two countries have multiplied threats and invective to the enemy country, the military escalation accompanied by a verbal escalation.
Therefore, Iran promises a “devastating response” to Israeli attacks and states that Israel will soon be “no habitable”, while his supreme guide Ali Khamenei promises that his country “will never give up”, while Donald Trump called the Iranians to surrender.
For its part, Benjamin Netanyahu promises to attack “all sites of the Iranian regime” and inflict a “real blow into the Iranian nuclear program, after the riposte of Tehran.” They will pay a very heavy price for the premeditated murder of civilians, women and children, “said the head of the Israeli government.
Among the aforementioned threats, Israel does not hesitate to mention Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Supreme Guide. “Such a man cannot be authorized to continue existing,” says the Minister of Defense Israel Katz after the Soroka hospital was attacked.
• A possible entry to the United States War?
For several days, President Donald Trump has been blowing heat and cold about a possible entry into the war in his country. “Maybe I do, maybe not,” he said on Wednesday before the press, saying that he had not made a “final.” A few days before, the White House tenant was more vindictive, ensuring that his country could, if he wanted to kill the Ayatolá Khamenei.
After a branch of the American embassy was affected last Monday by Iranian attacks, the question of entry into the United States War arises.
Currently, the United States has about 40,000 soldiers deployed in the Middle East, according to an American official in Associated Press. These soldiers are found in several bases located in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria and the United Arab Emirates.
According to the American press, the United States is deploying military airplanes and warships in the Middle East, after having deployed a third aircraft carrier, Nimitz, in the region. According to an investigation by the BBC, at least 30 military planes responsible for supplying combat airplanes and bombers have been transferred from the United States to Europe, according to a British media expert.
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Source: BFM TV
