Israel warns ‘Tehran will burn’ if Iranian strikes continue
CNN
Explosions heard over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv early Saturday as Iran and Israel trade deadly missile attacks, with casualties reported on both sides. Follow our live updates.
• Barrage of strikes: Iran launched a new wave of missiles toward Israel early Saturday, capping off a night of attacks between the two sides that unleashed multiple explosions and destruction in Tel Aviv and Tehran. • Failed talks: The next round of US-Iran nuclear negotiations, due to take place in Oman this weekend, has been canceled, Oman’s foreign minister has said. His Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, earlier said such talks were “unjustifiable” while Israel’s attacks continued. • Casualties on both sides: Three people have been killed in Israel and dozens injured by Iranian strikes, Israeli authorities said. Iran reported at least 78 people killed in Israeli strikes and 320 wounded, mostly civilians. • More to come: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a video address Saturday that Israel will “strike every target” of Iran’s regime, with the goal of eliminating Tehran’s threat. Earlier, Israel’s defense minister said that people in Tehran will “pay a heavy price” and the Iranian capital “will burn” if Iran continues with its missile attacks. Flames have erupted at Iran’s South Pars gas field – the world’s largest natural gas field – according to reports in Iranian state media. Video footage circulating on social media and geolocated by CNN shows a large blaze and plumes of smoke rising from the gas field in Iran’s southern Bushehr province.
