Israel-Iran live news: Israel attacks southwest Iran; drones target Israel

Israel launches attacks on northwestern Iran as Iran fires more drones towards Israel on day nine of the conflict.Iran says more than 400 people have been killed and at least 3,056 others wounded since Israel launched its attack on June 13.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says it would be “very dangerous for everybody” if the United States joins Israel’s “aggression”.French President Emmanuel Macron says he and Iranian counterpat, Masoud Pezeshkian, have agreed to “accelerate” nuclear negotiations between European powers and Iran.US President Donald Trump has publicly rebuked his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying she was wrong to state there was no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon.

Israel strikes Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site, buildings on fire in Tel Aviv

A satellite image shows the Isfahan enrichment facility in Iran [Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters]

It was the second attack on Isfahan as the conflict enters a second week, killing at least 430 people in Iran and 24 in Israel. A key nuclear site in Iran’s Isfahan province has come under Israeli attack, with local officials saying there were no radiation leaks.Early on Saturday, smoke could be seen rising from an area near a mountain in the city of Isfahan after Israeli air strikes hit the nuclear site overnight, triggering the air defence system. It was the second attack on Isfahan as the conflict between the Middle Eastern nations entered a second week, killing at least 430 people and wounding nearly 3,500 others in Iran, according to Iran’s health ministry. No casualties were reported in the Isfahan attack, authorities said.Israel’s army released video and photos it says shows an attack on the Isfahan nuclear facility.“This is what the nuclear facility in Isfahan looks like, which is used to convert uranium, which is the stage that follows the enrichment stage on the way to producing nuclear weapons,” said army spokesman Avichay Adraee in a post.“The air force struck the central facility along with buildings used to produce centrifuges. We continue to strike the Iranian nuclear project.”

Netanyahu biggest obstacle to regional peace, says Erdogan at OIC meeting

Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Istanbul, Turkiye, on June 21, 2025 [Khalil Hamra/AP]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the “biggest obstacle to regional peace” and that Israeli attacks on Iran right before a new round of nuclear talks with the United States aimed to sabotage the negotiations.Addressing Arab League diplomats during a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul on Saturday, Erdogan urged countries with influence over Israel not to listen to its “poison” and to seek a solution to the fighting via dialogue without allowing a wider conflict. Israeli attacks on Iran show that Netanyahu “and his government … do not want any issues or any matters to be solved diplomatically,” said Erdogan.“Netanyahu’s Zionist ambitions have no other purpose than to drag our region and … the whole world into a big disaster,” he added.Erdogan accused the Western leaders of providing “unconditional support” to Israel. He said Turkiye would not allow borders in the Middle East to be redrawn “in blood”.“It is vital for us to show more solidarity to end Israel’s banditry – not only in Palestine but also in Syria, in Lebanon and in Iran,” he told the OIC gathering.The 57-member OIC, founded in 1969, says its mission is to “safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony”.

Aid seekers in Gaza continue to be targeted as Israeli attacks kill 26

Palestinian children react as they receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Gaza City [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

Gaza’s Health Ministry says that in the last 48 hours, 202 people have been killed in Israeli attacks. At least 26 people, including more aid seekers, have been killed in the latest Israeli attacks on Gaza.The attacks come as desperate Palestinians under Israeli blockade continue to wait at food distribution points amid an ongoing hunger crisis.

Among those killed during Israeli attacks on the besieged enclave on Saturday, 11 were aid recipients at distribution centres run by the United States-and-Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which the United Nations has condemned for its “weaponisation” of aid.Meanwhile, Wafa news agency reported that at least three people were killed and several others wounded by an Israeli drone strike that targeted displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza.The report said that the attack targeted a tent sheltering displaced members of the Shurrab family. The tent was located in an area the Israeli military had previously designated as a “safe zone”.In the last 48 hours, at least 202 people have been killed, including four recovered bodies after Israeli attacks, and 1,037 wounded by Israeli attacks across Gaza, the Health Ministry reported.Since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October 2023, at least 55,908 people have been killed, and 131,138 have been wounded in Israeli attacks.