President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said.
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Apr 6, 1:52 AMCasualties reported from missile strikes in Israel
Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said in a post to X on Monday that at least four people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a missile impacted in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.The MDA also reported an impact in Tel Aviv, where it said it was treating a man who suffered glass shrapnel injuries. A woman also suffered serious shrapnel injuries in Petah Tikva to the east of Tel Aviv, MDA said.
Apr 5, 10:03 PMAirstrikes hit university in Tehran
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The Sharif University of Technology has been hit by airstrikes, according to Iranian state media.The strikes reportedly hit a gas station near the university gas station, causing a "temporary gas outage" in the Sharif neighborhood.
Apr 5, 9:55 PMIranian government minister dismisses Trump threat: 'Unstable, delusional figure'
Sayed Reza Salihi-Amiri, Iran's minister of cultural affairs and tourism, reportedly said in an interview with the Associated Press, "Trump is an unstable, delusional figure marked by a set of contradictions."The comments come as President Donald Trump said Sunday that if no peace deal is reached with Iran in the next 48 hours, "we're blowing up the entire country."On March 26, Trump extended an ultimatum a second time in the same week for Iran to completely open the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping traffic.Over the weekend, Trump warned the Iranian government that if it doesn't fully open the critical maritime passageway for oil and trade by Tuesday, "you'll be living in Hell."Salihi-Amiri reportedly told the AP of the Strait of Hormuz, "it is open to the world, but closed to Iran's enemies."
Apr 5, 4:48 PMIran responds to Trump's threat of 'blowing up the whole country'
The Iranian government has responded to President Donald Trump's threat of "blowing up the whole country" if the regime fails to open up the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening."Iran's reaction would be one of reciprocating any such attack," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Baghaei said in a statement on Sunday afternoon. "Our armed forces have made it clear that in case Iran's infrastructure is attacked, we would react in kind."Baghaei said that if the United States carries out Trump's threat, Iranian forces would "target similar infrastructure that is owned or in any way or manner related to the United States or contributes to their act of aggression against Iran."Earlier Sunday, Trump told ABC News that if Iran doesn't strike a peace deal, including opening up the critical Strait of Hormuz, "we're blowing up the whole country."Also, in a post on his social media platform on Sunday, Trump said, "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!"The Iranian Mission to the United Nations also released a statement in reaction to Trump's statements, saying, the president "openly threatens to destroy infrastructure essential to civilian survival in Iran.""If the conscience of the United Nations were alive, it would not remain silent in the face of the overt and shameless threat by the war-mongering President of the United States to target civilian infrastructure. Trump seeks to drag the region into an endless war," the Iranian Mission to the United Nations said in a statement. "This is direct and public incitement to terrorize civilians and clear evidence of intent to commit war crimes."The Iranian Mission said the "international community and all States have obligations to prevent such atrocious acts of war crimes.""They must act now. Tomorrow is too late," the Iranian Mission's statement said.-ABC News' William Gretsky
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