Guardian Australia

Middle East crisis live: Israel and Iran exchange fresh round of strikes as attacks intensify

Despite Donald Trump’s calls for calm, Israeli military says it struck military targets in central and western Iran in response to attacks by Tehran Israel strikes Iran despite Trump plea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate The EU’s top diplomat has urged calm after Iran and Israel traded strikes , testing the fragile truce and threatening to drag the Middle East region back into war. “Overnight, we have seen escalation again,” Kaja Kallas said on Monday. I think the region does not need an escalation, but actually that parties sit down to a negotiation table and agree.” Continue reading...