Iran, Israel and nuclear centers
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The conflict between Israel and Iran has wreaked considerable damage in both countries and caused casualties on both sides.
Israeli officials have been pushing the United States to join the fray and use its huge bunker-busting bomb to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.
After Iran responded to strikes on its military and nuclear facilities by firing hundreds of ballistic missiles into Israeli cities, a video was shared in posts falsely claiming it showed the damage inflicted on Tel Aviv.
Israel has carried out wide-ranging military strikes on Iran, hitting sites including some of its most important nuclear facilities.
If the U.S. decides to support Israel more directly in its attack on Iran, one option for Washington would be to provide the "bunker-buster" bombs believed necessary to significantly damage the Fordo nuclear fuel enrichment plant,
Netanyahu reveals Israel struck the heart of Iran's nuclear program, targeting the Natanz facility and nuclear scientists working on Iran's weapons development
U.S. stock futures are lower after President Donald Trump abruptly left the Group of Seven summit in Canada. Trump had earlier urged everyone to immediately evacuate Tehran and reiterated that Iran should have signed a nuclear deal with the United States.