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Israel at war day 619
1:30 am
-The IDF eliminated the most senior military commander in Iran overnight for the second time killing Ali Shadmani, the closest figure to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the IDF Spokesperson says.
He was appointed at the start of the current operation to lead the Iranian armed forces after his predecessor was eliminated in Israel’s opening strike.
-All clear given by homefromt command the rocket in Herzliya hit a empty bus in a bus depot next to the building. MDA says 5 lightly injured in latest attack whuile running to shelters
- Direct hit in Herzliya in a bus depot
Another impact in Gush Dan in a open area reported
- Large explosions echo from afar in Yerushalayim amid missile attack in Jar Habayis area. But no sirens went off there
- The IDF says it has detected a barrage of ballistic missiles launched from Iran at Israel.
Sirens are expected to sound in the coming minutes, as air defenses work to shoot down the threats. Civilians are instructed to enter bomb shelters and remain in them until further notice.
- Israel's Channel 14: With appropriate caution: All indications suggest a U.S. strike on Iran is forthcoming.
- Trump: Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a "cease fire" between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned!
12:00am
- Israel estimates: In 4 days of fighting, we managed to delay Iran's nuclear program by at least a year. (Almog Boker)
- The White House is discussing with Iran the possibility of a meeting this week between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to four sources briefed on the issue. (Barak ravid)
11:15 pm
-Bill O'Reilly: "Earlier today, very briefly, I texted with President Trump. He doesn't want to use American air power at this point — because that would cause some problems with China and Putin. He would rather have the Iranians surrender, which he believes they will."
- The current situation in Eretz Yisroel is taking its toll, with no clear end in sight. Many frum Yidden from America who traveled for short visits or simchas now find themselves stranded. Seminary girls finished the year, but can't get home.
There are wives stuck without their husbands and vice versa. Grandparents are missing their grandchildren’s weddings, and siblings may not make it back in time for a family simcha. For most people the current options of traveling through Egypt or Jordan or a boat to Cyprus are too dangerous or not affordable.
People are scrambling, hoping that airlines will resume flights soon, or that the American government will step in to arrange a safe evacuation whether by land, or even by sea to nearby countries like Cyprus. Other countries are helping their citizens evacuate but the US has for now not offered it yet.
- An IDF soldier was killed and 10 others were wounded, including four seriously, during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military announces when terrorists placed an explosive device on their vehicle
The slain soldier is named
Naveh Leshem, 20, from Nokdim.
10:30 pm
CBS update :President Trump will cut short his trip to Canada for a meeting with world leaders and fly back to Washington late Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, citing "what's going on in the Middle East."
Leavitt said on X Monday night that the president would leave early, seeming to refer to the Israel-Iran conflict. "Much was accomplished, but because of what's going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State," Leavitt wrote.
Asked on Monday why he's leaving the summit, Mr. Trump said, "I have to be back early for obvious reasons."
Leavitt said in a statement the president is returning to the capital to "attend to many important matters."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also heading back to Washington, a State Department spokesperson told CBS News.
The U.S. is not joining Israel's military offensive, U.S. officials told CBS News Monday evening.
-According to US officials, CNN: US President Trump has instructed members of his team to meet with Iran as soon as possible.
9:30pm
- All. Clear given
- Air raid sirens are sounding in Chaifa and the surrounding areas in the north, including Caesarea, amid a missile attack from Iran, says the IDF.
- Trump isn't leaving the G7 meeting early due to Israel-Iran ceasefire talks; he is still departing early — CBS
9:15 pm
NYT: Trump’s Iran Choice: Last-Chance Diplomacy or a Bunker-Busting Bomb
Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.
President Trump is weighing a critical decision in the four-day-old war between Israel and Iran: whether to enter the fray by helping Israel destroy the deeply buried nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo, which only American “bunker busters,” dropped by American B-2 bombers, can reach.
If he decides to go ahead, the United States will become a direct participant in a new conflict in the Middle East, taking on Iran in exactly the kind of war Mr. Trump has sworn, in two campaigns, he would avoid. Iranian officials have already warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any remaining chance of the nuclear disarmament deal that Mr. Trump insists he is still interested in pursuing.
Mr. Trump has encouraged Vice President JD Vance and his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to offer to meet the Iranians this week, according to a U.S. official. The offer may be well received, and Mr. Trump said on Monday that “I think Iran basically is at the negotiating table, they want to make a deal.
“It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu, “That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy.”
If diplomacy fails There is only one weapon for the job, experts contend. It is called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or the GBU-57, and it weighs so much — 30,000 pounds — that it can be lifted only by a B-2 bomber. Israel does not own either the weapon or the bomber needed to get it aloft and over target.
If Trump holds back, it could well mean that Israel’s main objective in the war is never completed.
8:30 pm
- All clear given residents can exit the bomb shelters per home front command.
- Red alert Sirens sounding in Israel from incoming missiles. raid sirens sounding across Tel Aviv. No reports of impacts yet
- Defense secretary Hegseth: "What you're watching in real-time is peace through strength—and America First!"
US Will Deploy Additional Defense Capabilities in the Middle East
8:00pm
- A lot of fake news on social media about US attacking Iran
- French President Emmanuel Macron calls for strikes against civilians in Iran and Israel to end, and says the US has put forward a ceasefire proposal.
-Fox News reports that U.S. President Trump has requested that the National Security Council be in the Situation Room when he arrives at the White House later tonight from the G7 Summit in Canada.
- Trump cutting short his visit at the G7 summit in Canda and will return to Washington tonight because of the situation in the Middle East, White House says
- The Chinese embassy in Israel is urging Chinese citizens to return home or leave the country via land border crossings as soon as possible, on grounds that the security situation has deteriorated and Israeli airspace remains closed
7:30 pm
Trump: AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
- A White House official told CNN that U.S. President Trump’s post on Truth Social earlier telling Iranians to “immediately evacuate Tehran” reflected the urgency of the need for Iran to come to the negotiating table, with Vice-President JD Vance, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine and other top aides seen gathering earlier today at the White House.
- Trump: Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that," IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!"
6:45 pm
- Trump: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
"Iran should have signed the "deal" I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!
- Trump: “I think Iran basically is at the negotiating table where they want to make a deal, and as soon as I leave here, we're going to be doing something,” Trump said at the G7.
6:00pm
- Tel Aviv interceptor malfunctions, preliminary reports suggest after last night's rocket barrage that killed 5.
- Several Belzer chasidim from the UK have traveled to EY via Egypt dressed in disguise to attend the wedding of the rebbes einikel.
5:30pm
-The IDF Home Front Command says civilians can leave bomb shelters after Iran's latest ballistic missile attack. No injuries reported.
- Red alerts sounding in the central and southern Israel, warning on incoming missiles from Iran.
Launches from Iran towards Israel detected
- Trump to several Arab countries: "The US does not plan to actively participate in an attack against Iran and act against them—if Tehran does not harm Americans," a source familiar with the details tells i24NEWS. The message was conveyed in recent days.
-Netanyahu: "Look, I understand America First. I don't understand America Dead," - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tells ABC News.
Today, it's Tel Aviv. Tomorrow, it's New York. Look, I understand 'America First'. I don't understand 'America Dead'."
4:30pm
- IRGC spokesman announced that the “ninth wave” of Operation True Promise 3 began moments ago and will continue without pause until dawn.
3:00pm
- American source that preparations are being made to allow the US to join the attack if Trump gives the green light. US Central Command thinks the US should join, but other senior administration officials oppose the move. Amichai Stein
- Syria announced the closure of its airspace until tomorrow morning.
- Netanyahu: What we did with the elimination of Iran’s security leadership was the beeper operation on steroids.
-US President Donald Trump is expected to present Iran with a “last chance” offer, US and European officials told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. The expectation is that even if such a proposal is made, it will be based on the American principle of zero uranium enrichment.
-The Israeli Air Force is carrying out strikes on Iranian ballistic missile launchers in western Iran, the IDF announces.
-An IDF reservist was killed in Gaza by an explosive device in a building
Tal Movshovitz, 28, from Re'ut.
- PM Netanyahu at tonight’s press conference:- We have eliminated Iran's security leadership, we struck the head of their operations division, and we are taking them out one by one, with more to come.
We destroyed half of Iran's drones. We hit their radars, regime targets, their broadcasting station, and other targets you will hear about soon.
I'm not surprised the Iranians want a ceasefire; we're hitting them hard. We gave diplomacy a chance, but at the same time, the dictator Ayatollah tweeted that Israel will be destroyed. We aim for three outcomes: dismantling their nuclear program, their terror axis, and their missile production capabilities.
Regime change could be the result.
Forty years ago, I warned and wrote after Khomeini's revolution that this regime would be a danger to the entire world.
I am in daily contact with Trump; we spoke yesterday. Regarding their actions, President Trump will decide what is best for America.
2:00pm
El AL reports that 60,000 Israelis have registered for rescue flights to return them home to Israel in the 90 minutes since the registration form went live on El Al's website.
Dans Deals: Many Americans have reported getting a full visa on arrival in Taba and have already flown out from Sharm El Sheikh. From Sharm El Sheikh/SSH you can catch a nonstop flight to airports like EIN, FCO, IST, LGW, MAN, NAP, MXP, SAW, VCE, and many more. Some have been able to take a ferry to Larnaca, but that journey is longer than 24 hours, very expensive, and operates in extremely turbulent waters that have caused many boats to turn around.
1:30pm
- The IDF Home Front Command instructs civilians in central and northern Israel to remain close to bomb shelters until further notice, as Israel anticipates a ballistic missile attack from Iran.
-Senior Israeli official: Khamenei is in a difficult mental state. Everyone who worked with him is dead and he is having a hard time with their replacements.
- Seven years after the Mossad stole Iran’s nuclear archive, the IDF has destroyed the backup. One of the targets struck in recent days was the backup of Iran’s nuclear archive, which contained the Islamic Republic’s accumulated organizational knowledge on developing nuclear weapons. This is a significant move, because after Israel eliminated all the scientists who had acquired knowledge about weapons systems and enrichment through decades of trial and error, Israel is now destroying what is considered the final backup documenting that knowledge. [Amit Segal)
-There are no reports of impacts or injuries in the latest Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel, Magen David Adom says. According to initial IDF assessments, a small number of missiles were launched in the attack. Only 3 ballistic missiles one intercepted 2 fell in open areas.
12:30pm
- Home front gives all clear residents can exit bomb shelters
- Sirens all over the North of Israel, including Haifa
This wave consisted of only around a dozen missiles. All seem to be intercepted except one which landed in an open field. No reported casualties or damage so far.
- IDF Homefront Command tells residents of Northern Israel to prepare for sirens in the coming minutes due to detected launches from Iran
- In an interview with ABC News, PM Netanyahu did not rule out the elimination of Ayatollah Khamenei - in fact, he said that it would lead to a calming of the conflict, which stems entirely from the Ayatollahs' regime
-Trump: The Iranians want to talk. But they could have done it earlier. They had 60 days. Iran is not winning this war and they need to enter talks immediately before it's too late
- El Al update; the regular flight schedule of EL AL flights is canceled through Monday, June 23, 2025. However, in line with the Ministry of Transportation’s directives, we are preparing to operate recovery flights from several EL AL destinations to Israel, based on a limited and gradual flight framework, and in coordination with the relevant security and aviation authorities
- Amudim: Evacuation form for Americans stuck in Israel looking to leave
Here
- Iran has requested that Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman ask U.S. President Trump to press Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire, two Iranian and three regional sources tell Reuters. In exchange, Iran says it will show additional “flexibility” in nuclear talks with the United States.
- In a certain area in Yerushalayim, there is a hotline for taking heimish Americans to the US. A driver to Taba, a driver and security to Sharm el-Sheikh. From there, a flight to Turkey. And from there to New York. The cost is about $3,000.(Israel media)
11:00am
I- ran threatening Bnei Brak
The Iranian "response" to the IDF spokesman's evacuation announcement: "Evacuate Bnei Brak immediately"
-IAEA warns of possible contamination at Iran nuclear site — Al Jazeera
- The Israeli Air Force just bombed the offices of Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB in Tehran
- WSJ: Iran sent an urgent message to Israel and the US in which it asked for an end to the war and renewed nuclear negotiations.
- The IDF has issued a large evacuation order for an entire district of Tehran.
- Permission granted for publication: Three Israelis were killed last night in a missile strike on the refineries at the Zain plant in Haifa
-Following the missile strike last night in Bnei Brak, there is severe criticism among the Charedi public that kosher 3rd generation cellular devices do not receive advance warning from the homefront command and thousands of members of the Charedi public face life-threatening danger every day.
-The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group is on its way to the Middle East from the South China Sea, a U.S. official tells Fox News
- Israel Defense Minister Katz: The mouthpiece of Iranian propaganda and incitement is on its way to disappear. Evacuation of surrounding residents begins targeting the regime television channel
- According to U.S. defense officials who spoke to Reuters, the large-scale deployment of roughly 30 aerial-refueling tankers with the U.S. Air Force last night to airbases in Europe, is meant to allow U.S. President Trump “options” in handling the escalating war between Israel and Iran.
- Pakistani Defense Minister to Al Jazeera: "Iran has not requested military assistance. If the situation worsens, we will respond, but we do not see an escalation."
9:00am
- Death toll rises to 8 from the latest missile attack including 3 killed in Chaifa nearly 300 injured as Iranian ballistic missiles strike central Israel, Haifa
4 killed in Petah Tikva, 3 in Haifa, 1 in Bnei Brak
-Ministry of Health: 1,330 injured people who arrived at hospitals have been treated so far - 15 are currently hospitalized in serious condition, 78 in moderate condition and the rest in mild condition; approximately 700 doctors defined as essential to the health system are abroad - 390 of whom are defined as extremely essential and will return on rescue flights in the coming days (Elyashiv Harel).
- Israelis trapped abroad may be brought back on landing crafts. The Transportation Ministry will launch a specialized body to monitor the safe return of Israelis.
- Israel will take steps to evacuate non-citizens staying in the country, including teenagers on Birthright trips and tourists, because "they do not need to be here."
Some shuls blew shofar today in EY as A yom refill was called by the Badatz.
- Defense minister Katz says ‘Tehran residents will pay the price,’ then clarifies civilians won’t be physically harmed
- The IDF is attacking dozens of targets in central Iran right now
- For the first time in Tehran's history, the IDF will issue an evacuation order for buildings in the Iranian capital.
- CNN Report: White House "Very skeptical” about joining the operation in Iran. Trump fears getting into a conflict he didn't want or initiate
- Israel has launched Operation Safe Return to repatriate up to 150,000 stranded citizens. Private airlines and a shipping company will assist in the return of Israelis by air and sea, according to Transportation Minister Miri Regev
- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: We are preparing to leave the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- IDF Spokesperson Declares: We have achieved FULL Air Superiority over Tehran
- New Revolutionary Guard Commander Mohammad Pakpour: Even if Israeli attacks stop, we will continue until the end
- Western sources: For the first time in a very long time, the Iranian opposition is acting against the regime: car bombs in various cities, including Kermanshah and Tehran, attacks on internal security bases in the periphery, and more.
- The IDF has drawn down forces from the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, and instead bolstered the borders with Egypt and Jordan.
- Senior Israeli source to Yinon Magal C14: We will destroy most of the Iranian nuclear program. And if necessary, we will do it alone.
- Israel said on Monday that it had struck the command center of Iran’s elite Quds Force, as the fiercest and deadliest confrontation in the history of the Israeli-Iranian conflict entered its fourth day.
WSJ: Israel has caused severe damage to Iran's nuclear program, but Iran is still able to move forward with developing a bomb if it decides to do so, mainly due to the lack of damage to the nuclear facility in Fordow. The damage to the nuclear facility in Natanz appears to be greater than reported, and the International Atomic Energy Agency said that about 14,000 centrifuges were also destroyed at the underground facility, due to the damage to the power supply
- In the barrage that was fired at 4 am, about 40 ballistic missiles were launched towards Israel - the IDF says. In the Iranian barrages last week, the IDF identified between 40 and 60 missiles. The majority are intercepted, others fall in open areas, and between 5% and 10% "slip" and manage to hit inside cities
-Michael Nahum, 61, ZL is named as one of nine people killed in a missile strike on a Bat Yam residential high-rise early Sunday. Nahum was a father of four. Two others, Efrat Saranga, 44, and Belina Ashkenazi, 94, have also been named as victims so far.
- The Jewish community in Isfahan, Iran, has condemned Israel’s preemptive attacks against the country’s nuclear facilities, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reports.
-Senior paramedic Maydan Ben Yoash said: "We prepared with huge forces at the entrance to the 20-story building that was hit by the missile. A woman from the eighth floor held a 5-year-old boy and a week-old baby in her arms. I took the baby and helped the woman get to the ambulance, where we conducted initial tests on them and evacuated them to the hospital in a mild condition
- The Czech Republic is sending a plane for Czechs who want to leave Israel amid the conflict with Iran, the Czech Foreign Ministry says. Other Czechs will use another plane sent by the government of Slovakia headed to Jordan to return home.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it helped 14 Taiwanese leave Israel by bus for Jordan on Sunday and will help them travel onward.
