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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly strikes between Israel and Iran, day one of meetings at the G-7 summit, and a U.S. immigration crackdown.

Airstrikes lit up the Israeli and Iranian skies on Monday, marking the fourth straight day of heavy bombardments between the two adversaries. Although foreign leaders are demanding that both sides de-escalate immediately to avoid an all-out war, Israel and Iran refuse to come to the negotiating table. Israel is “changing the face of the Middle East,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a Monday press conference.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at deadly strikes between Israel and Iran, day one of meetings at the G-7 summit, and a U.S. immigration crackdown.

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Airstrikes lit up the Israeli and Iranian skies on Monday, marking the fourth straight day of heavy bombardments between the two adversaries. Although foreign leaders are demanding that both sides de-escalate immediately to avoid an all-out war, Israel and Iran refuse to come to the negotiating table. Israel is “changing the face of the Middle East,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a Monday press conference.

Israel has continued to target Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, including major uranium enrichment facilities as well as top Iranian leadership. According to Israeli military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, Israel has destroyed more than 120 surface-to-surface missile launchers in central Iran since airstrikes began on Friday as well as 10 command centers in Tehran allegedly belonging to the country’s elite Quds Force.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday that Israel is also attacking “regime targets and security infrastructures in Tehran,” signaling a potential regime-change focus. Israel issued its first evacuation warning for part of the Iranian capital on Monday, affecting some 330,000 people. Among Monday’s targets, Israel confirmed that it had hit the Tehran headquarters of Iran’s state media broadcaster. The attack occurred while a news anchor was live on air and briefly halted the broadcast, though programming resumed shortly after. Israeli forces claimed the facility was a “communication center” being used by the Iranian military “under the guise of civilian activity,” but they did not provide evidence for the claim. Before the strike, Katz had warned that the “mouthpiece of Iranian propaganda and incitement is about to disappear,” adding that “we will strike the Iranian dictator everywhere.” A spokesperson for Iran’s foreign minister called the attack a “war........

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