Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites and kills top generals. Iran retaliates with missile barrages. By The Associated Press Updated June 13, 2025, 11:54 p.m.

Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday after 12 days of airstrikes and missile attacks. Photos show damaged sites in both countries.

Iran and Israel continued on Sunday their aerial attacks, which began Friday with a series of Israeli strikes on Iran.

Israel began striking Iran early Friday morning and has faced two nights of Iranian missile and drone attacks. At least 78 people in Iran have been killed in the Israeli strikes.

Israel launched strikes against Iran on June 12, throwing further negotiations over the regime's nuclear program into doubt.

Israel's attack on Iran raises questions like whether the US will get involved, how Iran will respond, and if a wider conflict may be triggered.

U.S. officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, multiple sources say.

Israel launched airstrikes across Iran on Friday morning, targeting nuclear facilities and killing senior military commanders in a major escalation that could spark a broad war in the Middle East.

If Israel succeeds, there is no guarantee the successor would not be even more hardline.

There is tremendous uncertainty about how much quantifiable damage Israel has done to Iran’s nuclear program. But the more important question may be whether Israel’s attack destroyed Iran’s will to ...

Friday’s attacks constituted a significant escalation between Israel and Iran — raising fears of a full-on regional conflict likely to embroil the U.S.

Israel launched the attacks on Iran amid simmering tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.