Iran, Israel trade air attacks as conflict enters second week

Israel has launched strikes connected dozens of targets successful Iran, including rocket accumulation sites, and Iran fired a barrage of missiles that deed adjacent concern facilities successful the confederate Israeli metropolis of Beersheba, arsenic the struggle betwixt the 2 sides entered its 2nd week.

An Iranian atomic idiosyncratic was killed connected Friday greeting pursuing an Israeli onslaught successful Tehran, according to the Israeli nationalist broadcaster Kan. The quality followed reports from the Iranian media saying that a residential gathering successful the capital’s cardinal Gisha territory was deed by a drone strike.

The individuality of the idiosyncratic was not instantly clear. Israel has killed respective atomic scientists since it started attacking Iran connected June 13.

A infirmary successful Tehran was deed successful a abstracted Israeli rocket strike, the 3rd specified aesculapian installation damaged successful the past 8 days, Iran’s wellness ministry was quoted by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) arsenic saying.

There were nary contiguous reports of casualties from the infirmary strike, but six ambulances were damaged, the ministry said.

Despite the attacks, thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran pursuing Friday prayers to denounce Israel and the US for the deadly attacks successful the country.

In the northwestern state of Kermanshah, a aesculapian session was besides hit, leaving it wholly damaged, according to Press TV.

Both Iran and Israel person been exchanging allegations of targeting aesculapian facilities, which is prohibited by planetary humanitarian law.

In a statement, Israel’s Defence Minister Israeli Katz said helium has instructed the subject to intensify attacks connected “symbols of the regime” successful Tehran, aiming to destabilise it.

“We indispensable onslaught astatine each the symbols of the authorities and the mechanisms of oppression of the population, specified arsenic the Basij [militia], and the regime’s powerfulness base, specified arsenic the Revolutionary Guard,” Katz said.

Earlier connected Friday, astatine slightest 7 radical were lightly injured aft Iranian rocket strikes deed Beersheba, the largest metropolis successful the Negev godforsaken successful confederate Israel, according to Israeli media.

The onslaught temporarily unopen the city’s cardinal obstruction presumption and damaged respective buildings including the Microsoft bureau located wrong a exertion park, which is besides adjacent an Israeli service subject telecommunications branch.

“The southbound of Israel is much sparsely populated, and the 1 rocket that we could spot landed earlier the opening of concern hours, truthful determination were nary radical successful the offices, presumably,” Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Amman, Jordan said.

Iran-Europe meeting

Against the backdrop of deadly exchanges, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived successful the Swiss capital, Geneva, up of a gathering with his French, German, British and European Union counterparts.

He volition besides code the United Nations Human Rights Council, the body’s spokesperson said.

In an interrogation with an Iranian TV station, Araghchi said that arsenic agelong arsenic attacks connected Iran bash not stop, “there volition beryllium nary spot for diplomacy and dialogue”.

Ahead of the talks, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the lone mode to extremity the struggle is for Israel to halt its aerial attacks.

“We person ever pursued bid and stability,” helium said successful a connection cited successful Iranian media connected Friday.

Foad Izadi, prof of planetary relations astatine the University of Tehran, told Al Jazeera that it was wide that Araghchi was not prepared to clasp immoderate negotiations portion Israeli strikes were continuing.

“When you negotiate, it’s springiness and take,” helium said. “Iran cannot prosecute successful that benignant of springiness and instrumentality erstwhile we person bombs falling” connected Tehran and different parts of the country.

Still, Araghchi’s beingness successful Geneva besides sends retired a connection “that they’re not closing the doorway to the anticipation of diplomacy,” said Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi, who is reporting from Tehran.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Tasnim quality bureau reported that Ali Shamkhani, a adjacent advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,  who was earnestly wounded successful an Israeli onslaught a week ago, was present successful unchangeable information aft round-the-clock efforts of doctors.

“I americium live and acceptable to sacrifice myself,” Tasnim quoted Shamkani arsenic saying successful a message.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies