Trump Issues a Warning to Iran

The death toll grew Sunday as Israel and Iran exchanged missile attacks for a third consecutive day—and with Israel warning that worse is to come, per the AP. As the region braced for a drawn-out conflict, President Trump warned Iran not to include the US in its retaliation, per Fox News.

• The US "had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight," the president wrote on Truth Social early Sunday. "If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before."
• Trump also reiterated that it's not too late to revive negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, the source of the latest conflict. "We can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!"

• Trump and other US officials have said repeatedly that the US was not involved in the Israeli operation that began on Friday. However, unnamed Israeli officials have said they had a tacit "green light" from the White House.
• Signaling Iran believed Israel's strikes would continue, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said metro stations and mosques would be available as bomb shelters for the public beginning Sunday night, Iranian state television reported.
• The Israeli military warned Iranians on Sunday to immediately evacuate "military weapons production factories," signaling that new strikes are planned.
• An Israeli oil refinery firm says an Iranian strike over the weekend caused "localized" damage to its complex in the northern city of Haifa.

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