Monday Briefing: Israel and Iran Traded Missile Strikes

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Israel and Iran exchanged attacks on population centers yesterday as both sides brushed aside international calls to de-escalate.

The path to diplomacy appeared to narrow after officials called off talks that had been set for Sunday between Tehran and Washington on the future of Iran’s nuclear program. Israel said the goal of the powerful strikes it unleashed on Friday was disabling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

President Trump urged the warring nations to stand down in the fighting. “Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal,” he wrote in a post on social media. He said: “Many calls and meetings now taking place.”

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps warned that it would increase attacks against Israel if the barrage didn’t stop. Israel’s military spokesman said Israel would not cease its attacks on Iran “for a moment.” We have live updates, and these maps show where Israel and Iran have struck since Friday.

Unprepared: Interviews with half a dozen senior Iranian officials show that they were not expecting Israel to strike before another round of talks. They made an enormous miscalculation, my colleague Farnaz Fassihi writes.

My colleague Katrin Bennhold spoke to Patrick Kingsley, our Jerusalem bureau chief, about Israel’s goals in attacking Iran. Watch the video.