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Donald Trump said on Friday that only Iran’s “unconditional surrender” will bring an end to the offensive launched seven days ago, as the US and Israel carried out some of the heaviest bombardments so far in the conflict.
“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, when US strategic bombers were in action over Iran and intensive Israeli strikes in Lebanon forced more than 1 million people to flee their homes.
Israeli and US officials threatened further escalation as Iran retaliated with more attacks across a swathe of the Middle East.
The biggest single loss of civilian life reported so far in the conflict came in an apparent airstrike on an Iranian girls’ school on Saturday, which killed more than 100 students. Military investigators in the US believe it is likely US forces were responsible but have not yet reached a final conclusion, Reuters reported.
The war has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran and about a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries. Six US troops have been killed. Oil supplies have been disrupted, tens of thousands of flights have been cancelled and international stock markets have been rocked.
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