13 killed by Iranian strikes on Israel, Trump warned Iran against attacking U.S. assets

The U.S. “had nothing to do with the attack on Iran” last night, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.

“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,” he said.

“However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!” the president added.

Earlier, Trump said in another post that he had spent about an hour on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end,” Trump said, referring to Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Iran’s retaliatory strikes have killed at least 13 people in Israel, including 3 children, Netanyahu’s office said today.

Over 370 people were injured, including 9 who were seriously injured, it added. Israel’s foreign ministry in a post on X today that 35 people were still missing.

The Trump administration confirmed that U.S.-Iran nuclear talks that had been scheduled for today have been canceled due to the ongoing attacks between Israel and Iran.

“While there will be no meeting Sunday, we remain committed to talks and hope the Iranians will come to the table soon,” a senior administration official told NBC News.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had earlier said that the sixth round of U.S.-Iran talks, which had been set to take place in Oman, could not go ahead while Iran was under attack.

Israel completed a “wide-scale strike” on Tehran’s nuclear and fuel storage facilities, the Israeli military said in a statement last night.

The targets, which included Iran’s defense ministry headquarters, “play a key role in advancing Iran’s efforts to obtain nuclear weapons,” the IDF said, adding the strikes were carried out by Israeli fighter jets.

Video circulating on social media and verified by NBC News shows Iranian missiles striking the Israeli port city of Haifa late last night.

The footage shows bright flashes of orange light in the darkness before one missile appears to streak through the sky, striking the ground, causing an explosion, as a plume of smoke rises in the distance.

Iranian state TV reported last night that it was attacking with a combination of drones and missiles, and that Haifa and Tel Aviv were the main targets.

There is no apparent damage at Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, which has an enrichment plant buried deep underground, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.

The Khondab heavy water reactor, which is under construction, also appears to be undamaged, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a post on X.

The agency said there had been no further damage at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility since it was targeted by Israeli strikes on Friday.

No increase in off-site radiation is expected at Natanz, and the agency said it had been been informed by Iran’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority that off-site radiation levels also remained unchanged at the Esfahan nuclear facility, where Israeli strikes damaged four “critical buildings.”