{"id":68384,"date":"2025-06-18T12:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68384"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:52:48","slug":"israel-iran-conflict-intensifies-on-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/18\/israel-iran-conflict-intensifies-on-day-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Iran Conflict Intensifies on Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The armed confrontation between Israel and Iran has entered its sixth day, reaching a critical and deadly phase, with aggressive strikes from both nations fueling global concern and rising casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has launched a wave of air raids targeting more than 100 strategic Iranian locations, including nuclear sites and military installations in Tehran, Natanz, and Tabriz.<\/p>\n<p>Among the casualties is top Iranian military commander Hossein Salami, whose reported death has further escalated tensions.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Iran fired over 400 missiles and deployed drones at Israeli cities, with Tel Aviv and Haifa among the hardest hit.<\/p>\n<p>At least 24 civilians have been confirmed dead, with significant destruction to buildings and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has widened, with Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels expressing open support for Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, international leaders, including those from Russia and China have called for restraint, warning of the potential outbreak of a full-scale regional war.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has bolstered its military presence in the Middle East, dispatching additional fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has issued a stern warning to Iran, promising stronger retaliation if Tehran continues its attacks.<\/p>\n<p>In Iran\u2019s capital, Tehran, evacuation efforts have begun amid fears of further Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Civilians in both countries are bearing the brunt of the conflict, with growing reports of casualties, destruction, and widespread fear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith The armed confrontation between Israel and Iran has entered its sixth day, reaching a critical and deadly phase, with aggressive strikes from both nations fueling global concern and rising casualties. Israel has launched a wave of air raids targeting more than 100 strategic Iranian locations, including nuclear sites and military installations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":68385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[59,1363,1742,247,1743],"class_list":["post-68384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-featured","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-u-s","tag-united-nation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68386,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68384\/revisions\/68386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}