Iran, Israel and strikes
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Israel and Iran have begun a new round of attacks, as the conflict between the two heavily armed rivals enters its fourth day.
Iran and Israel continued on Sunday their aerial attacks, which began Friday with a series of Israeli strikes on Iran.
On Friday, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, told the UN Security Council that "the above-ground part of the pilot fuel enrichment plant, where Iran was producing uranium enriched up to 60% U-235, has been destroyed".
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NDTV Profit on MSNBreaking News Live: Former CM Vijay Rupani Given A 21-Gun Salute; Israel-Iran Tensions EscalateFormer Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani was given a 21-gun salute. The last rites of the former CM are being performed with full state honours. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat are also present.
Israel’s air defenses---a multi-layered system that includes the famed Iron Dome---are among the best in the world and the most battle-tested, but even so they aren't completely impenetrable, Israeli officials and air-defense experts say.
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But Israel's formidable and sophisticated military forces - with an arsenal largely, but not exclusively, provided by the United States - are enabling it to overpower a much larger enemy. The BBC looks at the military balance in the latest war in the Middle East.