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The conflict between Israel and Iran is escalating as the two
exchange
of ballistic missile attacks. This latest
in the Middle East comes after Israel launched its biggest ever airstrikes against Iran on Friday. It destroyed Iranian military
and missile launchers. It also killed the
of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards, plus senior military
and nine nuclear scientists. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's operation was to "thwart the Islamic regime's nuclear and ballistic missile
". Israel's military
came a day after the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran was "in
of its [nuclear] non-proliferation
".
