Trump executed his two-week Iran deadline from June 19th, claiming strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—using seven B-2 stealth bombers and bunker-buster bombs. Iran retaliated within hours, deploying the "Kheibar" missile system for the first time and striking Tel Aviv and Haifa with 40 missiles, causing 24 deaths and over 1,200 injuries.
Iranian officials revealed most enriched uranium had been evacuated from Fordow before the American attack, while satellite imagery showed "unusual activity" around the facility. Iran's parliament recommended closing the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran threatened to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Netanyahu claimed Israel approached victory against Iran, studying a new prisoner exchange proposal from Witkoff. Gaza's death toll reached 55,959 as the humanitarian crisis deepened, with infant deaths rising due to milk shortages and medical supply depletion on day 625 of operations.