Will He, Won’t He
President Donald Trump continues to toy with the idea of going to war with Iran. “I may do it, I may not do it,” he told reporters at the White House Wednesday in response to a question about whether the U.S. would strike Iranian nuclear facilities. Â
The Wall Street Journal reports that on Tuesday the president finalized an attack plan for Iran but has yet to make a final decision on whether to go through with it. Administration officials say they’re considering a range of options, per the Journal‘s reporting.
In his White House remarks, Trump put the blame for the conflict on Iran’s failure to come to an agreement on its nuclear program, saying, “All this death and destruction. Why didn’t you negotiate with me? You would have done fine. You would have had a country.” Â Â
Iran and its allies have promised to target American military personnel and civilians wherever they can if the U.S. does enter the war.
“If they decide to be engaged militarily, direct military involvement in this massacre, definitely we will do whatever necessary to protect ourselves,” said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have been staging anti-American demonstrations. The leader of one of the largest Iranian-backed groups said that they would attack American civilians and military personnel if Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is assassinated (something Trump threatened to do earlier this week).
The Secretary General of Al-Nujaba, one of Iraq’s most powerful Iranian-backed armed groups, threatens to target every American in the region – civilian or military – and strike US bases in Iraq if Iran’s Supreme Leader is assassinated by Israel or Washington. pic.twitter.com/Dj0z76z37o
— Lawk Ghafuri (@LawkGhafuri) June 19, 2025
There are some 40,000 active duty U.S. military personnel stationed in the Middle East that could be targeted by Iranian attacks. American officials told The New York Times that Iran had prepared missiles and other military equipment for strikes on U.S. bases in the region.
Israeli hospital hit. An Iranian missile hit Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, on Thursday morning. The hospital, the largest in southern Israel, said on social media that the strike had caused “extensive damage.”
Elsewhere, Iranian munitions fell on several residential areas near Tel Aviv, reports The Washington Post, resulting in 40 people being injured, including two people seriously injured.
Missile hit a street in Ramat Gan (geo above roughly exact)
Heavy damage to shops, homes, and an apartment building. pic.twitter.com/58Xmp706IU
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 19, 2025
Earlier today, Israel bombed Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, part of the country’s nuclear program.  Â
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