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US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Sunday that it would experience "the full strength" of the American military if it attacks the United States, reiterating that Washington "had nothing to do" with Israel's strikes on Tehran's nuclear and intelligence facilities.
Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday stated that the United States had "nothing to do" with the overnight strike on Iran, hours after Israel declared it had launched an "extensive series of strikes" targeting Iranian Defence Ministry headquarters and a nuclear site.
Trump's stern warning to Iran amid tensions with Israel: 'Full strength of US Forces will come down'
Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day on Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country.
The United States is the main international backer of Israel, Iran's biggest regional foe. It is also a close ally of Sunni Gulf monarchies which for years pursued their own rivalry with the Islamic Republic, seeing it as their main regional threat.
In sweeping attacks that started early Friday, Israel has struck at the regime in Tehran, targeting Iranian nuclear and military assets. The Israeli strikes have killed more than 70 people, including four top security chiefs, and damaged Iran’s main nuclear site at Natanz.
The United States has pulled some diplomatic staff and military families out of the Middle East, citing unspecified regional security risks.
Countries trade strikes as tensions grow over larger Middle East conflict - Iranian missiles struck an apartment building in the Galilee region, killing four people, as the countries exchanged fire