{"id":1053,"date":"2025-06-16T09:47:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefridaynews.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:47:59","slug":"israel-vows-tehran-will-pay-the-price-as-death-toll-mounts-on-both-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefridaynews.com\/?p=1053","title":{"rendered":"Israel Vows Tehran Will &#8216;Pay the Price&#8217; as Death Toll Mounts on Both Sides&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel\u2019s Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened on Monday that the residents of Tehran will \u201cpay the price and soon\u201d after Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn, killing at least eight people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest military exchange between the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1916920\/a-timeline-of-the-long-standing-conflict-between-israel-and-iran\">arch-rivals<\/a>&nbsp;began when Israel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1916899\/israel-launches-strikes-on-iran\">struck<\/a>&nbsp;Iran\u2019s nuclear and military sites on Friday, killing top&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1917041\/irans-state-tv-says-heavy-and-destructive-attacks-against-israel-expected-within-hours#:~:text=New%20military%20brass%20appointed%20after%20commanders%20killed\">commanders and scientists<\/a>. Tel Aviv has said it wants to stop Tehran from building an atomic weapon, which the latter has consistently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1722538#:~:text=Iran%20has%20always%20denied%20any%20ambition%20to%20develop%20an%20atomic%20bomb\">denied<\/a>, saying its uranium enrichment programme is for civilian purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Latest developments:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8 new deaths in Israel take toll to 23; Tehran says 224 killed in Iran so far, with over 1,000 injured<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fire seen at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1917457#:~:text=Fires%20were%20seen%20burning%20at%20a%20power%20plant%20near%20the%20port\">power plant<\/a>\u00a0near Israel\u2019s Haifa port; residential buildings destroyed near US Embassy branch in Tel Aviv<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iran president reiterates Tehran does not seek nuclear weapons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1917457#:~:text=Trump%20vetoes%20plan%20to%20target%20Khamenei%3A%20report\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0vetoed plan to target Khamenei; 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