‘Iran is not winning this war,’ says Trump, as Israeli death toll rises, US Embassy in Tel Aviv damaged
‘Iran is not winning this war,’ said President Trump
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Tel Aviv, June 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
(JTA) — At least eight people were killed Monday in multiple locations across Israel as Iranian missiles rained down across the country for the third straight night.
The death toll in an earlier strike in Bat Yam, a city adjacent to Tel Aviv, rose as more bodies were extricated from rubble, meanwhile, and a research center at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot was destroyed in a strike. On Sunday, missiles arrived during the day for the first time.
The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv sustained minor damage amid strikes there and remains closed, Ambassador Mike Huckabee said on X.
The toll comes as Israeli officials say they have accomplished key objectives in their attack on Iran, including controlling the airspace around Tehran, killing top military and intelligence leaders, and neutralizing a portion of the launchers used to propel ballistic missiles toward Israel.
Israel also on Monday attacked the headquarters of Iranian state television during a live broadcast and has not ruled out targeting Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“I’d say Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately before it’s too late,” President Donald Trump told reporters at the G7 summit in Canada.
The White House has said that Trump will not sign a G7 statement calling for de-escalation between Iran and Israel. Iran has reportedly been sending signals, through intermediaries, that the country would agree to a ceasefire with Israel and resume diplomatic nuclear negotiations with greater flexibility.
Since Friday, the conflict has killed at least 224 people in Iran, officials say, and at least 24 people in Israel.
Experts in the region say they expect the conflict to go on for some time.
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