Jun. 21, 2025 |
Israel vs. Iran vs. …? All week, Israel and Iran attacked one another through the air. On Friday, Israeli jets hit targets across Iran, while an Iranian missile damaged several buildings in Beersheba, in southern Israel—a day after another missile struck the region’s main hospital, wounding more than 240 people.
On Friday, European diplomats met with Iranian officials to negotiate over Tehran’s nuclear program and find a way out of the conflict. The Europeans didn’t say whether they’d made any progress; Iran says it would consider diplomacy only after Israel stopped its attacks.
Meanwhile, the big question is whether the U.S. will join Israel in attacking Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to work with Israel. On Thursday, Trump said he would take two weeks to decide.
What exactly would it mean for the U.S. to join the war?