{"id":4876,"date":"2025-06-16T07:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:52:45","slug":"death-toll-grows-as-israel-iran-trade-attacks-for-third-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/death-toll-grows-as-israel-iran-trade-attacks-for-third-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll grows as Israel, Iran trade attacks for third day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p>The death toll grew Sunday as Israel and Iran exchanged missile attacks for a third consecutive day, with Israel warning that worse is to come.<br \/>\nIsrael targeted Iran\u2019s Defense Ministry headquarters in Tehran and sites it alleged were associated with Iran\u2019s nuclear program, while Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses and slammed into buildings deep inside Israel.<br \/>\nIn Israel, at least 10 people were killed in Iranian strikes overnight and into Sunday, according to the Magen David Adom rescue service, bringing the country\u2019s total death toll to 13. The country\u2019s main international airport and airspace remained closed for a third day.<br \/>\nIn Iran, Israeli strikes have killed at least 406 people and wounded another 654, according to Washington-based Human Rights Activists. Iran\u2019s government has not offered overall casualty figures.<br \/>\nThe region braced for a drawn-out conflict after Israel\u2019s strikes hit nuclear and military facilities, killing several senior generals and top nuclear scientists.<br \/>\nPresident Donald Trump said the U.S. had \u201cnothing to do with the attack on Iran\u201d and warned Tehran to expect \u201cthe full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces\u201d if it retaliates against the\u00a0United\u00a0States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll grew Sunday as Israel and Iran exchanged missile attacks for a third consecutive day, with Israel warning that worse is to come. Israel targeted Iran\u2019s Defense Ministry headquarters in Tehran and sites it alleged were associated with Iran\u2019s nuclear program, while Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses and slammed into buildings deep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[1076,3166,80,116,3167,3168],"class_list":["post-4876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-law-crime","tag-attacks","tag-exchanged","tag-facilities","tag-military","tag-missile","tag-nuclear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4878,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4876\/revisions\/4878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}