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‘The situation is far from funny, but you have to keep your sanity’: Israeli families face uncertain nights in bomb shelters

From CNN’s Tamar Michaelis and Oren Liebermann Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Red alert sirens warning of incoming fire have sent Israelis scrambling to bomb shelters over the last three nights, as Iran and Israel have broadened their deadly attacks on each other. Israeli law demands that all homes and industrial buildings built since the

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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Personal Birth date: June 25, 1972 Birth place: Tripoli, Libya Birth name: Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Father: Moammar Gadhafi, leader of Libya 1969-2011 Mother: Safia (Farkash) Gadhafi Education: El-Fateh University, Libya, architectural engineering,

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Blaise Metreweli will take up the position of Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in the fall as she is currently head of the service’s technology and innovation teams

UK to get first female spy chief

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s foreign intelligence service, MI6, will be led by a woman for the first time in its history, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced. Blaise Metreweli will take up the position of Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in the fall. She is currently head of the

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An Iranian security official pictured at the Isfahan in 2005.

Israel’s strikes zeroed in on Iran’s nuclear program. How much damage was done?

By Rob Picheta and Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s unprecedented attacks on Iran had at their core an elusive and high-risk goal: eradicating the country’s controversial nuclear program. Israel targeted three key Iranian nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow – and a number of top scientists involved in nuclear research and development. The

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Military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during his funeral in Tehran

Israel’s unprecedented attack shows Iran has become a ‘playground’ for the Mossad

By Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Before Israel launched an unprecedented wave of strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and top military leaders this week, its spies were already on the ground in enemy territory. Israeli intelligence agency Mossad had smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the strikes, according to Israeli

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