From New York, this is Democracy Now.

Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll

back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival.

Israel has launched an unprecedented attack on Iran. Nuclear sites, military leaders and top scientists

have been killed. People across the

region are bracing for what comes next. We'll speak with Israeli journalists, Gideon Levy,

in Tel Aviv, and Iran expert Trita Parsi in Washington, D.C. Then Congress member Ilhan

Omar on President Trump's widening crackdown on immigrants and protesters.

You have the military being deployed in our streets.

My God, this is America.

And we look at the Trump administration's dismantling of U.S. aid

and what it means for people around the world to lose this critical lifeline.

The biggest owner was by far the United States and overnight aid was cut. So one aid organization after the other has left these people.

The water is not flowing anymore. Therines on our overflowing and the

last food distribution were months ago we'll speak with Jan Eggland of the

Norwegian Refugee Council and we'll look at a new in amnesty international

report on the impact of the. All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Narmine Sheikh.

Israel's military launched a barrage of strikes on Iran overnight, including on the capital Tehran.

Reuters is reporting at least 20 senior Iranian commanders were killed, including the head

of the Revolutionary Guards Air Force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

Six nuclear scientists were also reportedly killed.

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