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The United States and its partners have launched Operation Epic Fury, one of the largest, most complex, most overwhelming military offenses the world has ever seen.

Nobody's seen anything like it.

Conflicts spreading across the Middle East after the U.S. and Israel launched an unprovoked war on Iran,

and assassinated Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Hamene. At least 550 people have

been killed in Iran since Saturday. President Trump says the war could continue for weeks. Iran's

retaliated by striking Israel

as well as U.S. allies across the Middle East. Israel's mobilized a hundred thousand

reservists as it threatens to reinvade Lebanon. Israeli strikes on Lebanon have already killed

at least 31 people.

UN Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez is calling for peace in the region.

Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control

in the most volatile region of the world. Let me be clear, there is no viable alternative to the peaceful settlement of international disputes.

Lasting peace can only be a shift through peaceful means, including genuine dialogue and negotiations.

We'll speak to two Iranian-American professors,

one who was on death row in Iran for years.

We'll get a report from Israel

and look at how the U.S.-Israeli attack

violates international law.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society says more than 550 people have been killed since the U.S.

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