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A man looks at flames rising from an oil storage facility after it appeared to have been struck by an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

As Israel strikes Iran, many wonder if the US will deepen its involvement

As Israeli strikes kill top Iranian generals, take out air defenses and damage nuclear sites, many wonder if President Donald Trump will deepen U.S. involvement in the conflict.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says supporters are ‘more in love’ with him than ever, as involvement in Iran roils MAGA world

Women look at Fattah missile in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (Hossein Zohrevand/Tasnim News Agency via AP, File)

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President Donald Trump speaks as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Nobody knows': Trump won’t say whether he will move forward with US strikes on Iran

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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The first group of Bulgarian citizens evacuated from Israel, along with dozens of foreign nationals from Slovenia, the U.S., Belgium, Albania, Kosovo and Romania, arrive at Vassil Levsky airport in Sofia, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Photos show efforts to evacuate foreigners from the Israel-Iran conflict

A woman walks past a shop offering a clearance sale in Richmond southwest London, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

UK inflation eases by less than anticipated ahead of Bank of England rate decision

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israelis shelter from missiles during escalating Iran-Israel conflict in photos

Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Hegseth says the Pentagon has given Trump options for Israel-Iran conflict

This photograph released by the U.S. Navy shows a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter hovering over the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier while operating in the Middle East April 12, 2025. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Jordan/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., waits for a video interview at the Georgia Republican Convention in Dalton, Ga., Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

A split forms in MAGA world as Trump weighs next steps on Iran, with some top stars rebuking him

A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone, Nov. 15, 2018, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices

Citizens of Poland and Austria assemble at a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, for evacuation amid heavy strikes on Israel by Iran on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Foreign governments seek emergency exits for nationals stranded in Iran and Israel

Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of a man killed in an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

At least 51 Palestinians killed while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, health officials say

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Intense Israeli strikes hit Tehran after Trump demands ‘unconditional surrender’

A row of aircrafts belonging to Israeli airlines El Al, Arkia, Israir sit parked in a row along the apron of Cyprus' main airport in Larnaca, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Airports close across the Mideast as the Israel-Iran conflict shutters the region’s airspace

Conflict between Israel and Iran continues to escalate

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides attend a news conference during their meeting at the Presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou/Pool Photo via AP)

India and Cyprus to step up defense, maritime and cybersecurity cooperation, Indian PM says

A man carries a wounded girl after an explosion in downtown Tehran amid Israel's three-day campaign of strikes against Iran, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Morteza Zangene/ISNA)

Israel and Iran trade strikes for a third day and threaten more to come. Over 230 are reported dead

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with participants of the Time of Heroes, an educational program for veterans of special military operation, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Sergei Bulkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin and Trump discussed Middle East tensions, Ukraine war in phone call

This combo made with two satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 135 miles southeast of Tehran, Iran, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, top, and on Saturday, June 14, 2025, after multiple buildings were destroyed from recent Israeli strikes. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Satellite photos reveal damage to Iranian missile bases and nuclear facilities after Israeli strikes

Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear program are sweeping but can they decimate it?

Sirens wail in Tel Aviv as Iron Dome intercepts Iranian missiles

Rescue effort underway in Ramat Gan after Iran’s missile hit building trapping residents, AP explains

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‘We will not show any leniency’ - Iran’s Khamenei vows retaliation following Israel’s attack

Netanyahu says ‘more is on the way’ after deadly Israeli attacks on sites in Iran

Trump says Iran has ‘second chance’ to come to nuclear deal after Israeli strikes hit Tehran

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Strikes between Israel and Iran stymie chances of US-led nuclear deal

Israeli security forces inspect destroyed residential buildings that were hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Photos of missiles over Israel in a retaliatory attack by Iran

Israel hit by missiles as Iran retaliates for strikes on nuclear sites

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to hold a press conference at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, June 13, 2025.. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

UN conference on Palestinian state postponed because of Middle East tensions

In this photo released by the Iranian Red Crescent Society rescuers work at the scene of an explosion after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (Iranian Red Crescent Society via AP)

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Israeli military says operation in Iran “is still in the beginning”