Israel-Iran strikes

(Photo: Stringer / Getty Images)  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Download a free worksheet! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The story Israel launched an attack on Iran last Friday, targeting nuclear and military facilities. The strikes killed several senior Iranian military commanders and Iranian nuclear scientists. Iran retaliated with missile attacks targeting Israel. Iran's health ministry said at least 224 people have been killed in the Israeli strikes, while Israel says Iranian attacks have killed 24 people. News headlines Iran Launches New Missile Barrage, Israel Claims Assassination of Top General Palestine Chronicle Israel’s strikes zeroed in on Iran’s nuclear program. How much damage was done? CNN Trump says early G7 exit ‘nothing to do’ with Macron’s remarks on Israel-Iran ceasefire offer France 24 Key words and phrases barrage a large amount of something that all comes at once zero in on focus all your attention on something to do with (something) about or connected to Next  Learn more English vocabulary from the news with our News Review archive. Try our podcast The English We Speak to learn more idiomatic language.