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BEERSHEBA, ISRAEL - JUNE 24: Shop fronts are damaged near a building where four people were killed by an Iranian missile strike on June 24, 2025 in Beersheba, Israel. According to Israeli authorities, Iran launched a barrage of missiles in the early hours this morning, before the start of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the two countries. The Iranian foreign minister said that, if Israel stopped its attacks as of this morning, Iran would also end its strikes. (Photo by Erik Marmor / Getty Images)

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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 23: Civilians retrieve personal belongings from the rubble of their house after a ballistic missile fired from Iran struck the city yesterday morning on June 23, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Iran and Israel have continued to exchange aerial attacks in the days after the United States bombed several Iranian nuclear sites. (Photo by Amir Levy / Getty Images)

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