Israel says senior Iranian commander killed in latest strike

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says that the Israeli forces have targeted and killed Saeed Izadi, the head of the Palestine Corps of Iran’s Quds Force in a strike on an apartment in the central Iranian city of Qom.

Also in this hour: David Albright, an American nuclear physicist and weapons expert gives his assessment on Iran's efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon; And, BBC gains access to a harrowing account of the final days of Al-Awda hospital, described by the World Health Organisation as the “last functioning hospital in North Gaza”.

Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Latika Bourke, an Australian author and journalist for The Nightly Australia, in London and Vali Nasr, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and former official at the US State department in Rome.

(Photo:A Houthi supporter holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Sana'a, Yemen, 20 June 2024/ EPA)