European nations worked Monday to keep diplomatic efforts to curb the Israel-Iran war alive as the two countries traded strikes following the United States’ weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear program. Calls for Tehran to enter talks with Washington appeared to fall on deaf ears as it reached out to ally Russia for support.

Israel ratcheted up attacks on Iran even as Tehran vowed to retaliate against US strikes on its nuclear facilities over the weekend, fueling fears of a wider war in the Middle East and rattling global markets.

Israel's Defense Ministry says its forces hit more Iranian government targets Monday in Tehran, including the notorious Evin Prison.

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Minutes after President Donald Trump announced that the US had bombed three of Iran’s nuclear facilities, Netanyahu effusively praised the American leader as someone whose decisions could lead the region to a “future of prosperity and peace.