The initial direct meeting between Western representatives and Iranian officials, taking place over four hours, ended without any immediate resolution to the ongoing conflict.

President Trump stated that he would delay his decision for as long as two weeks on whether to support Israel’s air assault on Iran, giving diplomacy more time. If the US were to join, their action would likely target Iran’s deeply buried Fordo uranium enrichment plant, which is mostly vulnerable to America’s advanced “bunker-buster” bombs.

A handful of cars were set ablaze in the attack but no one was seriously wounded, as residents had hunkered down in bomb shelters. The Israeli military said Iran had fired a missile rigged with fragmenting cluster munitions in its attack on Beersheba for the second time.

In northern Israel, a projectile fell in downtown Haifa, wounding at least 31 people, according to the city’s Rambam Medical Center. Black smoke rose over the city’s main port. The windows and walls of several buildings, including a mosque, were blown out by the blast.

Israeli President Issac Herzog shared photos of the destruction and said the strike injured several Muslim clerics and worshippers.