Trump administration officials emphasized that the strikes were not intended to be the start of an all-out war with Iran, which vowed to defend itself. Pentagon officials said that the facilities sustained “severe damage,” but that it was too soon to say whether Iran retained some nuclear capability.

European officials, who have been effectively sidelined in the war between Israel and Iran, will try to exert limited leverage in a meeting with Iranian officials on Friday in…

President Trump said there was little he could do to stop the Israeli attacks. A European diplomatic effort to rein in the hostilities ended without a breakthrough on Friday.