Israel vows to make Iran pay ‘heavy price’ as fighting rages on

Israel unleashed a punishing barrage of strikes targeting the capital Tehran Sunday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to make Iran pay “a very heavy price” for killing civilians, on the third day of fierce fighting.

With no let-up in sight, Iran said it would begin opening mosques, metro stations and schools to serve as makeshift bomb shelters for civilians, as Israel kept up its withering blows.

After decades of enmity and war by proxy, the latest conflict marked the first time…