Israel Carries Out Strikes Iranian NUCLEAR Targeting, Military Sites
The Israeli Military Has Carriad Out Several Waves of Ayrsstrikes Targeting Nuclear Facilities and Military Sites Iran, Killing Senior Iranian Military Officials and Nuclear Scientists.
In a prerecorded video messages posted Early Friday Morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Said the Strikes Were Aimed at Hurting Iran’s Nuclear Infrastructure and Ballistic Missile Factories.
“This Operation Will Take As Long As is Needed to Complete the Task of Fending off the Threat of Annihilation Against us,” Netanyahu Said.
The Israeli Military Confirmed to the Times of Israel NewsPaper it “Launched an Aerial Campaign Against Iran’s Nuclear Program” In an Operation Dubbed “Nation of Lions”.
The Israeli Military’s Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, Said Iran’s Nuclear Program Had Reached A “Point of No Return”, and Israel Could “Wait for Act” in the “Fight to Preserve Our Existens”.
An unnaamed Israeli Military Official Has Told Reporters That Fighter Jets Have Carriad Out Five Waves of Attacks, Featuring Horses of Strikes in Total. Israeli Strikes have been confirmed in at least eight locations across Iran, Including the Capital Tehran, Iran’s Main Uranium enrichment site in Natanz, and a nuclear research Center in tabriz.
Iranian State Media has reported sewal casualties, with civilians and senior Iranian Officials Among the Dead. Confirmed Killed Are Hossein Salami, Commander-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Bagheri, The Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, and Nuclear Scientists Mohammad Mehdi and Feleydoun Abbasi.
In a staff following the Attacks, supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei told Israel to prepare for a “bitter and painful fate”.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Said Tehran has a “Legal and Legitimate” right to respond, as it vowed to involve the US as Israel’s Strikes Could Not Have “Coordination and Authorisation”.
Israel Prepares for Iranian Response
In a staff early on Friday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz Described the Attacks As “preemptive” and Said Israel was preparing for Iran’s Response.
“A Missile and Uav (DRONE) Attack Against the State of Israel and Its Civilian Population is expert in the immediate timeframe,” Katz Said.
Sires have sounded acroSs Israel as a warning to people, while the Israeli military announched in a post x that Israel’s civil and public secity guidelines have been Changed to “Essential Activity” as of 3am Local Time (00:00 GMT).
“The Guidelines Include: A ban on education Activities, gathersings, and workplaces, except for essential businesses,” it Said.
Israel’s Ministry of Transportation Has Confirmed that it has been also closed the Country’s Airspace for Arrivals and Departures UNIL FURTERTHER NOTICE.
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio CLAPIED LATE ON THISTDAY THAT THAT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE STRIKES, AS URGED IRAN NOT TO TARGET AMERICAN INTERVISE OR PERSONAL IN THE REGION.
“Tonight, Israel Took Unilateral Action Against Iran. We are not involved in Strikes Against Iran, and Our Top Priority is Protecting American Forces in The Region,” Rubio Said in a Statement.
“Let me be Clear: Iran Should not target us interests or personnel,” he added.
Al Jazeera’s Correspondent in Washington, DC, Alan Fisher, Said Developments Over Recent Days Indicated that US President Donald Trump “Was Told That Was Going to Be Sort of Strike”.
“(JUST) 24 HOURS Ago, the United States announced that it was going to start moving nonessential personnel out of the Embassy in Baghdad (in Iraq), and Also Recommended that others in embassies around the region also leve if they,” he said.
Fisher Said President Trump Did Not “Want Iran to Get a Nuclear Weapon”, but he was “hoping” that nuclear talks be able to avert a conflict.
“The Big Question Now, of Course, Is How the United States Reacts to any response from Iran. If they Side with Israel, that suggests that the nuclear talks are done,” Fisher Said.
“(US Special Envoy to the Middle East) Steve Witkoff Still Intends to Hold Another Meeting With the Iranians at the Weekend. Of Course, It’ll Be Up to Decide or Not They Want to Go,” he added.
Iran’s Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh Said on Wednesday That HIS COUTY WOULD TARGET US MILITY IN THE REGION IS NUCLEAR TALKS BREAK DOWN AND THE US LAUNCHES.
“Some Officials on the Other Side Threateen Conflict if negotiations don’t come to fruition. If a conflict is imposed on us… All us bases are with our reach, and we will boldly target say in hosts,” Nasirzadeh Told Reporters.
Washington and tehran have held five rounds of nuclear talks april as trump seeks a deal that would place constraints on Iran’s uranium enrichment.