Tehran launched more than 100 drones in Israel on Friday morning, said Israel’s army, not long after Israel announced that a Important operation against Iranwith a wave of air attacks aimed at Iranian nuclear facilities, scientists and superior military commanders.
The spokesman for the Israel Defense Force (IDF), Brigade General, Effie Defrin, said in the television comments that Iran had launched the drones, and that Israel’s aerial defenses were already “working to intercept threats.” Later on Friday, an Israeli military official told journalists that, although the threat was not, Israel had managed to intercept many of the UAV of Iran.
The United States was not involved in Israel’s strikes, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, adding a warning that “Iran should not aim at the interests or personnel of the United States.”
Israel has intercepted virtualy every Iranian weapon launched in previous large -scale attacks of the Islamic Republic. Iran’s retaliation action was anticipated and well planned, said Defrin.
Israel says he destroyed Iran’s aerial defenses, killed the main commanders
The earliest Friday, Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced that the FDIs had begun “Operation Rising Lion”, with a huge wave of air attacks against the Iranian nuclear sites dishes, commanders of Milaary and Roll’s irantists, saying the Ten “Survival” goat.
Like Netanyahu, Idf Spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin, in a video statement delivered friday, strased the attack on Iran premptive, saying Israeli Intelligence Had Uncovered an Iranian “plan to destroy israel that has take shaope in recently” “Racing Towards A Nuclear Bomb,” Working to Double Or Triple ITS Ballist Missile Stockpile, and Continue “Finance, ARM, and OPERATE ITS Representatives through the Middle East against the state of Israel.”
“I can confirm that the superior security leadership of the Iranian regime has eliminated the bone in the strike: the Iranian Cabinet Chief ,, [Mohammad] Bagheri; The commander of the revolutionary guards, [Hossein] Salami; and the head of the emergency command, [Gholamali] Rashid, “said Defrin, added that other commanders had been killed and that the Israeli would provide more updates.
The IDF said that their operation continues for days, but that the first wave consisted of 200 Israeli combat aircraft that fell “around 330 different ammunition”, to achieve more than 100 goals in Iran.
The NATO chief urges decallation, says that the nuclear shock “is not close”
Iranian state media said Israeli attacks had reached several cities, even in the capital of Tehran and the city of Natanz, a key center for the Uranium enrichment program of Iran. The IDF said that he hit Iran’s uranium enrichment site in the Natanz area.
“The underground area of the site was damaged,” said the IDF in a statement. “This area contains a multi -story enrichment hall with centifugas, electric rooms and additional support infrastructure. In addition, the critical infrastructure that allows the continuous operation of the SIT and the directed efforts of the Iranian regime.”
The United Nations Nuclear Surveillance Agency, the IIAEA, said in a series of publications in social networks that its general director Rafael Grossi had been in contact with the Iranian authorities on Friday that the highly sensitive and highly sensitive and highly sensitive for Israeli attacks told him.
The OIEA also said that the “Bushehr nuclear energy plant in Iran had not directed and that an increase in radiation levels on the Natanz site has not been observed.”
On Friday, duration of a visit to Sweden, NATO general secretary Mark Rutte told reporters that it was a unilateral action of Israel. So I think it is crucial that many allies, including the United States, work while we talk to break. ”
Despite the ongoing attacks, Routte said he believed that the region “was not close” of a possible nuclear conflict.
While there are no statements that Iran has built a nuclear weapon, it is believed that Israel has multiple eyelets, although it has never formally confirmed or denied its nation status with nuclear weapons.
Iranian officials quickly threatened with reprisals to the attack, with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamei saying that Israel “should expect a tough answer.”
The FDI said in a retaliation statement before he had prepared for “a campaign in the front line and in the front of the house.”
Netanyahu said that Israel’s attacks against Iran, “will continue for as many days as necessary to eliminate this threat.”
Shortly after Israel’s attacks, the United States embassy in Israel ordered US personnel to take refuge in their place.
A day before, the Trump administration tidy No emergency of US personnel to leave Iraq and allowed members of the US military family to leave the Middle East voluntarily.
Risk of a growing regional conflict
Israel has carried out strikes against Iranian representatives in recent years, while Iran has backed the enemies of Israel, including the militant group Hamas.
In April or last year, Iran Missiles thrown and drones In Israel after a strike at the Iran Consulate In Damascus It was widely attributed to Israel, but the Israeli army intercepted the vast majority of weapons.
Six months later, Iran launched more Missiles in Israel, which represents with strikes in Iranian sites.
On Friday and round Friday it could be intensified to be among the most severe clash between Israel and Iran, who have been adversaries for decades. Trump warned at the beginning of the week that strikes could be snowy in a “mass” conflict.
Farea Al-Muslimi, a researcher in the group of experts in Chatham House, said in a statement on Friday that the Houthi backed by Iran in Yemen could play a role in the Iranian response to Israel.
“With Iran currently weakened and humiliated, this marks the first time that Iranian investment and support decades will be requested,” Al-Muslimi belonged. “Following him Kill or Hassan Nasrallah In Lebanon and Assad regime collapse In Syria, the hutis have become Iran’s first line of defense against Israel, an increasingly central role. ”
Al-Muslimi said the Hutí response could extend beyond retaliation attacks on Israel himself.
“The strikes in the Red Sea will probably resume, the high fire with the United States can unravel, and we should surprise ourselves if Saudi Arabia and the EAU are dragged again to the direct conflict in Yemen,” said Al-Muslimi. “The attacks of the Hutis in the US military bases in the Gulf, the Horn of Africa and the naval forces in the sea are also highly plausible.”
The Israeli attack throws doubts about the nuclear conversations of the US fate.
Israeli attacks and Iranian counterattack occurred in the midst of President Trump’s efforts to reach a new agreement with Iran to limit the country’s nuclear ambitions, an idea of Israel has been doubtful for a long time or.
The United States and Iran were ready to hold conversations on Sunday, several US officials said to There were no immediate comments from any high -ranking Iranian official that these plans would change the change after Israel’s attack, but some reports in the Iranian media indicated that they will probably no longer participate in the negotiations.
“With the actions of Israel, the sixth round of negotiations with the United States will not be held,” said Iranian legislator Aladdin Boroujerdi, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Parliament, according to the Iranian media.