Israel launches strikes against Iran
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The IDF says it killed Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami in overnight strikes and has intercepted retaliatory drones launched by Iran.
It may take days, or weeks, to assess how far Israel has set back Iran’s atomic capabilities. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has covered Iran’s nuclear program, and the efforts to prevent it from obtaining an atomic weapon,
Tehran launched more than 100 drones at Israel on Friday morning, Israel's military said, not long after Israel announced it had begun a major operation against Iran, with a wave of airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities,
Israel and Iran opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict when Israel launched a major attack with strikes early Friday that set off explosions in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
The decision comes as officials say they believe that Israel is preparing to launch a military attack on Iran. Tehran condemned the vote.
Rising tensions over Iran's nuclear program have escalated amid diplomatic breakdowns, military preparations, and threats of conflict across the Middle East.
The US has ordered the evacuation of its embassy in Iraq as tensions rise in the region - with the Trump administration trying to reach a deal with Iran to curtail its nuclear programme.