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Tehran launched more than 100 drones in Israel on Friday morning, shortly after Israel announced the start of a major operation against IranWith a wave of air strikes targeting Iranian nuclear installations, military commanders and the best scientists.
The Israeli defense forces spokesman, Brigadier, General Effie Defin, said on Friday in television remarks that Iran had launched more than 100 drones and that the air defenses of Israel “were already working to intercept threats.”
The Israeli media said that the first Iranian drones were to reach the country’s airspace around noon at local time, which would be around 4 am to the east. Israel intercepted practically all Iranian weapons launched during preceding large -scale attacks by the Islamic Republic. The action of reprisals by Iran has been expected for a long time and well planned, said Defi.
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Earlier Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the FDIs had started “the Rising Lion operation”, with a huge wave of air strikes against dozens of Iranian nuclear sites, military commanders and researchers, saying that the goal was to “back down the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival”.
The Iranian state media said that strikes have reached several cities, including the capital of Tehran and the city of Natanz, a key center of the Iranian uranium program. The attacks also killed Hossein Salami, the head of the Islamic Guard of Iran and other senior personalities, said on Friday.
The FDI said that the operation would continue for days, but that the first wave was made up of 200 Israeli hunting planes which dropped “more than 330 different ammunition”, hitting more than 100 targets in Iran.
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Iranian officials quickly threatened with reprisals, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying that Israel “should wait for a severe response.”
The FDI said in a statement before Iran’s reprisals that he had prepared for “a campaign on the front line and on the inner front”.
Netanyahu said that Iran’s strikes from Israel, “will continue for as many days as it will be to suppress this threat.”
The United States has not been involved in Israel’s strikes, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, adding a warning that “Iran should not target American interests or staff.”
The exchange of fires between the bitter enemies of the Middle East quickly hampered international air trips in the region. Dubai International Airport said In a message published on social networks that certain flights in the establishment, and at Al Maktoum International Airport, “Al Maktoum International Al Maktoum International was” canceled or delayed due to aerial space closings on Iran, Iraq and Syria “.
The airport said it “worked to manage the disturbances and support the guests concerned” and urged travelers to check with their airlines before coming to one or the other airport.
Shortly after the strikes of Israel, the United States Embassy in Israel ordered American staff to shelter in place. One day in advance, the Trump administration ordered Non-urgent American staff leave Iraq and have enabled US military family members to voluntarily leaving the Middle East.
The back and forth on Friday could degenerate to be among the most serious confrontations between Israel and Iran, which have been in Nemenes for decades. Trump warned earlier in the week that he could snowball in a “massive” conflict.
Israel has carried out strikes against Iranian proxies in recent years, while Iran has supported the enemies of Israel, including the militant Hamas group. In April of last year, Iran Missiles and drones launched in Israel after a strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus 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 retaliated with strikes on Iranian sites.
The Israeli strikes and the Iranian counterattack took place in the midst of President Trump’s efforts to conclude a new agreement with Iran to limit the country’s nuclear ambitions – an idea of which Israel has long been doubtful.
The United States and Iran should always hold talks on Sunday, several US officials said in CBS News. Friday, there was no immediate confirmation of Iran that she would still participate in these discussions.
Michal Ben-Gal, Seyed Bathaei, Jennifer Jacobs and Olivia Gazis contributed to this report.
