Israel Iran Attack Live Updates: In a televised address following the airstrikes, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel had launched a “targeted military operation” aimed at countering what he called an existential threat from Iran.
Loud explosions and air raid sirens were reported across Tehran, with several districts in the Iranian capital shaken by blasts. Unconfirmed reports suggest that high-ranking Iranian military officials — including IRGC commander Hossein Salami and military chief Mohammad Bagheri — may have been killed, along with senior nuclear scientists.
The strike comes amid growing Israeli concerns over Iran’s expanding military infrastructure and secretive nuclear weapons program, which has long drawn condemnation from the United States as well. Israel views the Iranian regime’s goal of eliminating the Jewish state not just as ideological rhetoric, but as a committed and escalating threat.
