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Israel launched a wave of strikes across Iran on Friday that targeted its nuclear program and military sites, killing at least two top military officers and raising the prospect of an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries.

It appeared to be the most significant attack Iran has faced since its 1980s war with Iraq.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday Israel will face “severe punishment,” as state-run IRNA news agency confirmed top military officials and scientists had been killed in the attack.

Air-raid sirens preventatively rang out in Israel.

The attack comes as tensions have reached new heights over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. The Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time in 20 years on Thursday censured Iran over it not working with its inspectors. Iran immediately announced it would establish a third enrichment site in the country and swap out some centrifuges for more advanced ones.

Israel for years has warned it will not allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon, something Tehran insists it doesn’t want—though officials there have repeatedly warned it could.

Here's the latest:
<h2>IDF: 'Millions of Israelis' Seeking Shelter From Missile Attacks</h2>
Millions of Israelis are seeking shelter from Iranian ballistic missile attacks, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a post on the social media platform X on Saturday.

“We would rather not be tweeting the same thing many times in a day, but millions of Israelis keep running to shelter as Iran keeps shooting more ballistic missiles at Israel,” the IDF said in the post.

Less than an hour earlier, another IDF post gave an update on the situation in northern Israel, with a map focusing on areas southwest of the Sea of Galilee.

“Israelis are currently running for shelter in northern Israel as sirens sound due to another missile launch from Iran,” the post said.
<h2>IDF: More Missiles From Iran Identified Heading for Israel</h2>
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it identified more missiles launched from Iran in the now early hours of June 14.

Sirens sounded in several areas across the nation, and the public was instructed to take shelter until further notice and follow the instructions of the Home Front Command.

“At this time, the [Israeli Air Force] is operating to intercept and strike where necessary to eliminate the threat,” the IDF said.
<h2>Israeli Authorities Say 34 Wounded From Iranian Strikes</h2>
At least 34 people in the Tel Aviv area were wounded during Iran’s retaliatory missile attack against Israel, according to paramedic services. That casualty list includes a woman who was trapped under rubble and was left critically injured.
<h2>Iranian Ambassador Says 78 Killed, 320 Injured From Strikes</h2>
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, says 78 people were killed and more than 320 injured due to Israeli attacks on his nation.

Iravani addressed an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on June 13, saying that Israel’s actions were a “barbaric and criminal attack.”

According to the ambassador, “the overwhelming majority” of the victims were civilians.

“These atrocities constitute clear acts of state terrorism and flagrant violation of international law,” Iravani said.
<h2>What Israel’s Attack Destroyed at the Main Iranian Nuclear Facility</h2>
U.N. nuclear chief Rafael Grossi told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that Israeli strikes destroyed the above-ground section of Iran’s main nuclear facility at Natanz.

He said all the electrical infrastructure and emergency power generators were destroyed as well as a section of the facility where uranium was enriched up to 60 percent.

The main centrifuge facility underground did not appear to have been hit, but the loss of power could have damaged the infrastructure there, he said.
<h2>Israelis Wounded by Iranian Missiles</h2>
In Ramat Gan, rescuers were trying to get out 15 people from a house they were trapped in after it was hit by a missile. Yossi Griver from Israel’s home front command said authorities were trying to free them. He said people were eating Friday night dinner when their house was struck, many are elderly people.

The area was badly hit Friday night. The AP saw at least three damaged houses, one where the front was nearly entirely torn off, as well as burnt out cars.
<h2>Israeli Authorities Report 5 Wounded</h2>
Israeli paramedics report that five people were injured in the Tel Aviv area after multiple waves of Iranian missiles worked to push through Israel’s Iron Dome defense systems.

One casualty is said to be in moderate condition, and the other four were lightly injured by shrapnel.
<h2>Iran’s Supreme Leader Vows Revenge for Israeli Attacks</h2>
In a recorded message to the nation broadcast as Iranian missiles flew toward Israel, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the military was prepared to counterattack.

“Don’t think that they (Israel) hit and it’s over. No. They started the work and started the war. We will not allow them to escape safely from this great crime they committed,” he said.
<h2>Air Raid Sirens Sound Across Israel Amid Iranian Missile Attack</h2>
The rumble of explosions could be heard throughout Jerusalem, and Israeli TV stations showed plumes of smoke rising in Tel Aviv after an apparent missile strike. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The army said dozens of missiles were launched.

The army has ordered residents across the country to move into bomb shelters.
<h2>Israel Says Iran Has Launched Missiles</h2>
The Israeli military’s Home Front Command has instructed people to move into shelters ahead of an expected Iranian missile attack.

The army says Iran has launched missiles, and the safety order applies to the entire country.

Israel’s Channel 13 TV says the missiles are expected to take about 10 minutes to arrive.
<h2>Israeli Military Briefing Cut Short by Possible Incoming Iranian Attack, Official Says</h2>
Israel’s military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said that despite Israel’s attack, “Iran has capability to hurt Israel’s civilian front in a meaningful way.”

Defrin’s briefing was cut short. An Israeli military official says this was due to an incoming Iranian attack on central Israel. The official spoke on condition pending a formal announcement.
<h2>Israel’s Military Begins Stationing Troops in ‘All Combat Arenas’</h2>
The military said it was calling up reservists from different military units as “part of preparations for defense and offense” as its attack on Iran continues.

The move comes as Israel braces for further counterattacks from Iran or Iranian proxy groups on Israel’s borders.
<h2>Trump Says Iranian Officials Reaching Out to Him</h2>
President Donald Trump told NBC News that Iranian officials have contacted him following Israel’s strikes on Iran.

“They’re calling me to speak,” he said. "The same people we worked with the last time ... Many of them are dead now."

Trump did not name the officials.
<h2>Iraq PM Calls Israel’s Attack ‘Blatant Violation of International Law’</h2>
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met with international leaders in the U.S. Embassy in Iraq on June 13 and called Israel’s offensive against Iran an “act of aggression that undermines the foundations of the international order.”

Al-Sudani met with U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Steven Fagin and Gen. Kevin Leahy, commander of the International Coalition to Combat ISIS, and said Israel’s action “constitutes a blatant violation of international law,” according to the prime minister’s media office.

The Iraqi leader stressed his position that the international community should take “immediate steps” to “reaffirm the prohibition on the use of force” to prevent uncontrolled violence in the region.
<h2>Trump: US Knew of Israel’s Plans to Attack Iran</h2>
President Donald Trump said the United States was aware of Israel’s plans to strike Iran.

"Heads-up? It wasn’t a heads-up. It was, we know what's going on," he told The Wall Street Journal.

Trump said the Israeli operation was "a very successful attack, to put it mildly."

Trump said he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 12 and plans to speak with him on Friday.
<h2>Trump: Iran Has ‘Perhaps’ a Second Chance After 60-Day Ultimatum</h2>
President Donald Trump said Iran “perhaps” has a second chance after failing to adhere to a 60-day ultimatum.

“Two months ago I gave Iran a 60 day ultimatum to ‘make a deal.’ They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!” he wrote on Truth Social.
<h2>Iran’s President Reacts to Israeli Strikes</h2>
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reacted strongly to the Israeli strikes on Iran.

“The Iranian nation and officials will not remain silent in the face of this crime. The Islamic Republic of Iran's legitimate and powerful response will make the enemy regret its foolish act,” he said, according to Iranian state media.
<h2>Israel Claims it Killed Head of Revolutionary Guard Missile Program</h2>
Israel claimed Friday it killed Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's missile program in Iran.

Iran did not immediately acknowledge his death officially, though rumors of his death had been circulating for some time online.

Hajizadeh is a major commander within the Guard, overseeing its ballistic missile arsenal.
<h2>Trump Says He Gave Iran ‘Chance After Chance’ to Make a Deal</h2>
In his first public response to the strikes, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a statement posted to social media that he had given Iran “chance after chance to make a deal” but “they just couldn’t get it done.”

“I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come - And they know how to use it,” he wrote.

“Certain Iranian hardliner’s [sic] spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!”

The president said Iran must make a deal “before there is nothing left.”

“No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
<h2>Iran Names Replacements for Commanders Killed in Strikes</h2>
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has replaced two top military commanders killed in a wave of Israeli strikes on Friday.

State TV said he tapped Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi as the new head of the armed forces, replacing Gen. Mohammad Bagheri. Mousavi was previously the top army commander.

Khamenei chose Mohammad Pakpour to lead the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, replacing Gen. Hossein Salami.
<h2>Leaders Call For De-escalation</h2>
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on the alliance to push for de-escalation in the Middle East during a news conference in Stockholm.

"This was a unilateral action by Israel. So I think it is now crucial for many allies, including the United States, to work, as we speak, to de-escalate," he said. “I know they're doing that. And I think that is now the first order of the day."

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer echoed those sentiments.

In a statement posted on the social media platform X, Starmer said, “The reports of these strikes are concerning and we urge all parties to step back and reduce tensions urgently. Escalation serves no one in the region.”

German Chancellor Freidrich Merz said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed him about the strike against Iran during a phone call.

He said Israel had a right to defend itself but called on “both sides to refrain from steps that could lead to further escalation and destabilize the entire region,” according to Welt.
<h2>Iran Says Nuclear Enrichment Facility Was Damaged</h2>
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said in a statement that parts of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility were damaged during the Israeli strikes but that no nuclear radiation or chemical contamination has occurred.
<h2>Israel’s Defense Minister Threatens Further Attacks Against Iran</h2>
In a statement soon after Israel’s military said it had completed the attack on Iran, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military would “continue its activities to thwart the Iranian nuclear program and remove threats on the State of Israel.

“The precise hit on the heads of the commanders of the Revolutionary Guards, the Iranian army and the nuclear scientists, who were all involved in promoting the plan to destroy Israel, is a strong and clear message—those who work to destroy Israel will be eliminated.”
<h2>Israeli Military Says Widespread Attack on Iranian Air Defenses Complete</h2>
The Israeli military says it has completed a widespread attack on air defenses in western Iran.

It said Friday that it had destroyed dozens of radar installations and surface-to-air missile launchers.
<h2>Jordanian State Media Says Country Intercepting Missiles and Drones</h2>
Jordanian state media said the country’s Air Force is intercepting missiles and drones in its air space.

The state news agency quoted an unnamed senior military official as saying that the interceptions were carried out based on military assessments indicating that the missiles and drones were likely to fall within Jordanian territory, including populated areas, posing a potential threat to civilian safety.

The official added that the Jordan Armed Forces are operating “around the clock to defend the country’s borders by land, sea, and air and will not allow any violation of Jordanian airspace under any circumstances.”
<h2>Iran Launches 100 Drones at Israel: IDF</h2>
Iran has launched 100 drones toward Israel in response to the overnight strikes, the Israel Defense Forces said.

“In the last few hours, Iran has launched more than 100 drones toward Israel, and all the defense systems are acting to intercept the threats,” IDF spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Deffrin said.

Iran previously launched a large-scale drone attack against Israel in April 2024 following an Israeli operation that killed a high-ranking IRGC official in Damascus, Syria.
At the time, Israel said 99 percent of the drones were intercepted by its air defenses and its allies.
<h2>IAEA Says Isfahan Nuclear Site Not Impacted</h2>
The IAEA says Iran’s nuclear site at Isfahan had not been impacted by the Israeli attacks.

The UN nuclear agency also said Iran’s underground enrichment site at Fordo “has not been impacted.”

Earlier, the agency had said Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, on the Persian Gulf coast, “has not been targeted.”
<h2>Jordanian Forces on Alert</h2>
Jordan’s army said Friday that its forces were on alert to confront any threat.

A military official said all units were at the highest levels of readiness and it was closely monitoring the developments.

Jordan’s minister of state communications and government spokesperson, Dr. Mohammad al-Momani, said that the country will not allow its airspace to be violated and it will not be a “battleground for any conflict.”
<h2>US Embassy in Bahrain Warns Personnel to 'Exercise Increased Caution'</h2>
The U.S. embassy in Manama, Bahrain, advised its personnel on Friday to “exercise increased caution” and “limit non-essential travel around the country,” after Israel’s early morning strikes on Iran.

“We recommend American citizens in Bahrain to do the same, and stand by for further instructions as we assess the situation,” the embassy added in a security alert.

Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
<h2>Israel Says Some 200 Fighter Jets Involved in Strikes</h2>
Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Deffrin said that some 200 Israeli fighter jets participated in the operation, striking some 100 targets.

He said the attacks were continuing.
<h2>Jordan Closes Its Airspace After Israeli Strikes on Iran</h2>
Jordan has closed its airspace following Israel’s strikes on Iran early Friday.

Iran, Israel and Iraq have also closed their airspace.

Jordan’s civil aviation authority says the airspace will be closed for all flights over the country.

Jordan News Agency said the temporary measure is out of concern for any dangers related to the escalation in the region.
<h2>IDF Says 3 Top Iranian Military Commanders Killed</h2>
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that three of Iran’s top military leaders were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Iran on June 13.

In a statement on the social media platform X, an IDF spokesperson said the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, the commander of the Revolutionary Guard, and the head of Iran’s emergency command were all “eliminated” in the strikes.

“These are three ruthless mass murderers with international blood on their hands. The world is a better place without them,” the spokesperson said.
<h2>Iranian Chief of Staff Killed in Israeli Strike</h2>
An Israeli airstrike killed Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Iranian state television reported Friday.

Bagheri is a former top commander within Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

The state TV report offered no further details.

Multiple military officials and scientists have been killed in the Israeli attack Friday on sites across Iran.
<h2>International Atomic Energy Agency Confirms Natanz Site Hit by Israel</h2>
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that Iran’s nuclear site in Natanz was one of the sites hit in Israel’s strikes during Operation Rising Lion on June 13.

“The IAEA is closely monitoring the deeply concerning situation in Iran. Agency can confirm Natanz site among targets,” the agency’s director general Rafael Grossi said in a statement. “The Agency is in contact with Iranian authorities regarding radiation levels. We are also in contact with our inspectors in the country.”
<h2>Israeli President Says Israel Has Right to Defend Itself</h2>
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog said Friday that Israel has the right and duty to defend itself.

He said Iran continued to radicalize and destabilize the region and the hope is that Friday’s attack will change the trajectory of the region to a more peaceful future.
<h2>Netanyahu Suggests More Attacks Coming</h2>
Netanyahu later issued a statement suggesting more attacks would be coming, saying: “We are going to have many more achievements.”
<h2>Iran’s Supreme Leader Threatens ‘Severe Punishment’</h2>
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that Israel will face “severe punishment” over its attack on the country.

Khamenei issued a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency. It also confirmed that top military officials and scientists had been killed in the attack.

Israel “opened its wicked and blood-stained hand to commit a crime against our beloved country, revealing its malicious nature more than ever by striking residential centers,” Khamenei said.
<h2>Strikes Come Days Before Iran, US Were to Hold Talks in Oman</h2>
Israel’s strikes come days before a sixth round of talks were planned between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program this Sunday in Oman.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s new administration has been seeking a deal that would halt Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the strikes would affect plans for the talks.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel acted unilaterally in striking Iran, but Friday morning, Iranian state television aired footage of people chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”
<h2>Black Smoke Seen Over Iran's Main Nuclear Enrichment Facility</h2>
Black smoke rose Friday over Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz though it wasn’t clear how bad the damage was.

Iranian state television briefly showed the live picture with a reporter.

Natanz is partially above ground, partially below ground, with multiple halls of centrifuges spinning uranium gas for its nuclear program.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said Israel targeted the site in Friday’s attack. Natanz previously has been targeted by the Stuxnet cyberattack and multiple sabotage campaigns likely carried out by Israel.
<h2>US Embassy in Israel Instructs All Government Employees to Shelter in Place</h2>
The United States’ embassy in Israel issued new guidance for all government employees and their families, and citizens in the country.

“As a result of the current security situation, the U.S. Embassy has directed all U.S. government employees and their family members to shelter in place until further notice,” the statement reads.

The embassy also said that it might further restrict or prohibit government employees and their families from traveling to certain areas of Israel and the West Bank.

It also instructed all Americans in the country to monitor its website, as well as local media for the latest information, listen to local authorities, know where the closest bomb shelter is, and download the Home Front Command Red Alert application.

“The U.S. Embassy reminds U.S. citizens of the continued need for caution and increased personal security awareness—including knowing the location of the nearest shelter in the event of a red alert as security incidents, including mortar, rocket, and missile fire, and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) intrusions, often take place without any warning,” it added. “The security environment is complex and can change quickly.”
<h2>Iran to Issue ‘Decisive’ Response to Israeli Strikes</h2>
In the wake of Israel’s pre-emptive strike on multiple strategic targets, Iran’s state-run news agency, IRNA, quoted an anonymous official saying that the Islamic nation would offer up a “decisive” response.
<h2>Iranian State TV Confirms Head of Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Killed</h2>
Iranian state television has confirmed the head of country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, was killed in an Israeli strike.

An anchor read a statement saying: “The news of assassination and martyrdom of Gen. Hossein Salami was confirmed.”

The Guard is a major power center within Iran’s theocracy, with vast business interests and oversees the nation’s ballistic missile arsenal.
<h2>Sen. Cruz Warns Iran Not to Attack Americans</h2>
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued a warning to Iranian leaders on June 12.

“I want to give a message to the Ayatollah right now: If you strike at America, if you attack our military bases, if you kill one single American serviceman or woman, I have every confidence that President [Donald] Trump will respond with overwhelming force,” Cruz told Fox News.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a speech announcing the strikes posted on social media, described the threat posed by Iran.

For decades, Iranians have “called for Israel’s destruction,” Netanyahu said, and in recent years have accelerated their efforts to develop nuclear weapons “in a very short time.”

“This is a clear and present danger to Israel's very survival,” Netanyahu said.
<h2>Head of Revolutionary Guard Feared Dead</h2>
Iranian state television says the head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, is feared dead after an Israeli attack.

It added that one other top Guard official, as well as two nuclear scientists, were also feared dead. The report offered few other details.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, created after its 1979 Islamic Revolution, is one of the main power centers within the country’s theocracy. It also controls Iran’s arsenal of ballistic missiles, which it has used to attack Israel twice during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
<h2>Headquarters of Iran’s Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Is Ablaze</h2>
An Israeli attack on Iran has set the headquarters of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard ablaze, state television reported Friday.

A reporter on air said he was unable to get closer due to the intensity of the fire in Iran’s capital, Tehran.

Multiple sites in the capital had been hit in the attack, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said targeted both sites of and officials leading Iran’s nuclear program and its ballistic missile arsenal.
<h2>Netanyahu Says Israel Struck Nuclear and Missile Sites</h2>
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel targeted Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz and the country’s ballistic missile program, as well as top nuclear scientists and officials.

He said Iran was working on a new plan to destroy Israel after its old plan, its circle of proxies, failed. He called it an intolerable threat that must be stopped.
<h2>Dozens of Commercial Flights Over Iran as Attack Begins</h2>
Dozens of commercial airliners were in Iranian airspace as the strikes took place, according to flight tracking websites.

More than an hour after the Israeli attack, some were still making their way out of Iranian airspace, but some abruptly altered course to more quickly exit the area.

Many nations' jets already did not overfly Iran because of regional tensions.
<h2>Scope of Attack Remains Unclear</h2>
The extent of Israel's strikes remained unclear early Friday.

Explosions could be heard across Tehran, Iran’s capital city. There were some images circulating of damaged residential buildings.

Iranian state television also was being careful in how they described the assault, suggesting that some areas outside of Tehran that had also been hit.
<h2>Netanyahu Says Strikes Respond to Threat to Israel’s Survival</h2>
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address on YouTube that the country launched “a targeted military operation roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.”

He added that the attacks will continue “for as many days at it takes to remove this threat.”
<h2>Israel Closes Its Airspace</h2>
Israel closed its airspace in anticipation of Iranian retaliation.

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