Israel, Iran and Ali Khamenei
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The Israeli Air Force (IAF) says it has destroyed "dozens" of radars and surface-to-air missile launchers as part of the attacks on Iran's air defence systems in the west of the country. Calling it a "large-scale strike", the IAF says this forms part of ongoing operations to damage Iran's air defence systems and those of its proxies.
"The full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," Trump warned.
Israel’s ambassador to the United States said Sunday that Israel was not looking to limit or quickly finish up its war with Iran. “The objective is not to contain the war. The objective is to win the war,” Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said to host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”
Israel decimated the group’s leadership last fall and degraded its military capabilities. Can the same strategy work against a far more powerful foe?
The IDF says Iran has launched about 100 drones towards its territory and says it killed Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami in overnight strikes.
Iran will continue its military operations until Israel regrets its actions, the spokesperson for Iran's Armed Forces General Staff, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, said on Saturday. Speaking to Iranian state television, Shekarchi commented on Israel's recent attack against Iran and Tehran's subsequent response.
Analysts believe that Iran may accelerate efforts to acquire a nuclear bomb as it faces a major Israeli assault.
Israel launched “preemptive” strikes early Friday across Iran, amid growing regional tensions and concerns about Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
The United States has said that it is not involved in Israel's strikes on Iran and that it's priority is the safety of US personnel in the region.
5:00 p.m. EDT Iran U.N. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani told the U.N. Security Council that 78 people are dead and 320 are injured, acknowledging the deaths of military officials and nuclear scientists but noting “the overwhelming majority” of the dead are civilians.
President Donald Trump said the United will come down on Iran “at levels never seen before” if the Middle Eastern country attacks.