Strikes hit the city of Isfahan at 5am local time. Officials say they do not believe the city's nuclear facilities were struck. Military targets in Iraq and Syria were also reportedly destroyed simultaneously. It comes after President Biden warned Israel not to plunge the Middle East further into crisis
Israel has reportedly launched what's being called a "limited" strike on Iran in retaliation for that country's attack on Israel on Saturday.
There are also reports of explosions in Iraq and Syria. The extent of Israel's strikes weren't yet clear.
It would be the first time the US imposed sanctions on the Netzah Yehuda, or ‘Judea Forever,’ a special unit for ultra-Orthodox Jewish soldiers
Israel has launched a retaliatory strike against Iran with explosions reported near a military base early on Friday morning.]]>
“This strike is clearly intended to not escalate the situation further,” one former Pentagon official said.
After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both
The war of words between Israel and Iran is heating up as Israel's response to Iran's missile and drone attack last week draws near. The tit-for-tat attacks and retaliation cycle are escalating as a war neither side wants becomes more likely with each statement emanating from the two nation's capitals. “The nuclear facilities of the Zionist enemy have been identified and all the necessary information from all targets is at our disposal,” the
Blame Biden for the widening war in the Middle East, not Israel’s justified counterattacks.
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Biden said the sanctions, carried out in coordination with the U.K., were a response to “one of the largest missile and drone attacks the world has ever seen against Israel.”
Israel’s military has not confirmed strike and Iranian officials maintain ‘no damage’ in Isfahan