Israel has launched a series of airstrikes across targets in Iran, and escalated the simmering conflict between the two nations into a full-on war.
BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks after Israel launches air strikes on Iran. pic.twitter.com/YHpPiqre0i
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Israel launched a series of airstrikes against Iran early Friday morning local time, targeting locations it said were related to Iran’s nuclear program.
Dozens of Israeli aircraft participated in an initial wave of strikes on dozens of military targets and Iranian nuclear sites early on Friday morning.
Warning sirens have been set off to get the public ready for potential Iranian counterattacks of ballistic missiles on Israel.
The IDF had not stopped attacking since the initial wave. Rather, as of 4:30 a.m., the IAF was still carrying out broad attacks, and there were no specific signs of stopping.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Iran is gearing up to produce tens of thousands of ballistic missiles, which could kill millions of Israelis even without nuclear weapons, but imagine if any of them had nuclear weapons on them.
Further, Netanyahu stated Iran may only be a few months away from being able to actually make a nuclear weapon, and not just have enough uranium.
A senior defense official on Friday morning said that there is an increasing possibility that the Iranian high command, including Iran’s military chief and Iran’s senior nuclear scientists, have been killed in the preemptive strike.
Iran has not yet fired ballistic missiles, but it has thousands of them.
The IDF confirmed that the reason for the attack is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
“Weapons of mass destruction in the hands of the Iranian regime are an existential threat to the State of Israel and to the wider world,” the military said.
IDF Spokesperson, BG Effie Defrin explains Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear program (CREDIT: IDF SPOKESPERSON))According to the IDF, Iran has enough uranium to weaponize it to nuclear levels, for 15 nuclear weapons within days.
Defense sources have warned that stairwells are no longer considered adequate protection in the event of missile retaliation.
🚨BREAKING: Fox News reports Israel is expected to keep striking Iran’s nuclear sites to shut down the program for good.
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