Iran has launched an early morning missile attack on central Israel, resulting in a fire in Holon, as several Israeli attacks were reported including on Iran’s Isfahan, home to a key nuclear research centre.
According to Aljazeera Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says it would be “very dangerous for everybody” if the United States joins Israel’s “aggression”.
Israel’s military chief Eyal Zamir warns his country should be prepared for a “prolonged campaign” against Iran as Israeli attacks on the country enter their ninth day.
US President Donald Trump has publicly rebuked his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying she was wrong to state there was no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon.
The International Atomic Energy Agency warns of danger from “radiological and chemical contamination” inside Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility following Israeli attacks, but there is currently no change to radioactivity outside the site.
Entire residential buildings were levelled in the capital, military sites and air defence batteries were targeted, and above-ground facilities supporting nuclear enrichment halls buried deep inside mountains in Isfahan province’s Natanz were bombed. Dozens of civilians were killed, as were a large number of top military commanders and nuclear scientists.
