Israeli military says it is ‘conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran’.
Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday targeting what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault Oct. 1, officials said. There was no immediate information on damage in the Islamic Republic.
Israels military described the attack as precise strikes on military targets in Iran, without immediately elaborating.
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The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since Oct. 7 on seven fronts including direct attacks from Iranian soil, an Israeli military statement said. Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond.
In Tehran, the Iranian capital, the sound of explosions could be heard, with state-run media there initially acknowledging the blasts and saying some of the sounds came from air defense systems around the city.
Iran has launched two ballistic missile attacks on Israel in recent months amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that began with the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Israel also has launched a ground invasion of Lebanon.
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The strike happened just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was arriving back in the U.S. after a tour of the Middle East where he and other U.S. officials had warned Israel to tender a response that would not further escalate the conflict in the region and exclude nuclear sites in Iran.
The US says it is not participating in Israeli strikes against Iran. We understand that Israel is conducting targeted strikes against military targets in Iran as an exercise of self-defense and in response to Irans ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1st. We would refer you to the Israeli government for more information on their operation, said Sean Savett, White House National Security Council spokesperson, said in a statement.
