Israel strikes Iran, including nuclear facilities

Israel has launched an attack on Iran aimed at “dozens” of targets including its nuclear facilities, military commanders and scientists, claiming it took unilateral action because Tehran had begun to build nuclear warheads. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub In the first signs of a counterstrike, Israel said Iran had launched 100 drones towards Israel and that its air defences were intercepting them outside Israeli territory. Iraq said more than 100 Iranian drones had crossed its airspace, and, soon after, neighbouring Jordan said its air force and defence systems had intercepted several missiles and drones that had entered its airspace, for fear they would fall in its territory. Responding to the most serious attack on Iran since the revolution in 1979, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened “severe punishment” and claimed residential areas had been targeted. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the Israeli attack, which it is calling Operation Rising Lion, was aimed at “rolling back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival”, adding that it would take “many days”. Later, in comments that suggest the operation could be long and difficult, Netanyahu said: “Israeli citizens may have to remain in sheltered areas for lengthy periods of time.” #iran #israel #tehran #irannuclearprogramme #irannuclearsites #operationrisinglion #benjaminnetanyahu #middleeast