The attacks began after 1 Polish time. The Prime Minister of Israel Binjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel was attacked by the Iranian uranium enrichment plant in Natanz and leading nuclear energy scientists as part of the “Operation of the resulting lion”. He announced that “the operation will last as many days as it is necessary to remove this threat.”
The Reuters agency, citing US officials, said that the United States did not help Israel in the attack on Iran. Donald Trump convened an urgent meeting of his office to discuss the Israeli attack on Iran, according to CNN. A spokesman for the Israeli army announced that the purpose of the Israeli attack on Iran was, among others Nuclear objects in various parts of the country.
In turn, the N12news website reports that the purpose of the attacks was to try to kill the Iranian staff – Mohammad Baqari.
The Israeli Ministry has announced the closure of the country's airspace until the Iran attacks.
“The sounds of subsequent explosions, rocket strikes and anti -aircraft defense fire were heard in various parts of Tehran for over 5 minutes. It seems that the Israeli attack began,” wrote Amirhossein Miresmaeili, an Independentpersian journalist.
“Films and photos published in Lavizan and Niavaran in Tehran show the place of the explosion and smoke created after hitting the rocket,” he added in the next post.
“Dozens of goals of the first attack in Iran: Military Command Objectives, Main quarters and nuclear objects” – said Amichai Stein, a collaborator of “Jerusalem Post”.
More recordings from Tehran appear in social media.
At the same time, information was provided about emergency sirens in Israel. Israel's defense minister Israel Katz said that his country conducted a “overtaking hit” on Iran and warned the country of the country about the likely of the inevitable retaliation attack on the Iranian side. Therefore, he ordered the announcement of a state of emergency in the country. “After the preventive attack of the Israel state on Iran, an attack is expected in the near future using rockets and drones on the State of Israel and its civilian population,” said the minister in a statement cited by Ynet.
A few hours earlier, Israel erected a clear ultimatum to Iran: if Tehran disagrees with restrictions under the nuclear program, a military attack is possible. It would take place on June 15. It turned out that Israel took military action on the night of June 12-13. Information on this subject was revealed on Thursday by “The Wall Street Journal”.
