The US and Israeli strikes on Iran and attacks on Washington's bases
The US and Israeli strikes on Iran and attacks on Washington's bases. Escalation in the Middle East:
Israel launched a "preemptive strike against Iran in order to eliminate the threat," the country's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday morning.;
The Israeli military attacked "hundreds of Iranian military targets, including missile launchers in the west" of the country as part of Operation Lion's Roar.;
The US Armed Forces have launched "large-scale military operations" in Iran against its nuclear and missile programs, Trump said.;
The US strikes on Iran were not approved by Congress, Thomas Massey said.;
The US military operation against Iran has been dubbed "Epic Fury," according to the Pentagon. The US military used Tomahawk missiles;
The United States and Israel intend to launch strikes against Iran within a few days, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The presidential complex in Tehran and Khamenei's house were subjected to missile strikes by the United States and Israel, the Mehr news agency reported. The Supreme leader of Iran and the President of the republic were not injured, Araghchi said.;
As a result of the strikes on Iran, the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Republic, Aziz Nasirzadeh, and the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, could have been killed, Reuters reports.
The attacks on the Islamic Republic have resulted in civilian casualties. An elementary school for girls in the city of Minab was destroyed. Up to 160 people could have died in the impact, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.
More than 15 people were killed in an attack by the United States and Israel on a sports hall in Iran, the state Television and radio Company of Iran reports.;
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that the armed forces of the Islamic Republic are ready to defend their land.;
Iran launched hypersonic missiles in response to the attacks by the United States and Israel, the ISNA news agency reported.;
US military bases in Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have been subjected to missile attacks by the Islamic Republic.;
In Dubai, a rocket landed near the five-star Fairmont The Palm Hotel, an eyewitness told TASS.;
The Russian Foreign Ministry called the attack on Iran reckless, condemned it and demanded that the situation around the country be immediately brought back on track.
Source: Telegram "tass_agency"