Update (2115ET): Al Jazeera and regional media have reported at least six large explosions were observed in the Iranian capital of Tehran, as Israel confirms it has launched ‘Operation Rising Lion’ – which importantly Netanyahu in a televised address said “will continue for as many days” until the Iranian ‘nuclear threat’ is removed, and “as long as necessary”.
There are unconfirmed reports that Iranian jets have been scrambled and that the Islamic Republic’s inevitable retaliation has begun. Iran possesses an immense ballistic missile arsenal, many which can be launched from underground silos and deep below ground ‘missile cities’. Developing:
ISRAEL BELIEVES IT KILLED SOME IRAN GENERALS, ATOMIC SCIENTISTS
ISRAEL MILITARY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON KILLINGS OF IRAN OFFICIALS
Update 8:35pm: AP cites an Israeli official who says that the targets are Iran Nuclear and Military sites; Meanwhile Iran has suspended all flights into its international airport, while Israel has closed all airspace.
- Netanyahu: ‘Operation Rising Lion’ Launched
- Ongoing rockets/missiles near or on Baghdad International Airport , sources in the airport confirmed to me hearing ongoing explosions
- NYT quoting an Iranian official: Three residential buildings demolished in the Shahrak Shahid Mahallati neighborhood in Tehran, where senior military leaders reside
- ISRAEL OFFICIAL CONFIRMS ATTACK TARGETED IRAN NUCLEAR SITES: AP
- IRAN SUSPENDS FLIGHTS AT TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: TASNIM
The Israeli defense forces add that dozens of IAF jets complete the first stage of Iran strikes.
Meanwhile, the US State Department is pretending like it had zero involvement in this latest neocon-inspired debacle.
- *RUBIO SAYS US IS NOT INVOLVED IN ISRAEL STRIKES AGAINST IRAN
- *RUBIO: IRAN SHOULD NOT TARGET U.S. INTERESTS OR PERSONNEL
- *RUBIO: ISRAEL TOOK UNILATERAL ACTION VS IRAN
