ISRAEL-IRANWAR ESCALATES

 

 

 

Iran confirms 2 additional high ranking generals killed in Israeli strikes Israel claims killing nine Iranian nuclear  

 

launchedretaliatorymissile and drone strikes on Israel into Saturday morning, killing at least three people and woundingdozens,afteraseries of blistering Israeli attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear programme and its armed forces. Israel’s assault used warplanes — as well as drones smuggled into the country in advance, according to officials — to assault key facilities and kill top generals and scientists. Iran’s UN ambassador said 78 peoplewere killed andmore than 320 wounded in the attacks. Iran retaliated by launching waves of drones and ballistic missiles at Israel, where explosions lit the night skies over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and shook the buildings below.

 

The Israeli military urged civilians, already rattled by 20 months of war sparked by Hamas’ October 7 attack, to head to shelter for hours. BothIsraelandIransaid their attacks would continue, raising theprospectofanotherprotractedMideastconflict.Prime MinisterBenjaminNetanyahu said Friday that his objective was to eliminate any Iranian threat to Israel, but he also urgedIranians toriseupagainst their leaders. Israel would welcome the Government’s overthrow even if it is not actively seeking it. Iranianmissiles strikeIsrael: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in arecordedmessageFriday:“

 

We will not allow them to escape safely fromthisgreatcrime they committed.” Iran launched waves of missiles at Israel late Friday and early Saturday. Iranians awoke Saturday to state television airing repeated clips of strikes on Israel, as well as videos of people cheering and handing out sweets. Israel’s military said more drones were intercepted near the Dead Sea early Saturday. A hospital inTel Aviv treated seven people wounded in the secondIranian barrage; all but one of them had light injuries. Israel’sFireandRescueServices said they were wounded when aprojectilehit abuildingin the city.

 

 

A spokesperson for Beilinson Hospital said one woman was killed. Hours later, an Iranian missile struck near homes in the central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion, killing two more people and wounding 19, according to Israel’s paramedic

serviceMagenDavidAdom.Israel’s Fire and Rescue service said fourhomeswereseverelydamaged. IRAN CONFIRMS 2 ADDITIONAL HIGH-RANKING GENERALS KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKES:TWO more high-ranking generals in Iran’s armed forces have been confirmed asbeing killedbyIsraeli strikes on the country, Iranian state television reported on Saturday.

 

State TV identified the dead as Gen. Gholamreza Mehrabi, the deputy of intelligence for the armed forces’ general staff, and Gen. Mehdi Rabbani, the deputy of operations. It did not say where the men were killed. Following the assassination of top Iranian military leaders in Israel’s strike, Iran’s C o mmander-in-Chief AyatollahSeyyedAliKhamenei, hasannouncedmajorappointments torestructure the country’s military leadership.

 

 

ISRAEL CLAIMS KILLING NINEIRANIANNUCLEARSCIENTISTS IN OPENING STRIKES: THE Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Saturday announcedeliminationofnine Iranian nuclear scientists during the opening phase of its militaryoperationagainstIran’s nuclear programme, which began early Friday. Revealingdetailsof theongoing operation, the IDF described it as a critical blow to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Accordingto theIDF,thenine scientistswereinstrumentalin advancing Iran’s efforts to acquire a nuclear weapon.