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Iran, Israel trade attacks as casualties reported on both sides

  • Israel struck multiple targets and killed senior leaders in Iran
  • Iran launched more than 100 drones at Israel in retaliatory attack
  • Iran announced it is pulling out of nuclear talks with the US

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(NewsNation) — At an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday, Iran’s U.N. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said Israel’s airstrikes targeted senior military officials and nuclear scientists, but the “overwhelming majority” of the 78 people killed were civilians, including women and children. Meanwhile, Israeli emergency services confirmed at least 34 injuries from Iranian missile strikes on central Israel, including in the Tel Aviv area.

The U.S. military is helping intercept missiles aimed at Israel as Iran continues to retaliate for strikes on its nuclear facilities.

Israeli citizens have been warned to remain near shelters.

President Donald Trump met with his national security team in the Situation Room Friday following Israeli attacks on Iran that began Thursday night.

Israeli strikes on Iran continued Friday as the U.S. shifts military assets to the region in anticipation of retaliatory attacks.

Iran announced Friday it has withdrawn from nuclear negotiations with the United States, following Israeli strikes launched Thursday night.

Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear, military sites

  • apartment building damaged exterior
  • map of Nuclear sites in Iran
  • aerial view of Natanz nuclear facility
  • Debris from an apartment building atop parked cars
  • Firefighters and people clean up the scene of an explosion
  • Maj. Gen. Gholamali Rashid was head of the IRGC’s Khatam al Anbia headquarters. He previously served as deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and fought for Iran during the 1980s war with Iraq. Gen. Hossein Salami was commander-in-chief of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, or IRGC. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Salami, who was born in 1960, as head of the IRGC in 2019. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri was a former IRGC commander. He was chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces from 2016. Born in 1960, Bagheri joined the Guards during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh: Hajizadeh was the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Aerospace Force. Israel has identified him as the central figure responsible for directing aerial attacks against its territory. In 2020, Hajizadeh took responsibility for the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane, which occurred shortly after Iran launched missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani.
  • U.S. made weapons used by Israel. (NewsNation)
  • Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Israel. (NewsNation)
  • Iran nuclear facilities and Israeli attacks (NewsNation)
  • U.S. troops within range of Iranian missiles (NewsNation)
  • U.S. Military in the Middle East (NewsNation)
  • Israel targets Iran (NewsNation)
  • U.S. naval assets shifting in the Middle East (NewsNation)
  • Iran's airstrikes on Israel were intercepted on Friday

Israel launched a sweeping military operation late Thursday night and into the next morning, striking multiple high-value targets across Iran and reportedly killing three key Iranian leaders. The coordinated attack — dubbed “Operation Rising Lion” — targeted a wide range of military, nuclear and leadership assets, according to Israeli officials.

President Donald Trump on Friday responded to Israel’s strikes on Iran, calling on Tehran to reach a deal to avoid further escalation.

Iran retaliated against Israel’s attack, launching more than 100 drones at Israel, the Associated Press reported. Iraq and Jordan confirmed the drones had flown over their airspace. Israel said it intercepted the drones outside its airspace.

Iranian state television reported the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran had been hit in Israeli airstrikes, with fire and smoke seen rising from the site. Multiple senior leaders were reportedly killed in the attack, along with six nuclear scientists.

In a message to the nation Friday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran’s legitimate and powerful response would “make Israel regret its foolish act,” according to Reuters.

A U.S. official told NewsNation there was “no U.S. involvement or U.S. assistance.”

The Israeli Defense Forces accused Iran of being on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons and said Thursday’s actions were meant to eliminate what it called an existential threat.

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