Israel Launches Operation Against Iran Nuclear Threat

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‏ This week's Haftorah

‏לֹא בְחַיִל וְלֹא בְכֹחַ כִּי אִם בְּרוּחִי אָמַר ה' צְבָאוֹת

Operation Name: Nation of Lions  עם כלביא

Goal: Eliminate the Iranian Nuclear Threat

7:00pm

שבת שלום ומבורך בשורות טובות

-Reports suggesting an explosion occurred in the Piruzi area of Tehran. The Piruzi area is located within the Air Force district, which houses several important installations, according to reports. 

- Reports now suggest that the Israeli Air Force has targeted a fuel and munitions depot, as well as several possible military aircraft tonight at Mehrabad International Airport in the Iranian capital of Tehran.

- Massive heavy explosion in the heart of Teheran tonight by IDF

- Fox News tv reporter: A The Kirya in Tel Aviv got hit by a impact on a building.itbis the defense ministry equivalent to the pentegon.

However  other sources say Contrary to the rumors currently spreading, the Kirya building is completely fine. A ballistic missile impacted near the compound; however, it did not cause any major damage.

- The US Embassy in Baghdad is under missile attack.

- Rav Moshe Hiller Hirsch shlita currently in Chicago said it is important to say Tehillim after every tefila and on shabbos as well

6:00pm

- Unconfirmed reports: The Israeli air bases of Nevatim, Palmachim, and Ramat David have suffered direct impacts from Iranian missiles

- Kol Korei from the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America  17 Sivan 5785

“Hashem, return us; illuminate Your face and we will be saved.”

Our enemies rage, threatening the Jewish people, especially those living in Eretz Yisroel, with danger, violence, and destruction.

Our chachomim have taught us that when the voice is the voice of Yaakov, the hands of Eisav have no power. In that spirit, we urge the public to respond with heartfelt teshuvah and tefillah, each person turning to Hashem in their own way and capacity to awaken mercy from Heaven so that no harm befalls the righteous and no tragedy enters our communities.

We ask that every kehillah add the following chapters of Tehillim at the end of davening each day until the danger passes: chapters 80, 121, and 20.

Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America

- The IDF Homefront Command states that civilians can now leave their shelters.

-First casualty a woman critically injured by the first round of missiles from Iran has been declared dead."

- Reports of direct impact in the Rahat and Gush Dan areas  and Negev. No reports of injuries at this point.

- Loud explosions heard over Yerushalayim 

- Sirens blared across Jerusalem, signaling incoming rocket fire. The Israeli military said it had identified missiles had been fired from Iran at Israel. NYT

-Iran launched another barrage of Missles at Israel. Red alerts all over the country  people  back to the bomb shelters entire country under red alert.

5:00pm

The Israeli military said a hostile aircraft had triggered air-raid sirens in the southern port city of Eilat, on the Red Sea. The military did not say if the aircraft was a drone or an airplane.

- The civil defense of the Palestinian Authority in the Israeli-occupied West Bank said that im had received 40 reports of injuries and property damage from shrapnel falling there

- Iranian air-defense batteries are firing continuously in Tehran’s Pastour neighborhood, where the country’s supreme leader lives and the president’s compounds are located, residents said.NYT

- NYT: Three hospitals in the area of Tel Aviv said they had received about 20 wounded people among them, describing their injuries as light and moderate. Fire officials said several people had been rescued from inside buildings struck by Iranian missiles.

In one area near Tel Aviv, officials said a 70-year-old woman was in critical condition after being pulled from the rubble of a building. A man was seriously injured with shrapnel wounds to the face, officials said. Officials said another man was treated with head injuries, burns and smoke inhalation from a fire. 

Thirty-four people were taken to hospitals in the area, officials said.

-Trump to Fox News: Iran was hit 10 times harder than expected.

- Israel resumes strikes over Teheran

- IAEA Head Rafael Grossi to UN Security Council: Iran informed us that the Fordow nuclear facility was attacked.

4pm

- Iranian official to Fars News Agency: Iran will immediately attack Israel's energy and economic centers if such facilities are hit in Iran

- Iran: Revolutionary Guards official: Iran's next operation will be more intense and destructive

- Iran says some missiles were launched from a submarine.

- The UN Security Council meeting is underway.

US is helping in the defense of Israel: US official tells Fox News 

-Less than 100 missiles were launched in the Iranian barrages, most of which were intercepted

- IAEA Head Rafael Grossi: Israel destroyed the above-ground part of the Natanz nuclear facility. There are no indications of damage to the underground enrichment facilities at the site, but it is possible that the power outage affected the centrifuges. There is radioactive and chemical contamination at the site.

- "Iran crossed red lines when it dared to fire missiles at civilian population centers in Israel 

An Israeli official vows serious consequences for Iran targeting population centers.

- Russia: Israel is leading us to a nuclear catastrophe

-Saudi Crown Prince MBS and President Trump spoke over the phone on the Iran-Israel conflict. Both stressed resolving the crisis through dialogue and de-escalation.

-  2 seriously injured and 2 moderately injured. From the barrage  sulleiman Maswadeh  reports

 Fragments from an interceptor fell in the north causing a fire

3:00pm

-Home front command: no missle threat now citizen can cone out of shelters but remain close by

- Israel warned Iran it would attack its oil fields if it struck Israeli civilian population centers

- Civilian buildings hit in Tel Aviv rocket barrage.

- Israel bracing for 3rd wave of missles from Iran.

- Iranian state media says the country’s forces downed two Israeli fighter jets on Friday.

-Iranian Revolutionary Guards:

Following the Supreme Leader's directive, we carried out a precise and significant response. We attacked dozens of targets, military centers and air bases. The response is part of Operation Promise of Truth 3

- Fires in Tel Aviv from missle impact sites most are intercepted  and shot down by iron dome.

- Israeli Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv struck by Iranian missile — TV

-Another wave of missles on the way with sirens sounding in the galil region

- 7 lightly injured in Ramat Gan,army urging citizens to stay in the shelters until further notice

- Iranian TV showing video footage of missiles landing in central Israel 

- Reports of one lightly injured from fragments

- Missels have fallen at several sensitive locations in the center of the country 5-7 locations, one near ramat gan

- Around 150 misses were fired from Isfahan

- Reports of explosions over sensitive areas near Tel Aviv 

- Sirens sounding across Israel now Friday night with citizens running to bomb shelters

100 missles on the way to Israel R"L

- Reuters: Iran is planning the largest missile attack in history against Israel. Attack ro hit central Israel 

2:00pm

- IDF have also attacked the nuclear facility in Isfahan.”

-Demonstrations in Tehran's streets, crowds chanting "death to Israel" as Iranian anti-air systems come online.

The IDF Home Front Command has instructed civilians to remain close to bomb shelters until further notice.

-Israel will launch strikes against Iranian oil refineries and natural gas sites on the Persian Gulf, if Iran decides to target Israeli population centers during their retaliatory attack, according to Channel 12.

-Media reports of a Israeli fighter plane shot down by an Iranian missle is fake news.

- Iran has likely just launched a wave of ballistic missiles at Israel. The IDF Homefront Command has instructed all residents to stay near shelters immediately.

-Officials report that Iran is preparing to launch upwards of 100 ballistic missiles at Israel.

12:50 pm Shabbos began in E"Y all news reports are now from foreign media sources

- Stoliner rebbe shlita is also spending shabbos in Cyprus 

- Rav Dov Landau shlita said we have to realize that while it looks like people are in charge, Hashem runs the world He sits at the steering wheel and that little children should be told that Hashem loves us.

- The Kosel is closed over shabbos with no official minyanim

Friday updates 

- President Trump in a telephone interview he believes Israel's massive strike improved the chances of a U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement. "Maybe now the Iranians negotiate seriously" Barak Ravid 

- Israeli aircraft are now attacking Iran’s secret nuclear weapons development facility and advanced ballistic missile production plant at Parchin beneath Qom.  

- Houthi missile said to impact in Palestinian town in southern West Bank Palestinian media reports an apparent missile impact in the West Bank town of Sa’ir near Hebron, after the IDF warned of a ballistic missile that was fired from Yemen.

- Iranian reports so far 104 killed and 376 injured from attacks 

- President Trump to the NYT with a message to Iran - “I’m still willing to negotiate, but maybe you should act quickly because my friend Bibi is C-R-A-Z-Y. Looking forward to talking to you!”

- IDF Chief of Staff: “I will remind everyone that we are facing a dangerous enemy, a complex enemy, we must maintain a very high level of readiness. There will be more difficult moments, we need to be prepared for the variety of scenarios that we have prepared for, a very high level of readiness and discipline is required in the civilian home front. We are continuing with all our might, at a high pace in order to meet the goals that we have defined for ourselves."

- Israel has detected the launch of a ballistic missile by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, with sirens expected to sound soon in Central Israel.

- Israel is currently attacking the nuclear reactor in Fordow, Iran.

-The NYT reports that Esmail Qaani,  lIRCG Quds Force commander, was killed in the attacks.

- Trump says Iranian officials are reaching out to speak with him about the situation, according to NBC.

Netanyahu made the following comments:

- The attack was originally planned for April, but was postponed for various reasons.

- In 2011–2012 he wanted twice to launch an attack on Iran's nuclear program, but wasn’t able to secure a majority.

- To the citizens of Israel: Don’t be euphoric — follow the IDF's instructions.

- What will the Americans do now? He leaves that to President Trump. He makes his decisions independently.

- Netanyahu: We destroyed Iran's largest enrichment plant in Natanz - and we have other goals.

- Rav Ezriel Auerbach spending shabbos in Cyprus, thousands of Israelis who were in way home will be staying at Chabad houses and other places across Europe.

- National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi: It is impossible to destroy the nuclear program with force alone. The goal is to make the Iranians understand that they will have to stop the nuclear program.

- National Security Council Chief Tzachi Hanegbi in an exclusive interview with Meet the Press: This is just the beginning of the beginning

- Netanyahu: I told President Trump - surprise is the main factor in success. This created a state of chaos in Iran. On October 7, it seemed that we were facing annihilation - today we are facing a historic turning point. I also intend to speak directly to the Iranian people today, I think there are tremendous opportunities here

- Iranian media: Underground missile bases mobilized for retaliation

- US advances additional forces to help amid preparations for Israel's defense: USS Thomas Hudner warship expected to arrive off Israel's coast, and another warship may be sent as well

- Operation in Iran: Currently STRIKES on Mehrabad Airport and Bushehr Airport, Where Iranian Air Force Fighter Jets Are Stationed

- Zakaa volunteers were told to be ready just in case their services were  needed Ch" v

- Nuclear power plant in Bushehr Fordo and Isfahan had not been targeted.

- Iran’s Natanz facility for uranium enrichment According to the military, the Israeli Air Force strikes destroyed the underground section of the site, which housed “a multi-level enrichment hall housing centrifuges, electrical rooms, and other supporting infrastructure.”

- Iran's atomic energy authorities said that no increase in radiation levels or chemical contamination had been observed at Natanz.

- Trump: Two months ago I gave Iran a 60 day ultimatum to “make a deal.” They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!

IDF Spokesperson:

The IDF has completed a series of strikes against the Iranian regime’s surface-to-surface missile array. In recent hours, Israeli Air Force fighter jets, guided by precise intelligence from the Intelligence Directorate, completed a series of strikes against the Iranian regime’s surface-to-surface missile infrastructure.

As part of the strikes, dozens of launchers, surface-to-surface missile storage sites, and additional military facilities were destroyed. At one of the targeted sites in western Iran, a unique launch system had been set up inside shipping containers.

- Keren Olam HaTorah has announced the postponement of its  United States fundraising campaign.

- Some People who were stuck in Rome have returned back to the US for Shabbos. The former chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchock Yosef said the shuls should remain open unless home front command updates restrictions

- A shabbos get-together  for Lelov chasidim in Miron has been canceled the food was sent to soldiers stationed in the north.

- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding talks since the night hours with world leaders, including the Chancellor of Germany, the Prime Minister of India, and the President of France. Later, the Prime Minister is expected to speak with U.S. President Trump, Russian President Putin, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The leaders expressed understanding for Israel’s defense needs in the face of Iran’s threat of annihilation, and the Prime Minister said he would continue to remain in ongoing contact with them in the coming days.

- President Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the US was aware of Israel’s plans to attack Iran: "Heads-up? It wasn’t a heads-up. It was, we know what's going on."

- Prime Minister Netanyahu will speak with US President Trump today on the phone.

- Fox News: Israel carried out a certain action that caused the top Revolutionary Guards commanders to gather at their HQ - and also carried out actions that caused them to stay there. "We knew that what we did was something that would cause them to meet."

- Situation update as if 3pm local time 

The waves of strikes against Iran is actively continuing. The current focus is the Tabriz airport, SAM sites, and ballisitc missile launching locations. 

As of this moment, nearly 13 hours after the Israeli attack began, Iran has not managed to launch any ballistic missiles at Israel and every drone that it has launched has been shot down before it reached Israeli borders. 

The Iranian military and IRGC command has been devastated, and their ability to defend themselves against further Israeli attacks is as close to zero as possible. The nuclear facility at Natanz has sustained severe damage and is potentially completely destroyed.(Jewish warrior)

 -IDF Navy missile ship intercepted three drones launched in the Red Sea from Iran.

- President Trump to ABC News  praised Israel's attack on Iran:

"I think it's been excellent," "We gave them a chance and they didn't take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you're going to get hit. And there's more to come. A lot more."

-Israeli official "The expectation in Israel was that within two to three hours, an attack involving hundreds of ballistic missiles would occur. This did not happen because we managed to prevent it."

"It must be clear to the public—the Iranians will respond. It will take them time to organize, but there will be a response in the "At the very least, this situation will unfold over several days." (Amichai Stein/jpost)

 - IDF Spokesperson: Overnight, Israeli Military Intelligence identified that the top leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Air Force had convened in an underground headquarters to prepare for an attack against the State of Israel. Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck the headquarters, where the IRGC Air Force Commander, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, was located along with other senior officials.

Alongside Hajizadeh, the strike killed:

Taher Pour, commander of the IRGC Air Force UAV (drone) division

Davoud Shikhian, commander of the IRGC Air Force Air Defense Division

The IRGC Air Force is responsible for repeated attacks against Israeli civilians. Notably, Hajizadeh and his team commanded the missile and drone launches directly from Iran to Israel in October

-Most of the IRGC air force officials killed: (Defense minister Katz)

-Reassuring message today from Rav Moshe Sternbach shlita "There is nothing to fear from the Iranian attack!" one must strengthen one's faith - it is soothing to the soul.

- Israel has reportedly renewed its attacks on the Natanz nuclear facility.

-The leaders of the Charedi parties, except for Deri, were unaware of the strike while they were threatening to bring down the government. Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein was informed of what was developing, which helped broker a compromise—as he knew what was about to happen within 24 hours.( Amit segal)

- Chief rabbis say, not to hold minyanim in shul over shabbos based on homefront command guidelines.

- Sources close to President Herzog confirm: The head of the IAEA called and told him that the nuclear facility in Natanz was critically damaged

- The Israeli Air Force destroyed ballistic missiles aimed at the State of Israel

 

-The nuclear facility in Natanz was destroyed (journalist Nir Daviri)

-The Mossad spy agency built a secrete explosive drone base in Iran for this morning's operation, an Israeli security source reveals.

The drones were used to strike ballistic missile launchers at a base near Tehran, preventing Iran from firing projectiles at Israel as this morning's strikes began.

Additionally, a Mossad commando team deployed guided weapons systems to central Iran, close to Iranian air defense sites. The weapons struck the air defense sites, preventing them from targeting Israeli fighter jets.

-An Israeli official says most of Iran’s top nuclear scientists are no longer alive.

-The IDF is describing the damage to the Natanz nuclear facility as "extremely significant."

- Israel resumes airstrikes in Tabriz

- Behind the scenes: 

Israel was concerned yesterday that Trump's remarks about a possible Israeli attack were rousing the Iranians. 

Someone was sent to President Trump, and he tweeted a reassuring post at midnight and nine minutes Israeli time - we are still committed to a diplomatic solution. At 2 49 am the strikes began.

- Hezbollah announces that it will not respond to Israel's attack on Iran.

- Trump I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to “just do it,” but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done. I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come—And they know how to use it. Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!

-Home Front Command: There is no need to stay near protected areas anymore but stay alert and follow instructions closely.

- All drones that we're launched from Iran we're intercepted

-Mossad: Significant intelligence was collected and surveillance was carried out to incriminate senior Iranian security officials and nuclear scientists who were eliminated. 

Alongside this, a covert operational campaign to damage Iran's strategic missile array. The Mossad carried out a series of covert operations in Iran, which were intended to damage Iran's strategic missile array and its air defense capabilities. 

As part of their activities, Mossad agents implemented significant moves to introduce special weapons on a large scale, deploy them throughout Iran, and launch them towards the attack targets in a precise and effective manner

- B"H pride parade in Tel Aviv was canceled.

- The National Security Headquarters calls upon Israelis abroad to take increased security precautions in the near future and to refrain from outwardly displaying Jewish and Israeli symbols in public spaces. 

- Israel in lockdown for next 48 hours people were woken up with sirens to notify of situation.

- IDF Spokesperson: Iran has The National Security Headquarters calls upon Israelis abroad to take increased security precautions in the near future and to refrain from outwardly displaying Jewish and Israeli symbols in public spaces. P 100 drones towards Israel - we are working to eliminate the threat and shoot them down before they reach Israel it takes 7 hours to get here.

- Over 200 Israeli Air Force aircraft were involved in the opening strikes on Iran early this morning, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says.

-Jordan closes its airspace

- Saudi Arabia condemns Israel's strikes on Iran in a statement from the Foreign Ministry:*

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expresses its condemnation and strong denunciation of the Israeli attacks that targeted the Islamic Republic of Iran, which violate its sovereignty. ”

- Iran threatens U.S. bases with ballistic missile strikes.

-Israel estimates more than 10 Iranian nuclear scientists were killed in the attacks

- Over 300 strikes were carried out thus far by Israel in Iraq 

- Channel 14: "It's impossible to expand too much, but not only Air Force planes are participating in the strikes in Iran."

- Ben Gurion airport has been cleared from plane

- President Trump says that the United States will “defend itself and Israel, if Iran retaliates.”

- Yerushalayim fighter jets visible with military  activity as thousands of reservists called up

- Rav Ezriel Auerbach flight was diverted to Cyprus and Rav Yitzchok Yosef flightwas diverted to Rome, they both took off earlier today back to EY.

Karen Olam HaTorah event schedule will change

- President Trump just told Fox that he was made aware of Israel's strikes on Iran beforehand, and is still hoping to get Iran to the negotiation table.

"The President is looking to see if there is retaliation... the US will defend itself and Israel if Iran retaliates." - Bret Baier

- Trump: “Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table. We will see. There are several people in leadership that will not be coming back.” 

-Israel also assassinated Abdul-Rahim Minucher, another nuclear scientist - according to Iran International.

- Netanyahu releases a statment to the Israeli public: "There are no free wars. You may very well be required to stay in protected areas for a long time, much longer than we have been accustomed to until now." We are after a very successful opening strike, and with G-D's help - we are going to achieve many achievements."

- Reports that Israeli is striking a major IRGC base in the northwestern city of Urmia. This base is a strategic facility of the Revolutionary Guards and is used for a number of sensitive purposes:

- The New York Times: The blow to Iran's chain of command is significant - Israel has eliminated at least three senior commanders similar to the operations that eliminated Hezbollah's chain of command in September 2024.

Netanyahu placed a kvittel in the kosel earlier today with the pasuk עם כלביא יקום וכארי יתנשא

- El AL flight from JFK lands in Rome

El Al Cancels Flights This Week, Closes Sales On Flights Next Week And Offers Flight Vouchers; Israel’s Airspace Remains Closed After Iran Attack (DansDeals)

- The initial assessments from the first waves of Israeli strikes on Iran indicate that the results of the strikes were more successful than expected. 

Israel hit Iran's missile systems, including those aimed at it, and at sites where Iran was moving forward with the nuclear bomb it had been promoting in March - although the extent of the damage there is not yet clear.

Nuclear sites were also hit, as well as knowledge centers and people with knowledge, both regarding the nuclear program and other programs, in a way that will take Iran a long time to restore the void created. (Israel Hayom)

- Fars News Agency is reporting that the Iranian Chief of Staff is confirmed killed in the Israeli strikes.

-Israeli officials bracing for missle attacks in the next 2 hours

- Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei threatens in his first response to the Israeli strikes on Iran: "The Zionist regime must expect severe punishment. The strong hand of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic will not cease. In the enemy's attacks, a number of commanders and scientists were killed. Their successors and colleagues will immediately continue their missions, Allah willing. The Zionist regime, with this crime, has decreed a bitter and cruel fate for itself - and it will certainly receive it."

-Iranians sources: Ali Shamkhani, one of the regime's senior figures, also eliminated

- Israel estimates that the fighting with Iran will last at least two weeks.

 The US will assist in defense and may join in the continued attacks, with it expected to expand its efforts in the region in the coming 24 hours. According to security sources, the recent statements between the US and Israel were coordinated, also to "put the Iranians to sleep," and the Americans are expected to join the attacks if the initial results of the Israeli move are successful.

(Yovav Zeitoun, Ynet)

At the Kosel pepper blowing shofar and  חצוצרות

- Reuters: Iranian Supreme-Leader Ali Khamenei is reportedly “alive and well” and is being briefed on last night’s attacks by Israel.

- A senior IDF official told Channel 14: "We brought an unprecedented achievement, a significant blow to the top of the Iranian army and the Revolutionary Guards. In addition to nuclear scientists, the executors are.

We have a long and extensive offensive plan for the days ahead - we have complex days ahead. The Iranians will respond. If the public is disciplined, there will be few casualties. We are at war

- Non stop heavy explosions reported at Natnaz  nuclear facility in Central Iran.

-Iran's Tasnim state media: Nuclear scientists Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi and Fereydoun Abbasi were killed in Israeli attacks

- Netanyahu: Iran planned to produce 10,000 ballistic missiles.

- Home front across Israel 

Situation assessments were just held across all sectors, during which decisions were made to reinforce forces, amass manpower, and maintain a high level of offensive readiness.

Here are the main points from the situation assessment in Central Command:

- “Night Air Patrol B” across the entire sector

 - Closure imposed on Palestinian cities

- Reinforcement of forces throughout the sector and buildup of manpower

- Enhanced defense of the Seam Zone area

In Northern Command: All forces are being reinforced, defense units along the border are being mobilized, and there is high readiness to launch an attack if necessary (Amit Segal)

-Channel 14: Israel assassinated two very significant Iranian scientists. Perhaps the two most significant senior officials eliminated so far. On television broadcasts in Iran, there is a major fear of radioactive contamination due to the attack on the nuclear facilities.

- Iranian outlets claim that Iran will declare war on Israel and retaliate "soon."

-The IDF says the Iranians have developed a plan to destroy the State of Israel, by using widespread and precise fire from the entire Iranian axis, a ground invasion using pickup trucks from all borders, and undermining the regimes in Jordan and Egypt. "We are in a strategic window of opportunity. We have reached a point of no return, there is no choice but to act now.”

- White House: President Trump will neet with the narional security council in the situation room tomorrow morning 11am to discuss the Iaraeli attack on Iran.

-Israel is now engaged in the FIFTH WAVE of air attacks. The headquarters of the IRGC and the Iranian army have been hit heavily. There is now a report from Iran that the head of IRGC has been eliminated along with the head of Iran’s atomic energy program. 

The Israeli media is saying that because of the intelligence gathered by Israel about Iranian plans to attack with ballistic missiles and possible nuclear weapons, the US decided to green light the Israeli preemptive strike without participating directly in the Israeli attacks. America continues to distance itself from the Israeli operation as are Sunni Arab state

- Report: Mossad carried out covert sabotage operations against Iranian air defenses, long-range missiles The Mossad carried out a series of covert sabotage operations against Iranian air defenses and missile facilities in tandem with the widespread strikes at a number of locations across Iran

-The commander of the Iranian revolutionary guards corps General Hussein Salami was killed in the Israeli strikes, Iranian state media confirms

-Second wave of airstrikes now targeting missle factories and installations of the Iranian revolutionary guard.

- Israel is preparing for Iranian missile attacks, when they come out of shock there.

The IDF is preparing for the possibility of heavy barrages from Yemen and Lebanon and for actions from Syria by pro-Iranian militias.

- A security source tells Galei Tzahal: "What we did to Hezbollah in ten days, we did to Iran in ten minutes."

- Israeli source:

The attack on Iran was preceded by a deception operation that included media and political components, both domestically and internationally, with the participation of various parties. Israel managed to surprise Iran with mind-blowing maneuvers.

-Smoke rising over the nuclear reactor at Natnaz in Iran 

- Security source: Chances are increasing that the Iranian General Staff, including the Iranian Chief of Staff, and senior nuclear scientists were eliminated  in the opening blow

- Bochurim saying Tehillim on Ponovezh yeshiva at 4am 

- ElAl cancels all flights 

- Argentine president stuck in Israel, Gedolim were scheduled to leave motzei shabbos

- Among the targets of the assassinations: the Iranian Chief of Staff, the Commander of the Revolutionary Guards, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and scientists.

- Reports Iranian chief Army of staff Mohamad Bakari was assassinated

- US Secretary of State Rubio: “Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We have no part in the attacks.”

- Netanyahu - “We have no choice but to act quickly - if we don't act now, we simply won't be here. "Never again" - it's now. We have internalized the lessons of history - when the enemy says he intends to destroy you - believe

- The homes of top political and military officials in Iran were targeted during tonight’s strikes by Israel against the Iranian capital of Tehran

Ben-Gurion airport closed flights are diverted.

- The operation in Iran is in coordination with the U.S., says Israeli media N12.

- The IDF confirms it has launched an aerial campaign against Iran's nuclear program.

Dozens of targets across Iran related to the nuclear program and other military facilities are being struck by the Israeli Air Force, it says.

The operation is dubbed "Strength of a Lion."

The IDF says Iran has enough enriched uranium to build several bombs within days, and it needs to act against this "imminent threat." 

Sirens that sounded across Israel a short while ago were a preemptive warning issued by the IDF, ahead of a possible reaction by Iran.

STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED ACROSS ISRAEL: Israel adjusts homeland security guidelines as reports indicate Israel begins strikes on Iran. The guidelines include:

• A ban on educational activities,

• A ban on gatherings,

• A ban on workplaces operations, except for essential sectors.

שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת

אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי.

עֶזְרִי מֵעִם ה' עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ.

אַל יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶךָ.

הִנֵּה לֹא יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל.

ה' שֹׁמְרֶךָ ה' צִלְּךָ עַל יַד יְמִינֶךָ.

יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּיְלָה.

 ה' יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָ.

ה' יִשְׁמָר צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם.

- WHY DID ISRAEL STRIKE NOW: From Amit Segal (N12) 

Under the guidance of the political echelon, we embarked on a focused and precise operation to remove threats from the entire State of Israel, to damage the nuclear program and the long-range missile firing capabilities of the Iranian regime. 

Why now? We have been following developments for years, and recently - we recognize that Iran is racing towards a nuclear bomb. 

The project is at a stage where if we do not act now, we will know less every day. 

In addition, Iran has thousands of ballistic missiles, which in themselves are an existential threat. 

We are also identifying attempts to arm the proxies in the Middle East against the State of Israel. 

In recent years, they have begun to formulate a concrete plan to destroy the State of Israel. 

We are now in a "strategic" window of opportunity, a point of no return, and we have no choice but to act. 

We launched the operation at a point where the threat is real, and in the face of this, our operational readiness is good - we are conducting an ongoing situation assessment. 

The operation will evolve as necessary. 

We will now launch a campaign asking the public not to send locations of vulnerabilities or to document them, and we will work to provide at least ten minutes' warning before missile firing or any other type of event.