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Iran launches drones at Israel as Israel assaults Iranian nuclear websites and prime commanders, IDF says

Editorial Board Published June 13, 2025
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Tehran launched greater than 100 drones at Israel on Friday morning, not lengthy after Israel introduced the start of a serious operation in opposition to Iran, with a wave of airstrikes concentrating on Iranian nuclear amenities, army commanders and prime scientists.

Israel Protection Forces (IDF) spokesman Brigadier Normal Effie Defin mentioned in televised remarks on Friday that Iran had launched greater than 100 drones and that Israel’s air defenses had been already “working to intercept the threats.” 

Israeli media mentioned the primary Iranian drones had been anticipated to succeed in the nation’s airspace round midday native time, which might be about 4 a.m. Jap, however the IDF confirmed it was already concentrating on approaching drones outdoors of Israeli airspace on Friday, amid stories of air raid sirens and potential interceptions in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

Israel has intercepted just about each Iranian weapon launched in earlier large-scale assaults by the Islamic republic. The retaliatory motion by Iran was lengthy anticipated and properly deliberate for, Defin mentioned.

An Iranian-made Shahed-136 explosive drone is launched from a cellular launching unit in a file picture taken from a propaganda video distributed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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Earlier Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced that the IDF had begun “Operation Rising Lion,” with a large wave of airstrikes in opposition to dozens of Iranian nuclear websites, army commanders and analysis scientists, saying the aim was to “roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.”

Like Netanyahu, IDF spokesman Brigadier Normal Effie Defrin, in a video assertion delivered Friday, referred to as the assault on Iran preemptive, saying Israeli intelligence had uncovered an Iranian “plan to destroy Israel that has taken shape in recent years.” He mentioned that plan concerned Iran “racing towards a nuclear bomb,” working to double or triple its ballistic missile stockpile, and persevering with to “finance, arm, and operate its proxies throughout the Middle East against the State of Israel.”

Iranian state media mentioned the Israeli strikes hit a number of cities, together with the capital of Tehran and town of Natanz, a key middle for Iran’s uranium enrichment program. The assaults additionally killed Hossein Salami, the chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and different senior figures, Defin mentioned on Friday.

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Individuals react close to a constructing within the Iranian capital, Tehran, broken by an Israeli strike, June 13, 2025.

Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog company, the IAEA, mentioned in a collection of social media posts that its Director Normal Rafael Grossi had been in touch with Iranian authorities on Friday who informed him the nation’s highly-sensitive and highly-secured Fordo nuclear website “has not been impacted” by the Israeli strikes. 

The IAEA additionally mentioned Iran’s “Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has not been targeted and that no increase in radiation levels has been observed at the Natanz site.”

The IDF mentioned its operation would proceed for days, however that the primary wave consisted of 200 Israeli fighter jets dropping “over 330 different munitions,” hitting greater than 100 targets in Iran.

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Rescue groups work outdoors a closely broken constructing, focused by an Israeli strike within the Iranian capital Tehran, June 13, 2025.

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Iranian officers had rapidly threatened retaliation, with Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying Israel “should await a harsh response.”

The IDF mentioned in an announcement earlier than Iran’s retaliatory strikes that it had ready for “a campaign on the frontline and on the home front.”

Netanyahu mentioned Israel’s strikes in opposition to Iran, “will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.”

The U.S. was not concerned in Israel’s strikes, Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned, including a warning that “Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel.”

The trade of fireside between the Center East’s bitter foes rapidly snarled worldwide air journey within the area. Dubai Worldwide Airport mentioned in a message posted on social media that some flights on the facility, and at Al Maktoum Worldwide Airport, “Al Maktoum International Al Maktoum International were “cancelled or delayed due to airspace closures over Iran, Iraq, and Syria.” 

The airport mentioned it was “working to manage the disruption and support affected guests,” and urged vacationers to verify with their airways for earlier than coming to both airport.

Shortly after Israel’s strikes, the U.S. Embassy in Israel ordered American personnel to shelter in place. A day beforehand, the Trump administration ordered non-emergency U.S. personnel to depart Iraq and allowed U.S. army relations to depart the Center East voluntarily.

Friday’s back-and-forth might escalate to be among the many most extreme conflict between Israel and Iran, which have been nemeses for many years. Mr. Trump warned earlier within the week that it might snowball right into a “massive” battle.

Israel has carried out strikes in opposition to Iranian proxies lately, whereas Iran has backed foes of Israel’s, together with the militant group Hamas. In April of final yr, Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel after a strike on Iran’s consulate in Damascus was broadly attributed to Israel, however the Israeli army intercepted the overwhelming majority of the weapons. 

Six months later, Iran launched extra missiles at Israel, which retaliated with strikes on Iranian websites.

The Israeli strikes and Iranian counterattack got here amid efforts by President Trump to strike a brand new take care of Iran to restrict the nation’s nuclear ambitions — an thought Israel has lengthy been doubtful of.

Michal Ben-Gal, Seyed Bathaei, Jennifer Jacobs and Olivia Gazis contributed to this report.

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