Early Friday morning, local time, Israel launched dozens of strikes against Iran and declared a state of emergency, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz. "Following the State of Israel's preemptive strike against Iran,

The IDF says it killed Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami in overnight strikes and has intercepted retaliatory drones launched by Iran.

Tehran launched more than 100 drones at Israel on Friday morning, Israel's military said, not long after Israel announced it had begun a major operation against Iran, with a wave of airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities,

Following Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, the country’s leadership immediately identified the U.S. and Israel as its main enemies. This was connected in large part to American and Israeli ties to Iran’s last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who fled Iran while fatally ill ahead of the revolution and despised by Iran’s new leaders.

Long before Israel launched its attacks against Iran on Friday, agents from Israel’s spy agency the Mossad smuggled explosive drones and other guided weapons into Iran. As the attack got under way, Mo

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged restraint following Israeli strikes targeting Iran's nuclear programme. Fears of a full-scale conflict have been stoked by warnings of "severe punishment" from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and reports of drone launches in response.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel has called its military operation against Iran "Rising Lion", taking the name from a biblical verse that promises a victorious future for a powerful Israel.