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Israthe el notified US that it intended to attack Iran in next 24-48 hours — report
The US was not involved in Israel’s strike in Iran, NBC News reports, citing “a source familiar with the situation.”
Bloomberg, meanwhile, quotes two unnamed US officials who say Israel gave the US a heads-up Thursday that it planned to attack in the next day or two.
Iranian officials are telling local outlets and Reuters that there was no successful missile strike and that any explosions were the result of Iran’s missile defenses.
US Embassy in Jerusalem issues security alert after reported Israeli strike in Iran
The US Embassy in Jerusalem issued a security alert to employees and their family members restricting their travel to the Tel Aviv, Beersheba, and Jerusalem areas, citing “an abundance of caution following reports that Israel conducted a retaliatory strike inside Iran.”
The employees are allowed to travel between the three cities.
Iran media: Nuclear facilities in Isfahan ‘completely secure’
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s local media says that nuclear facilities in the central city of Isfahan were “completely secure” after explosions were heard near the area.
“Nuclear facilities in Isfahan province are completely secure,” Tasnim news agency reports, quoting “reliable sources.”
US had advance warning of Israel’s retaliation against Iran but “didn’t endorse” it, US official says
Israel had told the US on Thursday it would be retaliating against Iran in the coming days, a senior US official said.
“We didn’t endorse the response,” the official said.
Israel had been weighing a response to Iran’s weekend airstrikes targeting the Jewish state, most of which were intercepted.
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, a US official tells CNN. The attack came just hours after Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN in an interview that if Israel takes any further military action against it would be “immediate and at a maximum level.”
An Israeli missile strike targeted a site in Iran early Friday morning, according to ABC News. The report came shortly after local sources reported explosions in Isfahan in central Iran, in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria, and in the Baghdad area and Babil Governorate of Iraq early Friday morning.
Videos from Isfahan appeared to show Iranian air defenses activated in the skies over the area.
The Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency reported that an explosion was heard in Qahjavarestan, east of Isfahan and near the Isfahan International Airport. Fars stressed that the cause of the blast was unknown as of yet.
Fars and other Iranian news agencies reported that air defenses were seemingly activated near Isfahan in response to small drones.
Iranian air defenses were also activated in Tabriz in northwestern Iran on Friday morning after a suspicious object was spotted in the air, according to Fars.
According to Bloomberg News, Israeli officials notified the US on Thursday that they planned to launch a strike in the next 24-48 hours.
Iran says it shot down several drones and that there had been “no missile attack for now” on the country, after explosions were heard near the central city of Isfahan.
Several drones “have been successfully shot down by the country’s air defense, there are no reports of a missile attack for now,” Iran’s space agency spokesman Hossein Dalirian says on X.
The Fars news agency said “three explosions” were heard near the Shekari army airbase near Isfahan.
Israeli strike on Iran ‘limited’ in scope, not targeting nuclear facilities — reports
By LAZAR BERMAN
Israel told the US that it is not targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, CNN reports, citing a senior US official.
There are several sites affiliated with Iran’s nuclear program in and around Isfahan.
CNN also quotes a US official saying the explosions in Iran are Israel’s response to Iranian attacks over the weekend. The official adds that the Israeli strikes are meant to be “limited” and would target Iranian military sites, while avoiding civilian and nuclear targets.
Fox News similarly cites “a well-placed military source” describing the strike as “limited.”
