#IsraelIranConflict

Key Updates:

🔺 Israel Launches Major Offensive

Israel initiated a large-scale preemptive strike—Operation Rising Lion (Am KeLavi)—targeting nuclear facilities, missile factories, senior IRGC leaders, and nuclear scientists in Tehran and beyond.

🕊 High-Profile Casualties

IRGC commander Major General Hossein Salami, nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, and several senior military officers reportedly killed.

🏠 Civilian Impact

Explosions hit residential areas in Tehran. Iranian media report civilian deaths, including children.

📢 Israel Commits to Extended Campaign

PM Netanyahu vowed the operation “will continue as long as necessary,” calling it a “decisive moment in history.”

🇺🇸 U.S. Distances Itself

Washington confirmed it played no role in the strikes. Secretary Rubio stressed the focus is on protecting U.S. personnel and warned Iran against retaliating.

⚔️ Iran Pledges Retaliation

Tehran promises a “harsh and decisive” response. Top Iranian leadership is in emergency talks.

🌍 Global Fallout

Airspace over Israel and Iraq closed. Flights disrupted. Oil prices surged. Widespread international condemnation from the UN, Australia, New Zealand, and others.