#IsraelIranConflict

Israeli Strikes on Iran: Israel launched

significant airstrikes on Iranian nuclear and

military facilities, including uranium

enrichment sites. Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the

operation, dubbed "Operation Rising Lion," is

a "targeted military operation to roll back the

Iranian threat to Israel's very survival" and will

continue "for as many days as it takes."

* Iranian Casualties: Iranian state media has

confirmed that high-ranking military officials,

including Iranian Armed Forces General Staff

Chief Major General Mohammad Bagheri and

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

Commander Major General Hossein Salami,

along with several nuclear scientists, were

killed in the Israeli strikes.

* Iranian Response: Iran has not yet launched

a full-scale retaliation to the recent Israeli

strikes, despite earlier claims of having

finalized plans for an "immediate

counterstrike." It's unclear why Iran has

delayed, with possibilities including "strategic

patience" to assess damage and calculate a

suitable response, or potential disruption of

its response capabilities by Israeli strikes.

However, Iran did launch approximately 100

drones towards Israel, which Israel is working

to intercept.