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Israel launches strikes on ‘dozens’ of sites in Iran, targeting nuclear programme


Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says operation will take ‘many days’ as Tehran threatens swift retaliation

Live coverage: nuclear sites targeted in Israel’s attack on Iran

Israel has launched an attack on Iran aimed at “dozens” of targets including its nuclear facilities, military commanders and scientists, claiming it took unilateral action because Tehran had begun to build nuclear warheads.

As Iranian officials threatened swift retaliation, the Israeli military said on Friday morning that Iran had launched a hundred drones aimed at Israel and that the country’s defences were focused on intercepted them.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/israel-strikes-iran-nuclear-program-netanyahu

Author : Julian Borger in Jerusalem

Publish date : 2025-06-13 06:20:00

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