The Israeli Ministry of Defense announced Friday that it launched a “preventive attack” against Iran and expects “an attack with missiles and drones against the state of Israel and its civilian population in the immediate future.”
“After the preventive attack of the State of Israel against Iran, an attack with missiles and drones is expected against the state of Israel and its civilian population in the immediate future,” announces the ministry in a statement.
The Israeli Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, declared “the special state of emergency in the internal front of the entire state of Israel.”
The Israeli army reported in another statement that from 3 in the morning Israeli implemented changes to declare all areas of the country of “full activity” to “essential activity.”
“The guidelines include the prohibition of educational activities, meetings and workplaces, except in the essential sectors,” says the note.
Nine dead and a hundred injured
The wave of attacks launched in the early hours of this Friday has ended the life of the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), General Hosein Salami, among other authorities, actions that have left at least nine dead and more than a hundred injured.
Iran claims to have the “legitimate right” to respond to Israel’s attack
Iranian Foreign Minister, Abás Araqchí defended that his country has the “legitimate right” to respond to the mass bombings that Israel launched in the early hours of this Friday Against Military and Nuclear Objectives of Iran and that the life of the Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Salamí, were charged.
“Iran has the legitimate and legal right to respond to this aggression according to article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, And the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will not hesitate to defend the Iranian nation with all its power and in the way they determine more convenient, “Araqchí wrote in a statement.
The total scope of Israeli bombings is still to be determined, Although for now it is known that they hit several points, including the capital Tehran and a nuclear plant in Natanz, in addition to leaving several fatalities such as Salamí and Iran nuclear program staff.
The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has affirmed that the air operation “will continue during the days that are necessary” in order to disrupt Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.
