Air raid sirens sound throughout Israel following Iranian retaliatory missile assault

[ad_1] Air raid sirens have sounded throughout Israel as Iranian missiles struck the nation in retaliation for lethal Israeli assaults on nuclear websites and navy leaders.

"Do not assume that they hit and it is over. No. They began the work and began the struggle," Iran's Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mentioned in a recorded message. "We is not going to enable them to flee safely from this nice crime they dedicated."

The rumble of explosions could possibly be heard all through Jerusalem on Friday, and Israeli TV stations confirmed plumes of smoke rising in Tel Aviv after an obvious missile strike. There have been no quick experiences of casualties.

The military mentioned dozens of missiles had been launched, and the military has ordered residents throughout the nation to maneuver into bomb shelters.

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The strikes got here amid simmering tensions over Iran's quickly advancing nuclear program.

For years, Israel had threatened such a strike and successive American administrations had sought to stop it, fearing it will ignite a wider battle throughout the Center East, and that it will be ineffective at destroying Iran's dispersed and hardened nuclear program.