Israel strikes Iran missile sites
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The official tells Reuters that over 150 targets in Iran have been attacked. Most drones and missiles that have been launched towards Israel have been intercepted, the official says. Iranian state media has reported that 60 people, including 20 children, have been killed in an Israeli strike on Friday on a residential building in Tehran.
Iranian media reported that Israel struck the South Pars Gas Field in what would be the first attack on an Iranian energy site.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) said in a social media post that if Iran doesn't take up President Trump's offer to return to the negotiating table, the U.S. should "go all-in to help Israel finish the job.
Throughout the day on Friday, Israel carried out wave upon wave of strikes on nuclear facilities and missile bases in Iran. The Natanz uranium enrichment site and the nuclear facility in Isfahan have been hit and top military leaders have been assassinated - as have nuclear scientists.
The Israeli attack, which comes amid an unprecedented exchange of strikes between Israel and Ansar Allah's Axis of Resistance coalition ally, Iran, was reported by a number of Israeli outlets as well as Saudi Arabia's Al-Hadath network.
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Russia has maintained a delicate balancing act in the Middle East for decades, trying to navigate its warm relations with Israel even as it has developed strong economic and military ties with Iran.
Israeli emergency services have said at least two people were killed in the strikes and dozens of people are injured.