Israeli Missile Hits Iran, U.S. Officials Confirm.

Two U.S. officials confirm to CBS News that an Israeli missile has hit Iran. The strike follows last weekend's retaliatory drone and missile attack against Israel, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to respond to.

Officials were tightlipped about the location or extent of the Israeli strike. When reached by CBS News, the Israel Defense Forces had no comment on the attack.

A senior Israeli official told The Washington Post the attack "was intended to signal to Iran that Israel can attack its territory."

The Iranian state-run IRNA news agency said air defense batteries fired across several provinces. It didn't elaborate on why the batteries fired, though people across the area reported hearing the sounds.

In particular, IRNA said air defenses fired at a major air base in Isfahan, which long has been home to Iran's fleet of American-made F-14 Tomcats — purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

The semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies also reported the sound of blasts, without giving a cause. State television acknowledged "loud noise" in the area.

Isfahan is also home to sites associated with Iran's nuclear program, including its underground Natanz enrichment site, which has been repeatedly targeted by suspected Israeli attacks.

However, state television denied any attack on nuclear facilities, describing all sites in the area as "fully safe," and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it "can confirm that there is no damage to Iran's nuclear sites."

State television said three very small drones were shot down in an area east of Isfahan and was running what it said were live pictures showing a calm and normal Isfahan.

Three Iranian officials told The New York Times the attack on the airbase included small drones that may have been launched from inside Iran, saying radar systems didn't detect unidentified aircraft that entered Iran's airspace.

There has been no urgent meeting of the Iran's High National Council, state television added.

It appeared Iran was trying to downplay the impact of any Israeli attack.

Dubai-based carriers Emirates and FlyDubai began diverting around western Iran about 4:30 a.m. local time. They offered no explanation, though local warnings to aviators suggested the airspace may have been closed.

Iran then announced it had grounded commercial flights in Tehran and across areas of its western and central regions, but Iranian state television later said flights were operating normally again.

Regional tension continues to escalate
Iran last weekend launched an unprecedented retaliatory strike against Israel in response to a deadly attack on an Iranian consulate in Syria that killed seven officers, including two generals, from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Iran's attack on Israel included 170 drones, over 30 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles, according to the IDF and U.S. officials. None of the drones crossed into Israeli territory before they were shot down by Israel and its allies, including the U.S., the IDF said.

Five of the ballistic missiles struck Israel, with four of them hitting Israel's Nevatim Air Base, where Israeli F-35s are based, U.S. officials told CBS News. The officials believe the base was likely Iran's primary target, as the strike against the consulate in Syria is believed to have been carried out by an F-35.

The U.S. and other Israeli allies have urged Netanyahu to exercise restraint in any possible response to Iran. U.S. officials have said the U.S. would not participate in any Israeli retaliatory strike.

In the aftermath of Iran's attack, which the IDF said caused "very little damage," President Biden pressed the Israeli prime minister,"to think about what that success says all by itself to the rest of the region," according to National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby.

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Iran no be Israel mate. They will see fire

Chiefpriestt:
Iran no be Israel mate. They will see fire

I kept laughing when people on this platform kept making noise with Iran...

The truth is that is not only USA that is backing Israel.

God's own people

There are rumors that the attack is all propaganda, and all a lie.


Iran media has even deny that there was any attack, Israel on the other hand has not affirm the attack.


Only the US media are propagating the attack so far, and other foreign media seems to be reporting from there...


Until then, I will withdraw my comment on the other thread.

We Yoruba Muslims don't support terrorism

This is getting out of hands.

If not because America is restraining Israel because of the US upcoming election, Israel would have inflicted maximum damage on Iran nuclear and military facilities. The attack on Hamas was to draw out Iran into a full war. Iran read Israel's intention and stayed out of the Hamas war. That is why Israel deliberately provoked them by bombing the Iran embassy in Syria.

The politics in the middle belt is more complex. Why Saudia Arabia and Jordan is supporting US and Israel against Iran? This is a question for those on Nairaland who thinks this war is all about religion.

inspiredabbey:
If not because America is restraining Israel because of the US upcoming election, Israel would have inflicted maximum damage on Iran nuclear and military facilities. The attack on Hamas was to draw out Iran into a full war. Iran read Israel's intention and stayed out of the Hamas war. That is why Israel deliberately provoked them by bombing the Iran embassy in Syria.

The politics in the middle belt is more complex. Why Saudia Arabia and Jordan is supporting US and Israel against Iran? This is a question for those on Nairaland who thinks this war is all about religion.

Israel doesn't have missiles that penetrate the underground,they only rely on USA for support.That only make Israel a toothless 🐂 which can't bite without the help of USA and European countries

Jordan and Saudi are not supporting anybody, they just want to prevent it from becoming a war as it will also affect them,

Na lie