Israel pounds Iran: Tehran fires 100 drones at Israel in retaliatory attack; IDF moves to intercept

Iran launched about 100 drones towards Israel in retaliation for the kinetic operation Israel carried out at Tehran's nuclear facilities early Friday.The Israeli army told news agency AFP that the army is working to intercept the drones launched by Iran.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said Israel launched a "targeted military operation" against Iran, striking "at the heart" of Tehran's ballistic missile programme. The Israeli PM said the attack was to roll back the threat to Israel's "very survival". Netanyahu said Israel's attack on Iran would "continue for as many days as it takes" after Israel announced it had carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites. "This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat," Netanyahu said in a video statement, naming the operation "Rising Lion", reported news agency AFP."We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear enrichment programme. We targeted Iran's main enrichment facility at Natanz... We also struck at the heart of Iran's ballistic missile programme," he said, adding that Israel had also hit Iranian nuclear scientists "working on the Iranian bomb," he said.

Netanyahu on Friday said that Israel struck Iran's main enrichment facility in Natanz.He said the Israeli forces also attacked Tehran's leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb and ballistic missile programme."We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear enrichment programme. We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear weaponisation programme. We targeted Iran's main enrichment facility in Natanz. We targeted Iran's leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb.

We also struck at the heart of Iran's ballistic missile programme," Netanyahu said in an address shortly after "Operation Rising Lion".The Israeli offensive on Iran this Friday resulted in injuries to at least 50 individuals, with women and children amongst the casualties, according to state television broadcasts in the Islamic Republic.In the Israeli attack, high-profile Iranians like Iran Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami, Iran's military chief Mohammad Bagheri, along with several high-ranking military officials were also killed.