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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Israeli army carried out many strikes targeting nuclear installations and Iranian military sites in and around the country’s capital.

In a previously recorded video, published early Friday morning, Netanyahu said that strikes aim to harm Iranian nuclear infrastructure and ballistic missile factories.

“This process will take as long as there is a need to complete the task of formulating the threat of genocide against us,” said Netanyahu.

An Israeli military official, who did not call him to a Reuters news agency that Israel had set “dozens” of nuclear and military targets early on Friday.

Nour News, the state -run Iranian news agency, said that many “loud explosions” have been reported in and around Iran. He added that the Iranian air defense system is at full alert, and all flights were suspended at Imam Khomeini International Airport.

The Israeli army also confirmed to the Times of Israel that it had “launched an air campaign against the Iranian nuclear program” in a process called “The Nation of Lions”. The source told the executor that he needed to act against the “imminent threat” that Iran poses.

The state -run Iranian media television confirmed that there are many victims, without providing a number.

An unnamed Israeli defense official said that the strikes had most likely killed the members of the Iranian General Staff, including the Chief of Staff and many senior nuclear scholars.

Israel is preparing for the Iranian response

In a statement, Israeli Minister of Defense described Israel Katz the attacks as “preventive” and said that Israel was preparing to return Iran.

“There is expected to be a missile attack and drones against the state of Israel and its civilian residents in the direct time frame,” Katz said.

The sirens of warning appeared throughout Israel as a warning to people, while the Israeli army announced in a post about X that civil and public security instructions for Israel have been changed to a “basic activity” from 3 am local time (00:00 GMT).

“The instructions include the following: a ban on educational activities, gatherings and workplaces, with the exception of basic companies,” said.

The Ministry of Transport in Israel confirmed that it has also closed the country’s airspace for expatriates and leaving until further notice.

The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed late on Thursday that the United States did not participate in the strikes, as it urged Iran not to target American interests or employees in the region.

“Tonight, Israel has taken a unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our maximum priority is to protect American forces in the region,” Rubio said in a statement.

He added: “Let me be clear: Iran should not target our interests or employees.”

Al -Jazeera correspondent in Washington, DC, Alan Fischer, said that the developments in recent days indicated that US President Donald Trump “was said to be a kind of strike.”

He said: “(only) 24 hours ago, the United States announced that it would start removing the non -essential employees from the embassy in Baghdad (in Iraq), and also recommended that others in embassies all over the region can also leave if they want.”

Fischer said President Trump does not “want Iran to get a nuclear weapon”, but he was “hoped” that nuclear talks would be able to avoid the conflict.

Fischer said: “Of course, the big question is how the United States interacts with any response from Iran. If it is aside with Israel, this indicates that nuclear talks have taken place.”

He added: “(A special envoy for the Middle East) is still Steve Wittakouf intends to hold another meeting with the Iranians at the weekend. Of course, the matter will return to the Iranians to decide whether or not they want to go.”

Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasserzadeh said on Wednesday that his country will target the American military bases in the region if the nuclear talks collapsed and that the United States launched attacks.

“Some officials on the other side threaten the conflict if the negotiations do not take advantage of their fruits. If a conflict is imposed on us … all American bases are within our reach, and we will boldly aim them in the host countries,” Nasserazadeh told reporters.

Washington and Tehran have held five rounds of nuclear talks since April, when Trump has been looking for a deal that would restricts uranium enrichment in Iran.