Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech that was broadcast on television. He informed that a military operation "Rising Lion" was launched to halt the threat from Iran.
– This operation will take as long as it takes to remove this threat. For a decade, the tyrants of Tehran boldly and openly called for the demolition of Israel," he added.
The Prime Minister stressed that Iran has a atomic weapons improvement program and "is capable of producing atomic weapons". According to the Israeli authorities, it would be a threat to their country.
– We hit the head of an Iranian atomic weapons program. We attacked the main Iranian uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. We attacked Iranian atomic scientists working on an Iranian bomb. We besides hit the heart of the Iranian ballistic rocket program," he said.
Israel's Night Attack on Iran
Israeli defence Forces besides published a statement. It was reported that a "preventive, precise offensive was carried out to destruct Iran's atomic program". The aircraft will finish the first stage, which included attacks on dozens of military targets, including atomic targets in various regions of Iran.
"Iran is now closer than always to gaining atomic weapons. Weapons of mass demolition in the hands of the Iranian government constitute an existential threat to the State of Israel and the full world. The State of Israel has no choice but to carry out its work to defend its citizens, and it will do so wherever it is necessary, as we have done in the past."
Defence Minister Jisra’el Kac besides ordered an alarm throughout Israel. He issued a informing that Iran was expected to retaliate. "After Israel's preventive attack on Iran, a rocket and drone attack on Israel and its civilian population is expected in the close future," Kac said in his statement.