Israel launches strikes on ‘dozens’ of targets in Iran, targeting nuclear programme

<p>Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says attack dubbed Rising Lion would take ‘many days’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live#top-of-blog">Live coverage: nuclear sites targeted in Israel’s attack on Iran</a></p></li></ul><p>Israel has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live#top-of-blog">launched an attack on Iran</a> aimed at “dozens” of targets including its nuclear facilities, military commanders and scientists, claiming it took unilateral action because Tehran had begun to build nuclear warheads.</p><p>As Iranian officials threatened swift retaliation, the Israeli military said on Friday morning that Iran had launched a hundred drones aimed at Israel and that the country’s defences were focused on intercepted them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/israel-strikes-iran-nuclear-program-netanyahu">Continue reading...</a>