Israel Defense Forces began strikes inside Iran on Saturday morning in retaliation for the Islamic Republic’s targeting of Israel with 200 ballistic missiles earlier this month and an alleged assassination attempt against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli sources told Newsmax.
In a statement, the IDF said it was conducting “precise strikes” on Iranian military targets, in response to “months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the state of Israel.”
“The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since Oct. 7 [2023] — on seven fronts — including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” the IDF said. “Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond.”
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