Israel launched hundreds of munitions against approximately 500 targets as part of a massive wave of simultaneous attacks against Iran, the Israeli army said in a statement this Saturday (28).
The targets included air defense systems and ballistic missile launchers in central and western Iran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
Approximately 200 fighter jets carried out the coordinated attack, the IDF said, calling it the “largest military flyover” in the history of the country’s air force.
The attacks on defensive systems allowed “the expansion” of air superiority over Iran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, and degraded Tehran’s ability to launch ballistic missiles at Israel.
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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, confirmed the country’s attacks with Israel against Iran this Saturday (28). Trump described the military campaign as “massive and ongoing,” adding that American lives could be lost as a result.
Trump claims that the The objective of the offensive is to “defend the American people” from what he called “threats from the Iranian government”. In a video published on the social network Truth Social, the US president said he will destroy Iran’s missiles and guarantee that the Middle Eastern country will not have nuclear weapons.
An Israeli official said that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was the target of a joint attack by the United States and Israel on the Iranian country this Saturday. The information was also confirmed to CNN by two sources close to the military operation.
In response, Iran attacked American bases in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Other countries hit so far are Jordan and Iraq. According to the CNN team, it is an unprecedented attack in the Middle East.
One person died after being hit by debris in a residential area in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
