Israel strikes the Iranian nuclear research facility, asking the army to prepare for a “long campaign”

The Israeli army said on Saturday that it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility overnight and killed three major Iranian leaders in the targeted attacks, while emphasizing that it was preparing for the possibility that the war would turn into a long campaign.

Early on Saturday, smoke can be seen rising from an area near Jabal in John, where a local official said that Israel attacked the nuclear research facility in two waves.

The goal was the production sites of the central expulsion, and the attacks came at the forefront of strikes on other production sites of the central expulsion elsewhere in recent days, according to an Israeli military official speaking on the condition that his identity was not disclosed under the army’s instructions to brief correspondents. This was the second attack on two coins, which was wounded in the first 24 hours of the war as part of Israel’s goal to destroy the Iranian nuclear program.

Akbar Salhi, Deputy Governor of Security Affairs, confirmed that the Israeli strikes had caused damage to the facility, but he said that there were no human losses.

Israel says it disrupts half of Iran’s launchers

Iran has launched a new wave of drones and missiles in Israel, but there were no immediate reports of severe damage, and the Israeli official described it as a “small barrage” that was largely intercepted by Israel’s defenses.

The official said part of the reason that Iran’s relatively small attack was that the army was targeting its launchers, and it was estimated that it had now acquired more than 50 percent of them.

“We were able to obtain a large amount of their bombers, and create the bottleneck – we are making it difficult for them to shoot Israel,” he said. “After I said all of this, I would like to say that the Iranian regime still has capabilities.”

Maghan David Adum said a rescue from Israel on Saturday that an Iranian drone hit a two -storey building in northern Israel, but there were no losses.

Later, Israeli army chief spokesman, Dean. Evi Defern said that the army had been told by the Chief of Israel Staff, Lieutenant Jane. Eyal Zamir, to be ready for a “long campaign” to destroy its targets, including nuclear sites, enrichment facilities and missile infrastructure.

He said, “We have our strikes night after night and we have amazing achievements,” he said. “We will continue until the threat is removed.”

Switzerland’s talks fail to make a breakthrough

On Friday, Geneva talks failed to penetrate.

European officials have expressed his hope for future discussions, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragichi said he was open to further dialogue, while emphasizing that Tehran had no interest in negotiating with the United States while Israel continued the attack.

“Iran is ready to consider diplomacy if the aggression stops and the aggressor is held accountable for its committed crimes,” he told reporters.

There was no date for the next round of conversations.

Iran warns us to participate militarily

US President Donald Trump weighs an active US military participation in the conflict, which Aragchchi said on Saturday, “It will be very unfortunate.”

“I think it will be very dangerous to everyone,” he said in Istanbul, speaking on the sidelines of an Islamic Cooperation meeting.

The war broke out between Israel and Iran on June 13, with Israeli air strikes targeting nuclear and military sites, senior generals and nuclear scientists. At least 722 people, including 285 civilians, were killed in Iran and more than 2,500 wounded, according to an Iranian Iranian human rights group.

Iran has averaged by launching more than 450 missiles and 1,000 drones in Israel, according to the estimates of the Israeli army. Most of them were dropped by multi -level air defenses in Israel, but at least 24 people were killed in Israel and hundreds were injured.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel’s military operation in Iran will continue “as long as it requires” the elimination of what he called the existential threat to the Iranian nuclear program and ballistic missile messages.

But Netanyahu’s goal may be far -reaching without help. With the exception of a commando raid or even a nuclear blow, Iran’s underground Iranian facility in uranium is far from bonker bombs except for bombs. Trump said he would postpone a decision if Israel’s air campaign against Iran would be joined for up to two weeks.

Israel continues the attacks on Iranian leaders

In the opening attack of Israel, three major military commanders in Iran were killed: the person who supervised the entire armed forces, General Muhammad Baghri; The person who led the semi -military revolutionary guards, General Husen Salami; And the head of the ballistic missile program for the guard, General Amir on the barn.

The targeted killings of the senior leaders continued, as the Israeli Defense Minister said on Saturday that the army killed a revolutionary guard commander who funded Hamas and its weapons in preparation for October 7, 2023, an attack on Israel, which sparked the 20 -month war in Gaza.

Israel said that Said Isadi was the commander of the Palestinian Force for the Iranian Jerusalem Force, which is the elite arm of the goalkeeper who is conducting military and intending operations outside Iran, and that he was killed in an apartment in the city of the people.

Iranian officials did not immediately confirm the death, but the Qom Governor’s office said that there was an attack on a four -storey residential building and the local media reported the killing of two people.

Israel also said it had killed the commander of the Arms Transport Unit in the Jerusalem force, which she said was responsible for providing weapons to Hezbollah and Hamas. The army said that Pinnam Shahriari was killed in his car while traveling in western Iran.

The Israeli official, who briefed the journalists, said that the commander of the drone in Iran was killed overnight.

The United Nations Nuclear Energy Agency is concerned with the consequences

On Friday, the head of the United Nations Nuclear Energy Agency warned at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council against attacks on Iranian nuclear reactors, especially the only commercial nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr.

“I want to clarify the matter completely: if there is an attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a direct blow will lead to a very high release of the radioactive activity of the environment,” said Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. “This is the nuclear site in Iran where the consequences can be more dangerous.”

Israel did not target Iranian nuclear reactors, and instead, its strikes focused on the main uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, a central expulsion workshop near Tehran, laboratories in contented and heavy water reactor in the country southwest of the capital.

Iran previously agreed to reduce its enrichment in uranium and allow international inspectors to reach its nuclear sites under the 2015 deal with the United States, France, China, Russia, Britain and Germany in exchange for the reduction of sanctions. But after Trump withdrew the United States from one side of the deal during its first term, Iran began to enrich uranium by up to 60 percent and restrict access to its nuclear facilities.

Iran has long maintained its nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but it is the only non -nuclear weapon of up to 60 percent. It is widely believed that Israel is the only Middle East country that has a nuclear weapons program but has not recognized this.