Israeli Defense Minister “will be burned” if Iran continues retaliatory attacks

The Israeli Defense Minister warned on Saturday that “Tehran would burn” if Iran continues Rocket launch in Israel. Iranian reprisals come after Israel launched a series of strong attacks on the Iranian nuclear program and the armed forces on Thursday.

Speaking after an evaluation meeting with the Army Chief of Staff, Israel Defense Minister Katz said that Iran would pay a heavy price to harm Israeli citizens. Israeli defense officials (IDF) said on Saturday morning that at least three people died in Israel and were injured. The Iranian Ambassador said that at least 78 people died and that hundreds were injured in Iran due to Israel’s strikes.

“If (Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali) continues to launch missiles on the Israeli home front – Tehran will burn,” Katz said.

Iranian state television reported that the air defenses were shooting in the cities of Khuramabad, Kermanshah and Abraz, indicating the beginning of what could be a new Israeli attack on Saturday.. Black -smoke shots from the city showed.

An Israeli military official said on Saturday that the army was ready to carry out more strikes in Iran, saying: “This has not ended.” He spoke on the condition that his identity is not disclosed, in line with the official procedures.

The initial attack of Israel used warplanes – as well as drones smuggled into the country in advance, according to officials – to strike the main facilities and kill scientists and scientists. The Israeli army said on Saturday that nine senior scholars and experts participating in the Iranian nuclear project were killed.

“Individuals who have been eliminated played a central part of progress towards nuclear weapons,” the Israeli Defense Army said in a press statement. “The elimination of a major blow to the Iranian regime’s ability to obtain weapons of mass destruction.”

Iran has taken revenge on the launch of drones and ballistic missiles in Israel, where the explosions lit up the night sky on Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and shook the buildings below. The Israeli army urged the civilians, who have already shook 20 months of the war in Gaza, which was ignited by the Hamas attack on October 7, to go to shelter for hours. US officials confirmed to CBS News that the American forces helped Israel intercept Iranian missiles on Friday.

Both Israel and Iran said that their attacks will continue, which raises the possibility of another conflict in the east in the east. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that his goal is to eliminate any Iranian threat to Israel, but he also urged the Iranians to rise against their leaders. Israel will welcome the overthrow of the government even if it is not looking for it.

Netanyahu said on Friday: “It is time to unite around your knowledge and historical heritage, by standing for your freedom from a evil and repressive system,” Netanyahu said on Friday. “It was never weaker. This is your chance to stand and allow your voices to hear.”

Strikes can hinder nuclear talks to the United States of Iran

Israel’s strikes also put more talks between the United States and Iran on a nuclear agreement in doubt before meeting on Sunday in Amman. Government television said that Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Asmail Bajia, described other nuclear talks with the United States “meaningless” after the Israeli strikes in the country.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio said that the United States did not participate in the initial strike of Israel, and that his maximum priority is to protect American origins in the Middle East. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday I reported many governments that the United States alliance in the Middle East before Israel’s strikes on IranI told four sources CBS News.

“The United States has made the talks become meaningless,” Bajia quoted as saying. He added that Israel has gone through all Iranian red lines by committing a “criminal act” through its strikes.

However, he stopped saying the conversations were canceled. “It is still not clear what we decide on Sunday’s talks,” the Mizan News Agency, which is run by the Iranian judiciary, was quoted as saying.

On Friday, President Trump urged Iran to reach an agreement with the United States on its nuclear program, warning of the social truth platform that Israel’s attacks “will get worse.”

“Iran should make a deal, before there is nothing,” he wrote.

Will Tudman, Chief of Staff of Geographical Policy and Foreign Policy Management and an older colleague in the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told CBS News that Mr. Trump “made a lot of effort in nuclear negotiations with Iran,” but “it seems frustrated because there is no success in those talks.”

“The Iranians tend to negotiate very slowly. They are very slow to make concessions,” Tudman said. “Thus, I think that he now sees these military measures by Israel as a way to increase pressure on Iran to make these concessions and eventually reach a deal.”

Iranian missiles hit Israel

“We will not allow them to escape safely from this great crime he committed.”

Iran launched missile waves in Israel late on Friday and early Saturday. On Saturday, the Iranians woke up to the broadcast of government television repeated clips of strikes on Israel, as well as videos of people who chant and distribute sweets. The Israeli army said that more drones were intercepted near the Dead Sea early on Saturday.

Hospital in Tel Aviv treated seven people who were injured in the second Iranian barrage; Everyone except one of them is light injuries. Israel’s fire and rescue services said it was injured when a building shell hit the city. A spokesman for the Bellinson Hospital said a woman was killed.

Hours later, an Iranian missile was struck near houses in the central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion, killing two other people and wounding 19, according to Israeli militant service, Majen David Adom. Israel’s fire and rescue service said four houses were severely damaged.

The main international airport of Israel said on Saturday that it will remain closed until further notice.

Meanwhile, the sound of the Iranian explosions and air defense systems, which is called targets that were repeated across Tehran shortly after midnight. The semi -official Iranian news agency reported a fire at Muharbad International Airport in Tehran. video Posted on X Show a column of smoke and flame rising from what the port said is the airport.

The Israeli army said it had been strikes overnight on dozens of targets, including air defenses, “in the Tehran region.”

Israeli paramedics services said that 34 people were injured in Al -Wabel in the Tel Aviv area, including a woman who was seriously injured after being held under the rubble. In Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv, AP journalist AP saw burning cars and at least three damaged homes, including the homes where the front was almost completely torn.

Residents of an Israeli city in the middle of Friday told the explosion that it was so strong that it shook the door of open shelter. “We thought, that’s all, the house has gone, and in fact half the house has disappeared, it has collapsed,” said Moshe Shani.

A US official said, on the condition that his identity is not disclosed to discuss the measures.

The ongoing air strikes of Israel and Iran’s revenge raised concerns about the comprehensive war between countries and the region, already on the brink of the abyss, has sparked a greater revolution. The 20 -month Israel war with Gaza does not show any signs of the end. At least 27 people of Israeli strikes were killed in Gaza during the night on Friday, according to local hospitals.

The strikes raise fears of a comprehensive war

The countries of the region condemned the Israeli attack, while leaders all over the world called for the immediate escalation of both sides.

Israel has long threatened such a strike, and the successive American administrations have sought to prevent it, for fear that they would ignite the broader conflict in the Middle East and may be ineffective in destroying the dispersed and Iranian nuclear program.

However, the convergence of developments caused by the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, in addition to the re -election of Mr. Trump – created the circumstances that have recently allowed Israel to follow its threats. Netanyahu said the United States was informed before the attack.

On Thursday, Iran was oversight by the United Nations Atoms of the Atomic Supervision Authority for not compliance with the obligations aimed at preventing it from developing a nuclear weapon.

The section above the ground was destroyed by the Natanz facility

Among the main sites attacked by Israel is the main nuclear enrichment facility in Iran in Natanz, where black smoke can be seen rising in the air. It also appears to be a smaller and smaller nuclear enrichment facility, about 60 miles southeast of Tehran, according to an Iranian news outlet near the government that reported hearing nearby explosions.

Israel said it also struck a nuclear research facility in Salach, and said it had destroyed dozens of radar facilities and surface missile launchers in western Iran. Iran confirmed the strike in my conversion.

Raphael Grossi, head of the United Nations Security Council, stated that the above part of the Natanz facility has been destroyed. He said that the main centrifuge underground does not seem to be beaten, but the loss of power could have damaged the infrastructure there.

Netanyahu said the attack was months of making it and was planned in April before it was postponed.

The Israeli spy agency Moussad put drones and accurate weapons inside Iran early, and used them to target Iranian air defenses and missile launchers near Tehran, according to two security officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

These claims could not be independently confirmed.

Over the past year, Israel targeted Iranian air defenses, and hit a Russian air defense radar system in April 2024, surface missile sites and missile manufacturing facilities in October.

The first wave of strikes gave Israel “great freedom” in the sky of Iran, which led to further attacks, according to an Israeli military official, provided that his identity was not disclosed because he was not authorized to discuss the details of the attack with the media.

The official said that Israel is ready for a process that could last for up to two weeks, but there was no fixed timetable.

Among the dead were three senior military commanders in Iran: 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.

Iran was also killed on Saturday: Two deputies of Baghri were killed on Saturday: General Golarmera Mehrabi, Deputy Intelligence for General Services of the Armed Forces, and General Mahdi Rabbani, Deputy Operations.

On Saturday, Khameneni appointed a new commander of the Revolutionary Guards Revolutionary Space Department. General Majid Mossafi will replace General Amir on his barn, who was killed in the air strike on Friday. The goalkeeper’s air space department oversees Iran’s ballistic arsenal.