Latest DevelopmentsIDF Strikes Targets Across Iran: Israel launched multiple waves of strikes against Iranian targets associated with the regime’s nuclear program in the early hours of June 13. Announcing the operation, dubbed “Rising Lion,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described it as “a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival,” emphasizing that it “will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.” Netanyahu stressed his gratitude to President Donald Trump “for his steadfast stance,” adding “he said time and again, Iran must never have a nuclear weapon.”
Nuclear Program Struck, High-Level Figures Reportedly Targeted: Netanyahu described a comprehensive set of targets struck during the operation, including “the heart of Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, the heart of Iran’s nuclear weaponization program, Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb,” and “the heart of Iran’s ballistic missile program.” Israel also reportedly eliminated the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, in a strike on the IRGC’s headquarters in Tehran. Several other high-level Iranian military leaders and top nuclear scientists, including Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, are believed by Israel to have been eliminated in the opening wave of strikes against the Islamic Republic.
Israel Prepares for Response: Air raid sirens sounded throughout Israel as the IDF announced an “immediate change in the Home Front Command’s defense policy.” Israelis in all parts of the country were told to limit themselves only to essential activities and not attend schools and workplaces, with the exception of essential businesses and gatherings. Following the strikes, the U.S. State Department directed all U.S. government employees in Israel and their families to shelter in place until further notice.
FDD Expert Response
“This Israeli attack couldn’t have happened without full coordination between the United States and Israel. The days ahead carry real risk — but the cost of inaction was far greater. Israel did what had to be done: defend itself, the West, and ultimately the Iranian people from the genocidal ambitions of the mullahs. Nuclear talks were heading to collapse under Tehran’s defiance, and sanctions alone couldn’t stop Iran’s race toward multiple nuclear weapons.” — Mark Dubowitz, CEO
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