Air force in Isfahan in sight: Israel launches retaliatory strike against Iran. The regime senses traitors within the country. The news ticker.
Update from April 19, 10:38 a.m.:
After reports of Israel's attack on Iran, the International Atomic Energy Agency has given the all-clear. No Iranian nuclear facilities were damaged, the organization reported in Vienna on Friday. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi continues to “call on everyone to exercise extreme restraint,” said a statement on X (formerly Twitter). Nuclear facilities should never be targets in military conflicts, he emphasized.
Escalation in the Middle East: Israel's retaliatory strike on Iran causes speculation
Update from April 19th, 8:43 a.m
.: The retaliatory strike by Israel's army on Iran is causing speculation: After the attack on an air base near Isfahan, the regime in Tehran complained about an Israeli drone attack that was allegedly controlled from Iran should. A mini drone shot down by air defense was flown by “invaders from inside Iran,” the
Times of Israel
quoted a military analyst from Iranian state television as saying. There was no confirmation of the statement, which cannot be independently verified. However, Israel indirectly rejected such reports.
Air raid
on
Isfahan
First report
: First the major attack from Iran on Israel, now the counterattack: According to consistent US media reports, the Israeli army has launched a retaliatory operation for the Iranian military action last weekend. Accordingly, Israel carried out a military operation in Iran on Friday night (April 19). One or more Israeli missiles have attacked a target in Iran. There were initially no reports of damage.
Iran-Israel War: What currently happened in the attack on Isfahan?
As the
Jerusalem Post
reports, rockets from a long-range bomber are said to have been fired at the Iranian air base in Isfahan. Two Israeli officials from the Defense Ministry confirmed this to the paper. Overall, it was an attack in the Iran-Israel war on a limited scale, it said.
Iran-Israel conflict: Battle for sovereignty of interpretation has begun
Iran's state media rejected the reports of missile attacks. The state news agency
Irna
reported on Friday morning
that it was not a widespread attack .
“A few hours ago, several small flying objects were spotted and hit in the sky of Isfahan,” a reporter said on a live broadcast on state television. Air traffic has resumed. At the same time, the Iranian government rejected reports that the country's Security Council had met for an emergency meeting.
With the military action, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to a military strike by Iran. The mullahs' regime attacked Israel directly for the first time at the weekend with more than 300 rockets and drones. The background to the Iranian missile and drone attacks was a suspected Israeli-led attack on the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus, in which two generals of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed at the beginning of April.
Role of the
USA
in
the Middle East War
Fox News
reported, citing a military source, that it was a “limited attack.” The USA was not involved and the Israelis informed the US government in advance.
CNN
reported, citing two sources, that the US government did not give a "green light" for the attack.
CNN
also said
that nuclear facilities in Iran were not the target of the attacks. Military experts said Israel demonstrated that Iran's air defenses are no match for Israel's. Military expert Mark MacCarley said: “The Israelis had to retaliate, but that retaliation also carried a message: Yes, we can do it. Don't do that again. If you do it again, chaos will ensue.”
Consequences of Israel's attack on Isfahan: Iran's nuclear facilities remain undamaged
Isfahan is also home to important facilities for the Iranian defense industry. The country's largest nuclear research center is also located in the cultural city. According to the radio, there was no danger to the nuclear facilities there.
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