Israel launches air strikes in Tehran the capital of Iran in response to what the Israeli military called “months of continuous attacks” from Tehran and its proxies. It comes after Tehran launched almost 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel on 1 October. The IDF’s confirmation of strikes on Iran followed earlier reports by Iranian state media of several explosions in and around the capital, and Iranian state media confirmed that explosions were heard in the west of Tehran.. The US states that the strike was an exercise of self-defence on Israels part. Tehran said it had attacked Israel in retaliation for what it called the “violation of Iran’s sovereignty and the martyrdom” of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. US defense official stressed that there had been no US involvement in the Israeli strikes on Saturday.
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