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Israel Attacks Iran LIVE Updates: Israel’s defence ministry announced Saturday it had launched a “preemptive strike” on Iran as sirens sounded in Jerusalem and people across the country received phone alerts about an “extremely serious” threat.
Key highlights:
1. The United States is participating in the Israeli strikes against Iran, sources told the Associated Press.
2. Tehran is preparing for retaliation; the response will be crushing, Iranian official told Reuters.
3. Israel warned of the “possibility of missiles being launched toward the State of Israel.”
4. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is not in Tehran and has been transferred to a secure location, an official told Reuters on Saturday.
5. US President Donald Trump released a video statement, telling the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Iran’s armed forces, to lay down their weapons, promising that they would be granted immunity. The other option, according to Trump, is “certain death.”
6. Israel closes its airspace after launching an attack on Iran; Iran, too, has closed its airspace.
7. The Indian Embassies issued an advisory, advising all Indian nationals in Israel “to exercise utmost caution and remain vigilant at all times.”
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