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Hezbollah's leader warns terror group won't 'stand idly by' in face of attack on Iran
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassam warned the group would respond to any attack on Iran, as the IDF confirmed strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure and senior operatives in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah faces major US-led confrontation, terror leader Naim Qassam claims to wounded terrorists
Trump’s hesitation on Iran: Why a prompt strike, even if only symbolic, is crucial - opinion
Trump told large-scale Iran strikes would not topple Islamic Republic regime, officials tell WSJ
Netanyahu: We struck Iran to prevent nuclear Holocaust
"It was the 12th hour, and we did act. To save ourselves but also … to protect the world from this incendiary regime,” Netanyahu told Fox News's Bret Baier.
Nine senior scientists and experts in the Iranian nuclear project killed, IDF says
The strike that killed the Islamic Republic officials was possible due to intelligence gathered by the IDF's Intelligence Branch.
Israel's state plane, Wing of Zion, departs for Athens amid fears of Iranian retaliation
Israel's version of Air Force One took off from Ben-Gurion Airport on Friday morning just before IDF spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin announced that Iran launched over 100 attack drones.
The strike came at the last moment: Why Jerusalem’s timing was its last viable deterrent - analysis
One way or another, it took Iran a very long time to reach the nuclear threshold. Instead of the expected two to five years, twenty-five years passed. When the moment arrived, it left us no choice.
Why Israel will always act alone when needed to defend itself - analysis
The Begin Doctrine, created after Israel's strike against Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981, commits Israel to preventing any enemy state from obtaining nuclear weapons.
WATCH: Damage in Iran from Israeli strikes spreads across social media
Footage showing intense damage caused by Israel's airstrikes on Iran as part of Operation "Rising Lion" is being shared across Israeli and Iranian social media.
Operation 'Rising Lion': Targeted op. to neutralize 'immediate existential threat' - Herzog
Israeli politicians react to Israel's airstrikes on Iran as part of Operation "Rising Lion."
Iran appoints temporary armed forces, IRGC heads
New IRGC chief, Ahmad Vahidi, previously served as both defense and interior minister and IRGC-QF chief, and is linked with the 1994 bombing the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
WATCH: IDF intel. proves Iran 'significantly' accelerated nuclear bomb program
This intelligence shows that "the Iranian regime is operating to obtain a nuclear weapon," and that Israel "has been left with no choice" but to conduct airstrikes as part of Operation "Rising Lion."
Vacation ruse, phantom trip, hostage decoy: How Israel misled Tehran before Iran strike – source
Israeli defense officials believe the element of surprise maximized the operation’s impact and may buy Israel critical time as Iran edges closer to nuclear breakout capability.
