CNN: Iranian semi-official #FARSnews is reporting 3 explosions were heard near the #military base where fighter jets are located in the NW part of #Isfahan.
Reports of the explosion come hrs after Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN that if #Israel takes any further military action against #Iran, its response would be “immediate & at a maximum level”
#geopolitics
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-18-24/h_b20f06b4894422d0d6f3072d96a7e84d
NBC: A person familiar tells NBC News that #Israel carried out an operation in #Iran tonight.
Separately, Israeli ofcls notified #US ofcls earlier today that a response was coming.
The Israeli Embassy in Washington declined to comment on whether Israel has launched an attack on Iran.
The #CIA declined to comment.
#geopolitics #MiddleEast #war
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/iran-israel-attack-live-updates-rcna148496/rcrd39355?canonicalCard=true
A counterstrike would likely deepen anxieties in capitals worldwide about the prospect of an all-out #war in the #MiddleEast.
Again: #Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told CNN that if #Israel takes any further #military action against #Iran,
its response would be
“immediate & at a maximum level.”
A source in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu's office declined to comment on the reported strike in #Iran.
The #IDF spokesman’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
#Israel #Hamas #war #geopolitics #MiddleEast #UnitedStates #GlobalSecurity
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/iran-israel-attack-live-updates-rcna148496/rcrd39357?canonicalCard=true
Per Andrea Mitchell:
#UnitedStates not involved in #Israeli strike in #Iran
The #US was not involved in #Israel's strike in Iran, a source familiar confirmed, adding that there was a pre-notification to the U.S. from the Israelis about the strike.
#Israel #Hamas #war #geopolitics #MiddleEast #UnitedStates #GlobalSecurity
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/iran-israel-attack-live-updates-rcna148496/rcrd39358?canonicalCard=true
US official tells CNN the target is NOT #nuclear
Prior to the Israeli strike Fri (local), US expectation was that they would NOT target #civilian or nuclear facilities, another snr US official said.
#Israel told the #US its response would be limited in scope. US #intelligence suggested Israel was weighing a narrow & limited strike inside #Iran.
The range of targets was “never specified in precise terms but nuclear & civilian locations were clearly not in that category,” the 2nd ofcl added.
The #US has been urging #Israel not to respond to last weekend’s attack by #Iran, which President Joe #Biden on Thurs called “unprecedented.”
The #UnitedStates “didn’t green light” an Israeli response, the second official said.
"We didn't endorse the response," the official said
#war #geopolitics #MiddleEast #GlobalSecurity
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-04-18-24/h_899400572a1cdac74230910b0b3c86cf