By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning as explosions could be heard near a major air base near Isfahan, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike following Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country.
By Humeyra Pamuk, Phil Stewart and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel has attacked Iran, three people familiar with the matter said, as Iranian state media reported early on Friday that its forces had destroyed drones,
Iran fired air defenses after spotting drones early Friday morning. Media reports quote Israeli officials saying Israel was responsible for the attack.
Commercial flights began diverting their routes early Friday morning over western Iran without explanation as one semiofficial news agency in the Islamic Republic claimed there had been “explosions” heard over the city of Isfahan.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a U.S. official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the center of the country,
Iranian officials said that an attack Friday used small drones possibly launched from inside Iran, and that radar systems had not detected unidentified aircraft entering Iranian airspace.
Israel carried out a limited military strike against Iran and is assessing the strike’s effectiveness and the damage it caused, a source familiar with the situation told NBC News.
Explosions echoed over an Iranian city in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation.
U.S. officials declined to comment as of early Friday, but American broadcast networks quoting unnamed U.S. officials said Israel carried out the attack.
Blasts were heard in the central province of Isfahan, although it is not clear what was targeted. Iran is on high alert after Israel said it would respond to an Iranian attack against it on Saturday night.
Commercial flights began diverting their routes over western Iran without explanation early Friday as one semiofficial news agency in the Islamic Republic reported “explosions” heard over the city of Isfahan.
An Israeli missile has hit Iran, US officials have told the BBC's partner station CBS News. Blasts were heard in the central province of Isfahan and flights have been suspended over several cities, Iranian media say.
Iran has fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near its central city of Isfahan after spotting drones. The incident early Friday raised fears of a possible Israeli retaliatory
Israel's Air Force said on Wednesday its fighter jets struck Hezbollah infrastructure north of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon amid concerns that increased exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah could fuel further escalation.
Cross-border fighting between Israeli forces and the Lebanese group Hezbollah have intensified in recent days, raising fears of a further escalation. Hezbollah announced on Thursday the deaths of two fighters,
An apparent Israeli drone attack on a major air base near the central city of Isfahan activated Iranian air defenses early Friday. The strike came days after Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel.
An Israeli missile has hit Iran, US officials have told the BBC's partner station CBS News. Blasts were heard in the central province of Isfahan, Iranian media say. Iran is on high alert after Israel said it would respond to an Iranian attack against it on Saturday night.
Israel launched a retaliatory strike against Iran on Friday morning. Source: ABC News with reference to a senior US official Details: Local media reported that three explosions occurred near a military base in the northwestern Iranian province of Isfahan.
Israel has fired missiles at at least one site in Iran, according to multiple reports, less than a week after Iran attacked the Jewish state. A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News that Israeli missiles were sent toward Iran’s airspace,
Iranian news has not reported any such strike and concluded the sounds reported were the interception of one or more drones. Israel's military has not responded to NPR's request for comment.
More than six months of Israel's military offensive in Gaza has turned the Palestinian territory into a "humanitarian hellscape", UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday, also warning that one wrong
The U.S. on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting the country’s drone manufacturing as Washington aims to isolate and hurt Tehran following its massive — though largely unsuccessful — attack on Israel last weekend.
The Lebanon strikes were the latest in cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that has raised concerns about the spread of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Agence France-Presse cited Hezbollah saying two of its fighters were killed in an Israeli strike in Kfar Kila.
Israel launched more deadly strikes on besieged Gaza on Thursday as Western governments unveiled sweeping sanctions against Iran's military drone programme in response to the country's unprecedented a
Israel launched more deadly strikes on besieged Gaza on Thursday as world powers watched nervously whether the country would retaliate against a weekend attack by its arch enemy Iran.The Israeli army said it had bombed dozens of targets in the Palestinian coastal territory of 2.
The strike was in response to one by Israel on Tuesday, Hezbollah said, that killed three people, including two local Hezbollah commanders and another operative in Ain Baal and Shehabiya. Israel and Hezbollah,
Israel launched its expected retaliatory strike against Iran on Friday morning, according to multiple reports. Israeli missiles hit at least one site in Iran, ABC News reported, citing US officials, and Iranian state media alerted citizens to explosions heard in the central part of the Islamic republic.
An apparent Israeli drone attack on a major air base near the central city of Isfahan activated Iranian air defenses early Friday. The strike came just days after Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel.
The strikes appear to be the response Israel vowed to carry out after an Iranian attack on Sunday, when Tehran fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel.
Two U.S. officials confirm to CBS News that an Israeli missile has hit Iran. The strike follows last weekend's retaliatory drone and missile attack against Israel, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to respond to.
A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran. This is breaking news. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
Lebanon's Hezbollah on Thursday said two of its fighters had been killed as Israel appeared to intensify strikes on south Lebanon following an attack by the Iran-backed group that wounded 14 Israeli soldiers.