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Israel launches air strikes on Iran’s nuclear program: ‘If we don’t act now, there will not be another generation’
By
Samuel Chamberlain,
Caitlin Doornbos,
Victor Nava and
Anna Young
Published June 12, 2025
Updated June 12, 2025, 11:22 p.m. ET




Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday in its latest effort to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program – an operation military leaders said they had “no choice” but to carry out.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Operation “Rising Lion” targeted several sites across the Iranian capital to dismantle the country’s nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile factories and military – in a mission to “roll back” Iran’s threat to Israel’s “very survival.”
Though the extent of damage remains unclear, the attack reportedly killed a high-ranking general and nuclear scientists as explosions boomed across Tehran.
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Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday, the latest effort by the Jewish state to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program. X/IsraeliPM
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Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran. AP

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Israel launches air strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, killing top military officials: ‘If we don’t act now, there will not be another generation’
By
Samuel Chamberlain,
Caitlin Doornbos,
Victor Nava and
Anna Young
Published June 12, 2025
Updated June 12, 2025, 11:22 p.m. ET




Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday in its latest effort to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program – an operation military leaders said they had “no choice” but to carry out.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Operation “Rising Lion” targeted several sites across the Iranian capital to dismantle the country’s nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile factories and military – in a mission to “roll back” Iran’s threat to Israel’s “very survival.”
Though the extent of damage remains unclear, the attack reportedly killed a high-ranking general and nuclear scientists as explosions boomed across Tehran.

Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday, the latest effort by the Jewish state to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program. X/IsraeliPM
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Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran. AP

“We can’t leave these threats for the next generation,” Netanyahu said during an address shared on YouTube, pressing that the attacks will continue for “as many days as it takes.”
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“Because if we don’t act now, there will not be another generation. If we don’t act now, we simply won’t be here. We have internalized the lessons of history. When an enemy says he intends to destroy you — believe him,” he continued.
“When the enemy develops the capabilities to destroy you — stop him.”
A recent report that Iran had enriched enough uranium to build nuclear bombs within days was confirmed, a source told The Post Thursday night, adding that is why the strike occurred.
Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of the country’s military, are believed to have been killed in the barrage, as were two nuclear scientists, Iran’s state media said, according to the Times of Israel.
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A map showing the cities that Israel targeted in Iran during the first wave of Operation Rising Lion on Thursday.
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“Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. AP
The Revolutionary Guard oversees Iran’s ballistic missiles, which it has used twice to strike Israel since the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Jewish state also targeted Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz — where black smoke was seen billowing from the building, Iranian state media showed.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the US was “not involved” in the strike.

“Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” he said.
“Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense. President Trump and the Administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear: Iran should not target US interests or personnel.”
However, the US may be forced to act to protect Israel — and prevent the Jewish state from using its nuclear weapons, a source said.
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Smoke rises from a damaged building in Tehran, Iran, after the air strikes. AP
The US Embassy in Israel has since directed all US government employees and their family members to shelter in place until further notice.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the Jewish state had reached a “point of no return.”
“We cannot wait for another time to act, we have no choice,” he said in remarks published by the IDF.
“History, both distant and recent, has taught us that in the face of ambitions to destroy us, we must not bow our heads, and so we fight to preserve our existence. Freedom is granted to those who are willing to fight for it.”
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A video grab of Israel striking Iran’s capital, Tehran. Reuters
Iran threatened to retaliate — with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowing that Israel will face “severe punishment” after the strikes, he said in a statement shared by the state-run INRA news agency.
At the White House earlier Thursday, President Trump said an Israeli airstrike “looks like it’s something that could very well happen” — but stopped short of saying an operation was “imminent.”
Danny Danon, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, urged the Security Council to support the Jewish state.

“This is a moment to make moral decisions. Stand by Israel or you will be partners in a dangerous silence.”
While some US officials have come out in opposition to Israel’s latest attack, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a vocal supporter of the Jewish state, said officials should do whatever it takes to wipe out “Iranian leadership” and “nuclear personnel.”
“Our commitment to Israel must be absolute and I fully support this attack,” the Democrat said on X.
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This handout photo released by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official Sepah News Telegram channel on June 13, 2025 reportedly shows a building in Tehran hit in an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital early in the morning. SEPAH NEWS/AFP via Getty Images
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People gather in the street near an emergency vehicle in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran. via REUTERS
“Keep wiping out Iranian leadership and the nuclear personnel. We must provide whatever is necessary – military, intelligence, weaponry – to fully back Israel in striking Iran.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said America “stands ready to work with President Trump and with our allies in Israel to restore peace in the region and, first and foremost, to defend the American people from Iranian aggression, especially our troops and civilians serving overseas.”
“Iran must never gain access to a nuclear weapon,” he said in a statement.

(06-13-2025, 04:00 PM)gortex Wrote: When war is over Netanyahu is finished ... facing criminal indictment at home and wanted by the ICC on war crime charges seems starting another war now he's destroyed Gaza is his only way to avoid a cell !

Israel elections in 2026 , a full blown war with Iran could see that pushed back.

Just sayin.

(06-14-2025, 10:08 AM)727Sky Wrote:

Quote:We have more information coming in from the IDF following our last post.
They have said they have identified missiles launched from Iran towards Jerusalem.
"Upon receiving an alert, the public is instructed to enter a protected space and remain there until further notice," the IDF has said.
Reuters reports "several missiles" have been seen over Jerusalem
https://news.sky.com/story/israel-iran-latest-israeli-jets-target-irans-nuclear-sites-country-braced-for-retaliation-by-tehran-13382979

Quote:Israel attacked Iran with a Mossad intelligence agent behind enemy lines missile and drone attack. It's similar to operation spider web but this is operation rising lion. F-35 and F-15 and F-16 fighter jets over 200 of them struck Iran's nuclear facilities and oil production capabilities. Then Iran struck back with a ballistic missile attack that Israel and America tried to intercept.

(06-14-2025, 06:52 AM)FCD Wrote: ETMN - If you haven't read it already, you should take a look at James Bamford's book, "Spy Fail".  It's a pretty insightful read on the US Intelligence community, but also more importantly a very detailed look at Netanyahu's government and how the Mossad operates.  It's a real eye-opener.

Bamford, if you're not familiar with him, is the author who wrote "The Puzzle Palace" back in the 80's which exposed the existence of the NSA as a real government agency for the very first time.  Bamford almost went to Leavenworth over that book, and it was banned in the US for many years (as it revealed not only the existence NSA itself but also many things about how the NSA operated in such secrecy and what they were up to).  People had no idea. (other than rumors and budget line items for $10,000 coffee pots, toilet seats and hammers along with other wildly overpriced line items hidden in massive budgets.  All of it siphoned off into this massive black budget for the NSA).  So, the guy is a pretty credible source.

Anyway, Spy Fail is another eye-opener.  I picked it up primarily because I saw Bamford's name (the government would rather he not exist).  I had originally read The Puzzle Palace back in the mid 90's when I found a used copy over in a SE Asia 2nd hand bookstore.  I think the book may have still been banned in the US at that time (at least the unabridged version).  I'm not 100% sure the 'sanitized' version which eventually was released is the same as the edition I have kicking around here somewhere.

Quote:Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition

Key Takeaways

    The IDF expanded its air campaign into Iran by beginning to strike regime institutions, including some related to internal security and social control. This comes the day after the IDF began striking energy infrastructure. The degradation of the Iranian coercive apparatus coupled with energy shortages could destabilize the regime.

    The IDF conducted its furthest strike eastward as part of its efforts to establish air superiority over Iran. The IDF specifically struck an Artesh airbase around Mashhad in northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province. Most of the Israeli strikes targeting air defenses have been around western and central Iran thus far.

    Iran has continued its missile campaign targeting Israel, having launched 10 total barrages at the time of this writing. Two of these barrages occurred in recent hours. The IDF has intercepted around 92 percent of the missiles that Iran has fired at Israel thus far, according to an Israeli official speaking to Reuters.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded its ongoing air campaign on June 15 to target Iranian governance institutions, some of which are related to internal security.

Iran has conducted 10 waves of ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel from Iranian territory since the start of the Israeli air campaign against Iran on July 12. Iran has conducted two waves of ballistic missile attacks since CTP-ISW's 6:00 AM ET data cutoff on June 15.[21] The IDF reported that Iran launched “several missiles” at Israel in the first wave but that none of the missiles landed in Israeli territory.[22] Iran launched a second wave of missiles targeting Haifa in northern Israel.[23] Israeli media reported that Iran launched approximately 30 missiles in the second wave.[24] An Iranian ballistic missile struck a building in Haifa, injuring two Israeli civilians.[25] The IDF has thus far intercepted about 92 percent of the Iranian munitions that Iran has launched at Israel as part of its Operation True Promise III, according to Israeli officials speaking to Reuters.[26]