Israel's military says 'targeted' attacks on Iran are over after three waves of strikes — as it happened
Israel's military says it has "completed" its strikes on Iran, which were conducted in response to what it called "the continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against Israel".
Several loud explosions were heard in Iran's capital, Tehran, and the nearby Karaj city early on Saturday, semi-official Iranian media said.
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Israeli media reporting the strikes are now over
Fresh blasts heard in Tehran, state media says
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By Georgie Hewson
We will wrap up our live coverage here for now.
Updates on the situation will continue on the ABC News website.
A full wrap of the latest news can be found here:
US officials describing attacks as 'effective'
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By Matthew Doran
We've just been briefed on the strikes by a senior Biden administration official on what the US knew of the attacks.
The US is insisting it was not involved in the strikes, but it was given warning by the Israeli government.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was briefing by Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in a phone call.
The White House is describing the strikes as "targeted and proportional" after Iran launched more than 180 missiles at Israel in October.
The senior official suggested Israel had heeded international warnings to contain its retaliatory attack to military targets, limiting the risk to Iranian civilians.
But, and it's a big but, the official said the White House was of the opinion this should be the end of direct attacks between Israel and Iran.
The official said there would be consequences to any further response by Iran.
Iran says attacks thwarted, caused 'limited damage'
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By Georgie Hewson
Iran says its air defence system successfully countered Israel's attacks but that "limited damage" was caused to some locations.
In a statement, the Iranian air defence said Israel attacked military targets in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam.
Israeli military says it completed 'targeted' attacks against Iran
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By Georgie Hewson
The IDF has released a statement saying that it has "completed precise and targeted strikes on military targets in a number of areas in Iran".
"The strike was conducted in response to the attacks by the Iranian regime against the State of Israel and its citizens in recent months," it read.
"The retaliatory strike has been completed and the mission was fulfilled."
The IDF claims that the Israeli Airforce struck missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles that Iran fired at the Israel over the last year.
"These missiles posed a direct and immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel," it read.
"Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel's aerial freedom of operation in Iran."
It wrote says that the IDF is "conducting ongoing situational assessments and is ready to conduct defensive and offensive action."
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By Matthew Doran
Israel has been promising a retaliatory attack against Iran for weeks now, after Iran fired more than 180 missiles at Israel at the beginning of October.
Since then the world has been waiting to see what Israel would do.
Last week, US intelligence on Israeli preparations for such an attack were leaked. They detailed things like Israeli military exercises and what weapons might be used in any attack.
That has been embarrassing for the United States, and an investigation has been launched.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured the Middle East this week — a trip billed as a week long series of talks, which seemingly got cut short.
He met with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, before travelling to Riyadh to meet Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and on to London to meet Jordanian and Lebanese officials.
This attack has happened after that, showing any overtures he made to Israel for restraint went unheard.
Israel has also been waiting for its own defences to be bolstered.
The United States deployed its THAAD anti-missile defence system to Israel, along with around 100 troops to operate it — wanting to shore up Israel's ability to protect itself from any further strikes from country's such as Iran.
That is now in place and operational, giving Israel some extra cover.
Key EventIsraeli media reporting the strikes are now over
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By Matthew Doran
Israel's public broadcaster is now reporting the IDF's strikes against Iran have now finished.
It says there were three waves of strikes.
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By Matthew Doran
When the IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari announced Israel's strikes had begun on Iran, he said they were "precise strikes on military targets".
The international community, particularly the United States, had been urging Israel to focus its retaliatory attacks on military assets rather than other targets — energy infrastructure, or Iran's nuclear facilities for example.
Any attacks beyond military targets would be an even more dramatic escalation in the Middle East conflict — hitting things like Iranian military bases allows Israel to make its point without being seen as targeting areas where civilians could be harmed.
Government website Smartraveller updates Middle East warning
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By Georgie Hewson
Smartraveller has been warning Australians not to travel to Iran for a while, but it has now provided updated information on its channels to warn of the risk of travelling to the Middle East.
It says the situation in Iran may deteriorate quickly with little or no notice.
Sounds of explosion heard in Tehran as Israel launches strikes
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By Georgie Hewson
Pro-Iran factions in Iraq claim responsibility for drone strike in Israel
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By Kaitlin Easton
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose network of pro-Iran factions, claimed responsibility early on Saturday for a drone attack against a "military target" in northern Israel, following the announcement of Israeli strikes on Iran.
"Islamic Resistance fighters in Iraq carried out a drone attack at dawn on Saturday against a military target in Acre", in northern Israel, the group said in a statement on Telegram.
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Iran prepared to respond to Israeli 'aggression' — state media
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By Kaitlin Easton
Iran is prepared to respond to Israel's "aggression", semi-official state news agency Tasnim has said.
A source reportedly told Tasnim: "Iran reserves its right to respond to any aggression and there is no doubt that Israel will receive a proportionate response to any action."
Watch: ABC global affairs editor says situation could escalate
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By Kaitlin Easton
Global affairs editor John Lyons says there has been months of build-up to the attack and the situation could escalate further if Israel hits the Iranian nuclear plants and oil plants.
Attack expected to be 'one-night affair'
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By Kaitlin Easton
Israel's attack on Iran is ongoing and is expected to be a one-night affair, the US ABC News reported early on Saturday in the Middle East and late on Friday in the United States.
ABC cited one source, who also said there were no Israeli casualties or damage to war planes reported thus far.
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Iran state TV says blasts were 'activation of air defense system'
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By Kaitlin Easton
Iranian state TV said that the blasts heard around the capital earlier today were due to the "activation of the air defence system" against an Israeli attack.
"The loud blasts heard around Tehran were related to the activation of the air defence system against the actions of Zionist regime which attacked three locations outside of Tehran city," state TV reported, citing officials of the Tehran province air defence.
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Key EventFresh blasts heard in Tehran, state media says
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By Kaitlin Easton
Four further explosions were heard in eastern Tehran on Saturday, local media said, adding that "air defence is still active" in the capital.
AFP reporters also heard fresh blasts in Tehran.
Watch: ABC reporter provides reaction live from Washington
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By Kaitlin Easton
Reporter Emilie Gramenz in Washington DC says the US was given some notification from Israel about the attacks.
International airlines avoid skies over Middle East
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By Georgie Hewson
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By Georgie Hewson
This attack comes weeks after Iran launched 200 ballistic missiles towards Israel on October 1. That attack was in response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and senior Revolutionary Guard commander Abbas Nilforooshan.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had "made a big mistake" and "will pay for it".
In response, Iran promised to respond to a potential attack.
Regional tensions have been at an all-time high since Israel's war with Gaza broke out last year.
What does the airspace look like around Iran?
By Kaitlin Easton
Flightradar 24 has shared an image on social media showing what the airspace around Iran looked like after Israel launched strikes.
Israeli air strike attacks Syrian military targets, state media says
By Kaitlin Easton
An Israeli air strike targeted some military sites in Syria's central and southern parts early on Saturday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
Syrian air defense forces intercepted missiles launched by Israel "from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights and the Lebanese territories" and shot down some of them, SANA added.
Earlier on Saturday, SANA reported explosions in the vicinity of Syria's capital Damascus.
Israel has been carrying out strikes against Iran-linked targets in Syria for years but has ramped up such raids since the October 7 terror attack by armed group Hamas on Israeli territory.
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