Iran launches 100 drones on Israel: Army spokesperson
Israel’s Brigadier General Effie Defrin says Tehran launched the attacks following Israel’s massive early morning attack on Iran with about 200 planes. The interception efforts against the Iranian strikes are continuing, the spokesperson added.
Iran says strikes justify uranium enrichment, missile programmes
Iran says that Israel’s attacks on Friday, which have reportedly killed six nuclear scientists and struck the Natanz nuclear site, underscored its need to pursue uranium enrichment and missile development programmes.
“One should not speak to such a predatory regime except in the language of power,” Iran’s government said in a statement, referring to Israel. “The world now better understands Iran’s insistence on the right to enrichment, nuclear technology, and missile power.”
US embassy in Israel tells staff to shelter in place as Israel warns of ‘acts of revenge’
The US embassy in Israel has reminded its citizens of the “continued need for caution and increased personal security awareness” as it warned of potential “mortar, rocket, and missile fire, and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) intrusions” following Friday’s wave of attacks on Iran.
“As a result of the current security situation, the US Embassy has directed all US government employees and their family members to shelter in place until further notice,” it said in a post on X. Israel’s National Security Council has also told Israelis abroad to avoid “attending large-scale events connected to Israel or Judaism” as it warned of potential “acts of revenge”.
Israeli, Jordanian militaries say intercepting drones launched from Iran
Israel’s military says it has begun intercepting Iranian drones in the wake of its strikes early on Friday, The Associated Press is reporting. Israel’s public broadcaster and Channel 12 are reporting that Israel has started intercepting drones over Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, Jordan’s state news agency is reporting that it had intercepted a number of missiles and drones that entered its airspace this morning.
‘Palestinians will do their best to prepare for nearby strikes’
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank know that the neighbouring illegal Israeli settlements, about 200 of them across the occupied territory, have the shelters, the military instructions, the protection, the safeguards. They do not.
They will most likely – as in the past – look to see how Israeli citizens are being instructed. They will try to figure out what to do.
First of all, they will try to secure some extra food – flour, canned food, water and the like, in order to have enough food to safeguard the safety of their families. Then they will probably try to guess where is the safest location in their family home in case a nearby settlement is attacked or shrapnel falls in the vicinity.
Recall the last time there were missiles launched from Iran into Israel, the only casualties that were reported were a Palestinian in Jericho, who happened to hail from Gaza, as well as a Palestinian Israeli citizen who died from shrapnel wounds – because Palestinian Israeli citizens are not adequately prepared or provided with the shelters they need.
Israeli airlines move aircraft from Ben Gurion airport
Israeli carriers Israir, Arkia and El Al say they are evacuating and relocating aircraft from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, adding that the move is part of a contingency plan developed over the past few days. The airlines say they are moving their planes out of the country.







