NEW: Iran has confirmed that its Fordow nuclear facility sustained limited damage in recent attacks, according to a spokesperson for the country’s atomic energy organization.

Israeli Chief of Staff:

The path to Iran has been paved.

Our aircraft have begun targeting planned sites in Tehran.

Elon Musk says that Starlink is active in Iran:

"The beams are on"

Preparing for U.S. strikes on Iran?

U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee:

“Iran isn’t just attacking Israel — 700,000 Americans live here too.”

Iran has warned the UK, France, and US:

Any aid to Israel will make their Middle East bases targets.

Source: Mehr

BREAKING: Renewed Israeli strikes in Iran’s Tabriz.

Khamenei ordered Iran’s military to fire on Israel. The original plan was to launch up to 1,000 missiles to overwhelm defenses, say two Guards members.

But Israeli strikes on bases blocked rapid deployment.

Iran managed about 100 missiles in the first wave.

Source: NYT

BREAKING: New Wave of Israeli Strikes

Israeli missiles hit 4 sites in East Azerbaijan moments ago.

Explosions heard minutes ago in Khorramabad.

Blasts were also heard in Kermanshah earlier.

NEW: IDF denies hitting Iran's Fordo nuclear site despite Iranian claims of limited damage.

It confirms striking Isfahan, destroying key uranium conversion systems and labs.

IDF releases footage of strikes on Iranian air defenses.

NEW: A fighter jet crashed in the Gao region of Mali, according to a source at the scene.

Eyewitnesses say it was an Africa Corps Su-24, though unconfirmed.

FAMa said in a statement:

A Malian Armed Forces combat aircraft returning from a mission in eastern Mali made an emergency landing in the river near Gao. Both pilots were safely rescued and are receiving medical care. The aircraft was badly damaged.

Jordan: Israeli jet fires missile at Iranian drone.

Israeli Defense Minister Katz:

If Khamenei keeps firing missiles at Israeli civilians — Tehran will burn.

He is turning Iranians into hostages who will pay the price for attacks on Israeli citizens.

NOW: Tabriz refinery was not damaged in Israeli strikes.

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif:

Israel is targeting Yemen, Iran, and Palestine. If the Islamic world doesn’t unite now, we’ll all face the same fate.

Pakistan stands with Iran. Silence is no longer an option.

IDF says it eliminated nine top scientists and experts involved in Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Among those killed:

Fereydoon Abbasi – nuclear engineering
Mohammad Mahdi Tehranchi – physics
Akbar Motalei Zadeh – chemical engineering
Saeed Barji – materials engineering
Amir Hassan Faghihi – physics
Abdolhamid Minou Shahr – reactor physics
Mansour Asgari – physics
Ahmad Reza Doulfaghar Dariyani – nuclear engineering
Ali Bakhayi Katari – mechanics

Israeli strike hitting Qarpozabad Airport in Alborz yesterday.

Brig. Gen. Seyed Majid Mousavi appointed as IRGC Aerospace Force commander.

Iranian missile base in Kermanshah, Iran hit again.

Israeli official to Reuters:

We attacked more than 150 targets in Iran with hundreds of missiles.

Iran's Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites sustained significant damage.

NEW: Israel announces the closure of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv until further notice.