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Explosions were heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, as Israel launched a preemptive strike. Israel is in a state of emergency, awaiting a response.

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Israel attacks Iran

•  Israel Defense Forces launched a sweeping strike on Iran following months of attempted, and seemingly failed, nuclear negotiations. 
•  Israel carried out strikes in Iran, adding that explosions were heard in the capital of Tehran. 
•  Israel said it launched “Operation Rising Lion” to target Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure 
•  A state of emergency has been declared across Israel as the country braces for an Iranian response. 
•  Commander-in Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, was killed during Israel’s airstrikes on Iran. 
•  The strikes came after Israel first threatened to go after Iran’s nuclear facilities in early November following a series of back-and-forth missile attacks between April and October last year. 

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2 hour(s) ago

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Israel says it tricked Iranian air force leaders into meeting before deadly strikes

An Israeli security official told Fox News that Israel was able to trick top commanders of Iran’s air forceinto gathering for a meeting.

“We carried out specific activities to help us learn more about them, and then used that information to influence their behavior,” the official said. “We knew this would lead them to meet — but more importantly, we knew how to keep them there.”

The official added that the strikes were more successful than Israel had anticipated. According to the source, air defense systems and ballistic missiles that were intended for use against Israel were preemptively targeted.

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12 min(s) ago

Global calls to avoid escalation pour in after Israeli strikes on Iran

Much of the world voiced concern on Friday following Israel’s early-morning strikes on over 100 targets in Iran, urging both nations to avoid further escalation.

Iran responded with a drone counterattack, and Israel declared the strikes were only the first wave in a broader campaign to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized that Israel acted unilaterally, stating the U.S. was not involved in the strikes, while President Donald Trump warned Iran the next round of Israeli attacks would be “even more brutal.” 

This is an excerpt from an article by Morgan Phillips. Click here to read the full story.

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31 min(s) ago

Iran calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting following Israeli airstrikes

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Iran’s mission to the United Nations is calling for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council following Israel’s launch of Operation Rising Lion.

“The Israeli regime and its backer — namely the United States — shall be held fully accountable for these blatant violations of international law and their grave consequences,” the mission wrote in a post on X.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi issued a letter to the U.N. Security Council in which he called Israel’s operation “a brazen and unlawful act of aggression.” Araghchi also urged the international community to take action.

“Israel, the most terrorist regime in the world, has now crossed every red line, and the international community must not allow these crimes to go unpunished,” Araghchi wrote.

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51 min(s) ago

Iran was moving forward with plans to destroy Israel and US, ambassador says

Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon joined “FOX & Friends” after Israel’s historic strikes on Iran.

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1 hour(s) ago

What is Israel’s Iron Dome?

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The Iron Dome has been an integral part of Israel’s multi-layer defense since it was originally deployed in 2011. The Iron Dome works to keep the citizens of Israel safe with its ability to detect incoming air threats.

The Iron Dome is a missile defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It acts as a shield that can detect threats such as missiles, artillery shells, short-range rockets and drones.

Once a threat is detected, data is relayed to a missile firing unit, and interceptor Tamir missiles are then fired to eliminate it.

The Iron Dome has been instrumental throughout Israel’s long-standing conflict with Hamas. Since 2011, the Iron Dome has had over a 90% success rate and has intercepted over 5,000 rockets, according to Rafael’s website.

The Iron Dome air defense system has a long history of successfully intercepting threats from the sky and proved successful once again as it intercepted some drones and missiles aimed at Israel after their attack on Iran’s nuclear sites.

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1 hour(s) ago

Airlines divert flights over 4 countries after Israel strikes Iran

Airlines are diverting flights away from the airspace of multiple Middle Eastern countries on Friday following Israel’s surprise airstrikes on Iran.

Tracking data from the website Flightradar24 shows that carriers are avoiding flying over Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Iran, which each have closed their airspaces, reports say.

“The purpose of the closure is to prevent and reduce risk to passengers and aircraft,” Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety said, according to Ynet News. “Passengers who were scheduled to depart today from [Tel Aviv’s] Ben Gurion Airport are requested to stay home and not to come to the airport.”

Airlines are also suspending flights in the wake of the airstrikes, which targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities and top military leaders.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami and the country’s chief of staff of the armed forces, Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, were killed by the strikes.

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1 hour(s) ago

Macron calls for ‘maximum restraint’ and de-escalation in wake of Israel’s strikes on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, October 24, 2023. Christophe Ena/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his country’s opposition to Iran’s nuclear program, but urged “all parties to exercise maximum restraint” in the wake of Israel’s historic strikes.

In his statement, Macron also reassured his people, saying that he would take “all necessary steps” to protect French nationals and diplomats in the region.

“Peace and security for all in the region must remain our guiding principle,” Macron wrote.

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2 hour(s) ago

Israeli diplomat says country will ‘pursue peace through strength at every cost’

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said in a video update that was posted around 2:00 a.m. ET that Israel had seen “considerable success” in its historic preemptive strike on Iran. He also called for “patience and perseverance,” saying that it was going to be a “long haul.”

“If Iran would have achieved a nuclear weapon and would have used it, the eulogies for the State of Israel would have been the most beautiful eulogies ever written. But we’re not interested in eulogies, we’re interested in life. We’ve come home to live and to live in peace. And we’re going to pursue peace through strength at every cost.”

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3 hour(s) ago

Trump warns Iran of ‘more brutal’ attacks without nuclear deal after Israel strikes

President Donald Trump points to a reporter for a question during an event signing a bill blocking California’s rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump called on Iran to make a deal and warned that “the next already planned attacks” would be “even more brutal” than the opening strikes of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion.

“I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end. Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire.”

The president also demanded Teheran make a deal to avoid more death and destruction.

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4 hour(s) ago

IAEA chief calls Israeli president, reportedly says nuclear facility was severely damaged

A satellite image shows the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran in this handout image dated Jan. 24, 2025. (Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi called Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Fox News has learned. According to Israeli media, Grossi told Herzog that the Natanz nuclear facility was severely damaged in the strike.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Friday that it struck Natanz, which is Iran’s largest uranium enrichment site.

“Overnight, Israeli Air Force fighter jets, guided by precise intelligence from the Intelligence Directorate, struck the Iranian regime’s uranium enrichment site in the Natanz area,” an IDF statement read. “In addition, critical infrastructure enabling the site’s continuous operation and the Iranian regime’s ongoing efforts to obtain nuclear weapons were targeted.”

The IDF credits coordination between the Intelligence Directorate and the Israeli Air Force for successful strike.

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4 hour(s) ago

Israel wipes out top Iranian air force officials with one strike, Defense Minister Katz says

Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami and IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh stand together during a joint exercise called the ‘Great Prophet 17’ in the southwest of Iran, December 24, 2021. Picture taken Dec. 24, 2021. (Saeed Sajjadi/Fars News/WWest Asia News Agency via REUTERS)

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said most of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) air force leadership was taken out in a strike.

The dead include Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC’s Air Force, the Israeli Defense Forces said Friday.

Additionally, the IRGC’s air command was convened underground when the strike occurred.

Israel’s attacks early Friday also took out two top Iranian generals; Gen. Hossein Salami, the leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iranian armed forces.

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5 hour(s) ago

Israel is ‘ready for the possibility of ballistic missiles’ from Iran, military official says

An Israeli military official told reporters on Friday that the country is prepared for a potential response from Iran, including ballistic missiles. Teheran launched ballistic missiles at Israel in April 2024 and October 2024.

The official also said that Israel had “no choice” but to confront what it describes as a “concrete threat” to its citizens. The Israeli military official also noted that Iran’s missile range goes beyond Israel, meaning it is a threat to more than Jerusalem.

While an order for Israelis to stay near shelters amid Iran’s drone attack has been lifted, the military official said that “the threat isn’t over yet.”

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6 hour(s) ago

Netanyahu expresses solidarity with Iranian people against ‘brutal dictatorship’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuexpressed solidarity with the people of Iran, saying that his country was not fighting them, but rather the regime.

“To the brave people of Iran, I have a message for them: Our fight is not with you. Our fight is with the brutal dictatorship that has oppressed you for 46 years,” Netanyahu said in a video statement. “I believe that the day of your liberation is near, and when that happens the great friendship between our two ancient peoples will flourish once again.”

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6 hour(s) ago

Israeli army and Mossad worked closely on Iran operation, senior official says

A senior Israeli security official gave Fox News an inside look at Operation Rising Lion in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Mossad worked side-by-side. The operations leading up to Israel’s strikes involved intelligence gathering, advanced technologies and the deployment of commando forces operating across Iran, the official said.

The official said that extensive intelligence was gathered and surveillance was conducted to incriminate senior officials in the Iranian security establishment and nuclear scientists who were eliminated. The Mossad in coordination with the IDF carried out a series of elimination operations deep inside Iran, according to the official.

As Israel’s attack began, Mossad agents in central Iran deployed precision-guided weapons systems into open areas near Teheran’s surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems. The missiles were launched at their targets as Israeli airstrikes began. Additionally, the Mossad deployed strike systems and advanced technologies on vehicles with the goal of neutralizing Iran’s air defense capabilities that threaten Israeli jets. Further, the Mossad had previously established a base of explosive drones, which were activated and launched toward surface-to-surface missile (SSM) launchers that posed threats to Israeli civilians and strategic targets.

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Iran reportedly pulling out of nuclear negotiations with US

Teheran announced via state TV that it would be pulling out of nuclear negotiations with the U.S., according to reports.

Senior Iranian lawmaker Aladdin Boroujerdi, a member of parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, allegedly made the announcement that the sixth round of talks with the U.S. would not take place following Israel’s strikes.

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7 hour(s) ago

Israel intercepts retaliatory drones from Iran after attacking country in preemptive attack

The IDF confirmed early Friday it has begun intercepting UAVs fired from Iran, outside of its territory.

The retaliatory drone attack from Tehran comes hours after Israel launched a preemptive strike on the Islamic Republican, targeting its nuclear facilities.

Air raid sirens sounded over Jordan’s capital Friday as Iranian drones were inbound to target Israel.

Iraqi security officials told The Associated Press that more than 100 drones launched from Iran toward Israel were tracked crossing Iraqi airspace.

Neighboring Jordan, meanwhile, has closed its airspace.

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7 hour(s) ago

Saudi Arabia condemns Israel for its strike on Iran

Saudi Arabia early Friday issued a scathing attack on Israel, condemning the Jewish State for its early morning strike on Iran.

“Saudi Arabia expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Israeli aggressions against the brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran,” Saudi officials said in a statement.

The Kingdom said Israel’s attack undermines Iran’s “sovereignty and security and constitute[s] a clear violation of international laws and norms.”

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8 hour(s) ago

Israeli military confirms Iranian drone launch after strikes on nuclear sites

Israel’s top military spokesperson BG Effie Defrin has confirmed that Iran has launched 100 drones at Israel.

Defrin said that the drones had not arrived yet but that they were working to intercept them.

According to Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, it will take them a couple of hours for the drones to get there and likely they could be coupled with missile fire.

The attack is a response from the Iranians, following the Israeli strikes overnight that targeted Iranian nuclear facilities.

The strike according to IDF Spokesperson, BG Effie Defrin took out key Iranian commanders.“We can now confirm that the Chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Commander of the IRGC and the Commander of Iran’s Emergency Command were all eliminated in the Israeli strikes across Iran.” 

Israeli civilians have been told to stay close to bomb shelters and Israel’s Prime Minister says the instructions may last for longer than previous times, according to Yingst.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he believes this could go on for go on for a couple of weeks. 

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8 hour(s) ago

Head of Iran’s military among top officials killed in Israeli airstrikes

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IDF forces early Friday confirmed that Israeli strikeson Iran have killed three of the country’s top generals.

The senior Iranian leaders taken out include the country’s chief of staff of the armed forces, Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, and the Commander of Iran’s Emergency Command.

That is in addition to the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami. 

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9 hour(s) ago

Israeli ambassador to UN warns ‘intense days’ are ahead after strike on Iran

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon warned “intense days” are ahead for the Jewish state after it launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

“We know that we have intense days ahead. And we are ready for that,” Danon told Fox News’ Trace Gallagher early Friday. “And we are preparing the population of Israel to be ready for that.”

Danon said the attack was not only about the heroism of the pilots or intelligence officials involved, but also the Israeli people.

“They have to follow the instructions. Keep themselves safe. And it will not be easy for us. But we are determined to finish the job.”

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9 hour(s) ago

Reza Pahlavi calls for overthrow of Islamic Republic after Israel strike on Tehran: ‘One solution’

Exiled Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi weighed in early Friday after an Israeli attack on Tehran.

Pahlavi, son of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who’s government fell to Islamists in 1979, said the “only solution to the ongoing crisis with Iran” was “helping the Iranian people overthrow the regime that holds both Iran and the world hostage.”

“The Islamic Republic has plundered Iran’s wealth not to serve our people but to spend hundreds of billions on enrichment and a hidden nuclear program, pushing Iran to the brink of war. This regime was trying to fool the world. Now it has been exposed. It must be held to account,” the exiled crown prince said. “In the Pahlavi era, Iran was an original signatory of the NPT. But today, the IAEA has ruled that the Islamic Republic is violating it.”

Pahlavi said Iranian supreme leader and his “criminal mafia” have “announced the construction of a new enrichment facility.”

“With their violations, enrichment, and threats to withdraw from the NPT, Khamenei and his cronies are proving once again they cannot be trusted. They are not worthy partners for negotiation,” Pahlavi said. “But in contrast to this illegitimate regime, there is a real alternative: the Iranian people, who seek peaceful cooperation, and a future free from fear of war. Hold the Islamic Republic accountable by applying Maximum Pressure including Snapback sanctions and giving Maximum Support to its greatest foe: the people of Iran fighting bravely against it.” 

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9 hour(s) ago

Netanyahu places note in Western Wall with reference to Iran strike

Numbers 23:24 (Ziv Koren)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu placed a note in the Western Wall Thursday with a verse from the Book of Numbers.

The verse, Numbers 23:24 reads: “A people that rises up as a lioness, and as a lion lifts himself up.”

“Rising Lion” is the name of the operation the State of Israel launched on Iran’s “nuclear and missile infrastructure, with the aim of eliminating an existential and immediate threat to citizens of Israel and the entire world,” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told the UN Security-General and members of the Security Council.

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10 hour(s) ago

President Trump aware of Israel’s strikes beforehand, saying there were no surprises

Israel conducted airstrikes against Iran on Thursday night.

President Donald Trump told Fox News Channel’s chief political anchor Bret Baier he was aware that Israel was going to conduct strikes on Iran before they happened.

“Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table. We will see. There are several people in leadership that will not be coming back,” Trump said.

Trump has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several times in recent days.

The Trump administration reached out to at least one key Middle Eastern ally to acknowledge that the strike was going to happen, but that the U.S. was not involved in the strikes.

Trump is watching for any retaliation, and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is on high alert. He noted that the U.S. is ready to defend itself and Israel if Iran retaliates.

Trump said he hopes Iran returns to the negotiating table.

In recent weeks, the U.S. has replenished Iron Dome missiles, and U.S. officials have confirmed that a number of top Iranian leaders are dead after Israel’s airstrikes.

Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.

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10 hour(s) ago

UN Secretary-General concerned over Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear installations

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

The Secretary-General of the United Nations expressed concerns over Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, calling on both countries to show maximum restraint.

“The Secretary-General condemns any military escalation in the Middle East,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson said. “He is particularly concerned by Israeli attacks on nuclear installations in Iran while talks between Iran and the United States on the status of Iran’s nuclear programme are underway.

“The Secretary-General recalls the obligation of UN Member States to act in accordance with the UN Charter and international law,” he continued. “The Secretary-General asks both sides to show maximum restraint, avoiding at all costs a descent into deeper conflict, a situation that the region can hardly afford.”

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10 hour(s) ago

Ayatollah condemns Israel’s attack on Iran, confirms commanders, scholars were ‘martyred’

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Image)

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned Israel’s attack on Iran, saying “the Zionist regime has prepared for…a bitter and painful fate, which it will inevitably meet.”

In a translated version of Khamenei’s statement, the Ayatollah took aim at Israel.

“In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” he said. “The Great Iranian Nation! This morning, the Zionist regime opened its filthy and bloody hand to commit a crime in our beloved country, revealing its evils more than ever by targeting population centers.

“This regime must expect severe punishment. The powerful hand of the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces will not abandon it, God willing,” Khamenei continued. “A number of commanders and scholars were martyred in the enemy’s attacks, and their successors and colleagues will immediately return to their positions, God willing.

“With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared for itself a bitter and painful fate, which it will inevitably meet.”

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11 hour(s) ago

Netanyahu announces Israeli strike on Iran’s main nuclear facility at Natanz

A map showing where Iran’s nuclear facilities are located including Israel’s main target in Natanz.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country had targeted Iran’s nuclear program.

“We struck at the heart of Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. We struck at the heart Iran’s nuclear weaponization program,” Netanyahu said. “We targeted Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz. We targeted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb.”

Netanyahu also mentioned that the time to act was now as they believed that Iran had enough materials to make nine highly enriched uranium bombs.

“Today, Israel has shown that we have learned the lessons of history. When enemies vow to destroy you, believe them. When enemies build weapons of mass death, stop them,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu also said that Israel will not back down and that they have risen like lions to defend themselves.

Natanz is just one of five nuclear research sites that Iran was utilizing to create a weapon with enriched uranium. The other sites throughout Iran are in Fordow, Khondab, Isfahan and Busher.

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11 hour(s) ago

Israeli strikes eliminated senior Iran leaders: source

Israel hit several targets in the heart of Tehran, eliminating several senior Iranian regime leaders, an Israeli source confirmed to Fox News.

Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingstreported that the regime leaders were simultaneously eliminated in different spots, according to his source.

The source said Israel was able to surprise Iran and execute the attack at a level similar to what Israel did in the beeper operation.

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11 hour(s) ago

Israeli UN ambassador calls on Security Council to stand by Israel

Israeli Permanent Member to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a session of the Security Council at the New York City headquarters. (Israel United Nations mission)

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Dannon, called on the UN Security-General and members of the Security Council to either stand by Israel or become partners in a “dangerous silence.”

“The State of Israel launched Operation “Rising Lion” tonight against Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure, with the aim of eliminating an existential and immediate threat to the citizens of Israel and the entire world,” Dannon said in a statement. “The Iranian regime is blatantly violating international agreements, advancing towards nuclear weapons, and operating a regional terror network. When the world is silent – Israel is acting.

“I call on the UN Secretary-General and the members of the Security Council: “This is a moment to make moral decisions. Stand by Israel – or you will be partners in a dangerous silence,” he continued. “Unlike in the past – today we have a state, we have an army, and we are not waiting for those who want to destroy us to surprise us.”

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BREAKING NEWS11 hour(s) ago

Trump calls for National Security Council meeting early Friday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (L) talks to U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump will host a National Security Council meeting Friday morning in the White House situation room to discuss the Israeli strikes in Iran’s capital.

Trump spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday night, according the prime minister’s office.

The president told Netanyahu that the United States had presented a reasonable proposal to Iran, and a response is expected in the coming days.

Netanyahu was also told Trump intends to hold another round of talks with Iran over the weekend, Netanyahu’s office said.