Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will strike "every site and every target of the ayatollah regime" in Iran.

Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, generals, and scientists killed 78 people and wounded more than 320 on Friday, Iran’s ambassador told the U.N. Security Council, but he said “the overwhelming majority” of victims were civilians. Israel described the new wave of hostilities as the beginning of “Operation Rising Lion.”

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged both sides to use restraint and return to diplomacy. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iran will likely try to retaliate quickly against Israel, but it might be limited by the scale of destruction it sustained in Israeli strikes, global risk consultancy firm Eurasia Group said. Iran is typically capable of mounting a response involving drones and missiles within 24 hours,