Israel has launched a major attack on Iran

Explosions have been trained in Tehran, while Israel announces that they are attacking Iranian nuclear and military sites, reports CNN. General Hossein Salami, the chief commander of the Islamic revolutionary guards (IRGC) in Iran, was killed during the Israeli attacks during the night, several Iranian media agencies reported.

Israel has launched attacks against Iran on Friday morning, aiming at its nuclear program and its long -range missiles, an Israeli military official said. « This is not a one -day attack, » said an Israeli military source for CNN.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the attack was aimed at the main uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, nuclear scientists and what he called « the heart of the Iran’s ballistic missile program. »

The attacks were a « precise, combined » preventive offensive « that included » dozens of targets « throughout Iran, said the Israeli military official.

The Ministry of Health in Israel has trained all hospitals to stop outpatient and non -urgent activities and move to protected areas, while the country is preparing for reprisals on Iran.

Photos and videos posted by the Iranian state press show the extent of the damages caused by buildings by Israeli attacks.

What apartment buildings seem to be flames while the firefighters work to extinguish the fire, according to a video from the Press TV State TV, posted on Telegram. Several floors of the building also seem damaged by attacks.

In another video, the windows from the upper floors of a skyscraper in the capital Tehran seem to have been broken.

Separately, the Natanz nuclear power plant in Iran was also targeted. The video at Press TV shows big smoke clouds that rise up to the sky from the installation.

The images posted on Telegram by the Tasnim Semi-Offective News Agency show a few other damaged and flame properties.

Large crowds of people could be seen gathered outside, near the firefighters, while the workers were trying to extinguish the fire, the video on the spot shows.

US position

There was no US involvement or assistance in attacks, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio. « This evening, Israel has taken unilateral measures against Iran. We are not involved in attacks against Iran, and our main priority is to protect the American forces in the region, » he said in a statement.