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By, Onome Jackson
Israel struck dozens of targets, including nuclear facilities, military sites and private residences, across Iran on Friday, killing a number of senior military commanders in what it called “Operation Rising Lion”.
The Israeli attacks also targeted a number of other influential figures linked to Iran’s nuclear programmes, including six nuclear scientists, IRGC-affiliated news agency Tasnim reported.
Dozens of civilians, including children, have also been reported killed.
The Chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Commander of the IRGC and the Commander of Iran’s Emergency Command and multiple neclear scientists were all eliminated in the Israeli strikes across Iran by more than 200 fighter jets.
Major General Mohammad Bagheri
Mohammad Bagheri served as the Chief of Staff to Iran’s armed forces, a position he acquired in 2016 which saw him oversee an estimated 610,000 personnel. He was the second-highest commander after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In a recorded video message, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel targeted Iranian scientists working on a nuclear bomb, its ballistic missile program and its Natanz uranium enrichment facility, in an operation that he said would continue “for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.”
“We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s history,” Netanyahu said, adding that the targeted military operation was meant to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.
An Israeli military official said Israel was striking “dozens” of nuclear and military targets including the facility at Natanz in central Iran. The official said Iran had enough material to make 15 nuclear bombs within days.
