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❗️Sources to Al-Mayadeen:
Air defenses at Parchin military base east of Tehran shoot down Israeli missiles.
Israel declares over 70 percent of Gaza 'no-go zone'
Gaza is cut off while Israel opens new fronts in Iran and the occupied West Bank in a rapidly spiraling regional showdown
❗️Footage of Iranian air defenses confronting Israeli missiles in Tehran.
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❗️Al-Mayadeen correspondent:
Explosions heard west of Tehran, likely due to Iranian air defenses intercepting Israeli missiles.
BREAKING | Sirens sound in occupied Jerusalem due to a Yemeni missile attack.
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❗️Deputy Governor of Hamedan:
The radar center in Nahavand County was targeted by Israel.
❗️Press TV:
Air defenses shot down an Israeli drone near the Fordow nuclear facility.
❗️Israeli Army Radio:
Contrary to a New York Times (NYT) report, Israeli security officials said that "As far as we know, IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani was not killed."
BREAKING | Israeli attacks on the Fordow enrichment facility, northeast of Qom.
Reports of an Israeli drone being downed.
❗️Footage documenting the activation of Iranian air defenses in the skies of Tehran.
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❗️Iran's Nour News website:
Air defenses in the Parchin area intercept hostile targets.
❗️North Gaza's Jabalia is being subjected to a barrage of intense artillery shelling and continuous aerial bombardment.
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❗️New IRGC Commander-in-chief Brig. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour: 'Gates of hell will soon be opened to Zionists'
– "The crime that the Zionist regime committed today in violating the national security and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic will certainly not go unanswered."
– "The criminal and illegitimate Zionist regime will face a bitter and painful fate with enormous and destructive consequences."
– "To avenge the blood of the commanders, scientists, and people who have been martyred, the gates of hell will soon be opened to this child-killing regime."
❗️Commander of IRGC Aerospace Air Defense assassinated by Israel
Brigadier General Davoud Shekhiyan, commander of the Air Defense of the IRGC Aerospace Force, was assassinated in this morning’s Israeli attacks.
❗️A general alert from the Israeli Home Front Command's app asks Israelis to stay near bomb shelters.
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❗️Israeli army spokesperson:
"Following the sirens that were activated a short time ago in several areas of the country, one missile from Yemen was detected and fell in the Hebron area. No interceptors were launched. Details of the incident are being investigated."
❗️The Yemeni missile that was launched earlier towards Israel fell in the occupied West Bank town of Sair, near Hebron (Al-Khalil).
The Israeli army says no interceptors were launched.
❗️Israeli army spokesperson:
"Sirens have been activated in several areas of the country following a launch from Yemen. The details are being examined."
UK notified in advance about Israeli strikes on Iran: Report
President Trump stated that his administration also knew 'what's going on' as Israel launched its large-scale attack on Iranian nuclear and civilian sites on Friday
❗️Reuters:
Iran is preparing for the largest missile launch in its history.
❗️Tasnim News Agency:
A violent explosion was heard in the Khavarshahr area, south of Tehran.
❗️Local media reports that Iranian air defenses are activated, and Israeli missiles have been intercepted south of Tehran.
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'Gates of hell will open soon': Israel braces for Iranian retaliation
Schools have been shuttered and public gatherings have been banned as Israeli authorities prepare for an attack in the coming hours
❗️Member of Ansrallah's Political Bureau Mohammad al-Bukhaiti:
"Just as we did not abandon Palestine or Lebanon, we will not abandon Iran or any Islamic country subjected to Israeli aggression."
Libyan forces block Sumud aid convoy seeking to break Israeli siege of Gaza
Two hundred activists seeking to join the convoy in Cairo were deported by Egyptian authorities on Thursday
IAEA chief offers to visit Iran after Israeli strike on nuclear sites
Rafael Grossi says no radiation leak detected at bombed site, urges restraint, and warns of grave risks to regional security
❗️Palestinian Red Crescent:
"Our crews in [the occupied West Bank town of] Qalqilya are dealing with a child who was injured by a tear gas canister. He is being treated by the crews."