Israel-Iran latest: Iran threatens further retaliatory strikes against Israel and ‘will target US bases’ – UK Times

Lebanon said it will reopen its airspace on Saturday at 10:00 am local time (7am GMT).

Flights were suspended in the region as Israel and Iran targeted each other with missiles.

Earlier Jordan reopened its airspace at 7:30 am local time.

The Independent’s Chief International Correspondent – who is in Jordan’s capital Amman – said the airport was in chaos as people scrambled to leave.

Iranian state media has just reported that two deputy commanders have been killed.

It reported that the officials in Iran’s armed forces general staff were killed in Israeli attacks.

Senior military officials in Iran have warned the conflict in the region will “spread to US bases” in the coming days.

Iran’s Fars news agency quoted officials as they warned retaliatory strikes on Israel will continue.

“This confrontation will not end with last night’s limited actions and Iran’s strikes will continue,” Fars cited an unnamed official as saying.

“And this action will be very painful and regrettable for the aggressors.”

Iran’s strikes against Israel will continue, senior Iranian military officials have said

“This confrontation will not end with last night’s limited actions and Iran’s strikes will continue, and this action will be very painful and regrettable for the aggressors,” Iran’s Fars news agency reported. citing an unnamed official.

At least three people have killed following Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel.

According to Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said a man around 45 and a woman in her 60s died after strikes in Israel’s Coastal Plains region.

“We arrived with large forces and encountered extensive destruction to several buildings. Some of the injured were trapped under the rubble; others were walking wounded,” MDA said.

“A woman in her 60s was rescued unconscious and without vital signs, a man around 45 was transported while being resuscitated, a woman was seriously injured, and 16 others were treated for mild to moderate injuries. This was a difficult and complex scene, and we are continuing to search to ensure no one remains trapped.”

Separately, a spokesperson for Beilinson Hospital said one woman was killed when a building was hit in Tel Aviv.

Jordan reopened its airspace at 7:30 am local time on Saturday.

The civil aviation commission suspended flights as Israel and Iran targeted each other with missiles overnight.

The Independent’s Chief International Correspondent – who is in Jordan’s capital Amman – said the airport was in chaos as people scrambled to leave.

So now we know why America partially evacuated some of its embassies in the Middle East with such haste. It knew very well what was coming: a massive pre-emptive strike by Israel on Iran’s nuclear capabilities and key military personnel.

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Israel has long threatened to carry out military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities, claiming Tehran was secretly building an atomic bomb.

The strikes were carried out Friday, raising the prospect of a regional war between the longtime foes over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country had started a “targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.”

“This operation will take as long as is needed to complete the task of fending off the threat of annihilation against us,” he added.