Die von Israel gezielten Nuklear- und Raketenorten des Iran, abgebildet

[Israel](https://inews.co.uk/topic/israel?srsltid=AfmBOoqzZbJYbMo6f4doptTk9fpFhLrrktxisPHjkWp3rd8J-XVlkqup&ico=in-line_link) launched [widescale strikes against Iran](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/explosions-heard-in-tehran-as-israel-announces-strike-on-iran-3746891?ico=in-line_link#entry-3747397) on Friday during a prolonged operation to nullify the country’s nuclear programme and neuter its military command.

Israel’s military said it had struck “dozens of military targets, including nuclear targets in different areas of Iran” as part of Operation Rising Lion.

Iran’s Natanz nuclear site was “significantly harmed” by the attack while several high profile military figures were eliminated, including Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards.

[Iran](https://inews.co.uk/topic/iran?srsltid=AfmBOorvQFcjgtgf0S8i5v3GwTjTFe7VdODgPaEcq2sFCxetmPC5N5he&ico=in-line_link) launched about 100 drones towards Israeli territory in retaliation.

Some 200 Israeli fighter jets took part in the strikes, hitting more than 100 targets in Iran, military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s history.

“Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival. This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.”

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Israel had “unleashed its wicked and bloody” hand in a crime against Iran and that it would receive “a bitter fate for itself”.

A video shared by the Israeli military showed that the areas targeted were in the western parts of Iran.

Here, *The i Paper* takes a look at what happened and the sites that were hit in Iran.