Aerial attacks between Israel and Iran continued overnight into Sunday, marking a third day of strikes following Israel’s Friday attack. That surprise strike hit the heart of the Iran’s nuclear program, killing several nuclear scientists as well as high-ranking military leaders, according to Israeli officials.
The U.S. did not provide any military assistance or have any involvement in Israel’s Friday strike, a U.S. official told ABC News.
An Israeli military official told ABC News that the country’s warplanes have been flying over Iran for 50 hours nonstop since the beginning of Israel’s strikes on the country on Friday.
The Israel Defense Forces are still searching for missile sites and other targets as strikes expand, the official said. They did not say how long attacks are expected to continue.
Among those targets hit so far are Iran’s Defense Ministry in Tehran, plus gas and oil sites near Bandar Abbas, which the official said were “dual-use” sites — meaning for both civilian and military use.
The official confirmed that Israel has not hit the Fordow nuclear site, which is buried deep underground.
Before the operation started, Israel believed Iran had about 2,000 ballistic missiles, the official said. They did not say how many are believed to be remaining.
When asked if Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — the country’s supreme leader — is a target, the official refused to answer.
Source: ABC News
