Israel stunned Iran last week with an intelligence and military operation years in the making that struck high-level targets with precision. Israel ’s large-scale attack on Iran ’s nuclear and military structures threatens to further escalate Mideast tensions while weakening Iran and its proxy network. With a ceasefire between Israel and Iran in place, CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen gets an up close look at the damage left behind from an airstrike that took place in Tehran days ago. The retaliatory strikes came on Saturday, a day after Israel killed top Iranian military leaders and scientists and destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz. U.S.- Iran relations expert says Trump coordinated with Israel to strike Iran People look over damage to buildings following Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025 in Tehran, Iran . Israel launched a “preemptive strike” against Iran late Thursday, targeting key nuclear and military sites across the country. Explosions were reported in the capital, Tehran, with Iranian state media confirming the blasts. Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief Hossein Salami was killed in the 'targeted military operation.'. The Iranian armed forces announced an increase in the death toll from two to four soldiers in the Israeli overnight air strike, adding that Israeli fighter jets used US-controlled airspace over Iraq to launch long-range missiles at Iranian military sites. Israel fired three air-launched ballistic missiles into Iran overnight, targeting an Iranian airbase, according to officials familiar with the operation. A shocked Julia Zilbergoltz said she had never experienced anything like the Iranian missile strike that hit her home in central Israel early Sunday, as Israel and Iran traded bombardments.
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