NEW DELHI: Israel and US on Saturday launched a daylight “preventive attack” against Iran on Saturday.According to local reports, loud blasts have been heard across Tehran. However, Tel Aviv has stressed that it is targeting military sites.“The State of Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel,” Defence minister Israel Katz said.According to news agency AFP, the strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The attack comes as the United States has assembled a vast fleet of fighter jets and warships in the region to try to pressure Iran into a deal over its nuclear program.Here are the top developments US also participates in the strikes According to Wall Street Journal, the United states also participated in the (Iran) attack and was also carrying out strikes.This comes just hours after US president Donald Trump said that he is not happy with ongoing nuclear talks with Iran and asserted that his administration has to “make a big decision.”“Now we have a big decision to make. You know that. Not easy. We have a very big decision to make. We have a country that has, for 47 years, been blowing people’s legs off, arms off, the face. They’ve been knocking out ships, killing people — lots of people. Well, not only Americans, lots of people. It’s been terrible. 32,000 people killed over the last two, three months — protesters,” Trump said.“32,000. That’s a number of people. They want to make a deal, but you’ve got to make a deal that’s meaningful. I spoke with Ted Cruz, John, all of them on the way here. I said you’ve got to make a deal that’s meaningful. We hit them real hard, as you know, with those beautiful B-2 bombers recently, knocked out their nuclear capability. But I’d rather do it the peaceful way. But they’re very difficult people. I want to tell you that. They’re very dangerous people, very difficult people,” he added.Khamenei’s whereabouts unknown It is not yet clear whether the 86-year-old Khamenei had been in his offices at the time of the attack. He hasn’t been seen publicly in days as tensions with the United States have grown. According to news agency Reuters, Khamenei was not in Tehran during the attack and had been transferred to a secure location.Meanwhile, the Israel Defence Force issued an advisory for its citizens, requesting to stay in “proximity to protected spaces.”“In the last few minutes, sirens were sounded all throughout Israel, with an advanced instruction alert directly to cellular devices to stay within proximity to protected spaces,” IDF wrote in a social media post on X.“This is a proactive alert to prepare the public for the possibility of missiles being launched toward the State of Israel. The IDF emphasised that the public is requested to stay in proximity to protected spaces,” it added.Israel closes its airspace to civilian flightsIsrael closed its airspace to civilian flights Saturday after announcing it had carried out “preventive strikes” on Iran and sounding sirens in Jerusalem. “Following the security developments, the Minister of Transportation has ordered the Director of the Israel Civil Aviation Authority to close the airspace of the State of Israel to civilian flights,” the minister, Miri Regev, announced.
