Israel launches long-awaited counterstrike on Iran

Israel launched its long-awaited retaliatory strikes connected Iran early Saturday section time, nan Israeli subject said. Israel had vowed payback for Iran's Oct. 1 attack, during which nan Islamic republic launched astir 180 ballistic missiles astatine Israel. 

In a statement, Israel Defense Forces said that "in consequence to months of continuous attacks" from Iran, it conducted "precise strikes connected subject targets successful Iran."

A root told CBS News nan Israeli onslaught was constricted to subject targets, and not atomic aliases lipid installations.

The U.S. was fixed an precocious informing of nan attacks, nan root said. 

"The authorities successful Iran and its proxies successful nan region person been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7th – connected 7 fronts – including nonstop attacks from Iranian soil," nan IDF said successful its statement. "Like each different sovereign state successful nan world, nan State of Israel has nan correct and nan work to respond."

Very fewer of Iran's missiles made it past Israel's precocious rocket defense systems, and location were nary casualties from nan Oct. 1 attack, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to make Iran "pay for it."

"The authorities of Iran does not understand our determination to take sides ourselves," nan Israeli leader said successful a connection soon aft nan Iranian onslaught connected nan eve of Rosh Hashanah, nan Jewish New Year. "They will understand."

President Biden and Vice President and Democratic statesmanlike nominee Kamala Harris person some said Israel had nan correct to take sides itself and respond to nan Iranian attack, but Mr. Biden was clear that he would not support an Israeli onslaught targeting Iran's atomic accommodation aliases awesome lipid infrastructure. 

In anticipation of nan Israeli consequence — and immoderate imaginable Iranian counter-response — nan U.S. sent Israel a caller rocket defense system successful mid-October. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said connected Oct. 21 that nan Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) strategy had arrived successful Israel, on pinch astir 100 American troops.

This is simply a processing communicative and will beryllium updated. 

Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.

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