Israeli PM Netanyahu:
We are at a decisive moment in Israel’s historyOur pilots are striking many targets in IranMoments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survivalThis operation will continue for as many days as it takesThis operation will hurt Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile factories and its military capabilitiesWe struck at the heart of Iran nuclear enrichment program, nuclear weaponization programWe targeted Iran’s main enrichment facility in NatanzWe targeted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb, we also struck the heart of Iran’s ballistic missile programmeOur fight is not with the p[eople of Iran, our fight is with Iran’s dictatorship
Earlier:
We got a 10 minute or so warning:
Financial Times reports Israeli strike on Iran could come today, Friday 13 June
Then:
Explosions heard in Tehran – reports are sketchyIsrael says has launched a pre-emptive attack against IranMarket response to Israel attack on Iran: Yen up, Oil rockets higher.Israel’s Air Force conducted a strike in Iran – updateIsraeli official confirms attack on Iran – Iran’s nuclear program an ‘existential threat’Reports that Israel has detected missile launches from Iran
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.