US: Attacks On Tehran Must End Attack Each Other Israel-Iran

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JAKARTA - Morning has arrived in Iran after hours of Israeli airstrikes. The Israeli military said the now-finished attack was in retaliation for Iran's ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier this month and in April.

The Israeli military has warned Iran against further escalation.

The Israeli military has attacked locations used to produce missiles that Iran has fired at Israel over the past year.

It is unclear whether the manufacturing facility also produces missiles launched by Iranian proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthi rebels in Yemen, as tensions in the region escalated since Israel's invasion of Gaza more than a year ago.

Israel also attacked Iran's air defense site on Saturday morning to allow its aircraft to strike another target.

Israeli Defense Forces completed an appropriate and targeted attack on military targets in a number of areas in Iran. Our plane has returned safely, "said an Israeli military statement.

Iran's Islamic Republic (Irina) official news agency said some military facilities in three provinces of Tehran, Islam and Khuzestan were hit, but its air defenses managed to intercept the attack. The damage caused was "limited".

"The ministry of this incident is being investigated," said IRNA.

Earlier, videos posted on social media by Tehran residents showed explosions in the sky, and traces of the fire emerged from the city in the early hours of the morning.

Videos broadcast by Iranian state media showed calm on Tehran's streets, with smooth traffic and people carrying out daily activities.

Israel's decision to carry out an attack on Saturday morning came after weeks of considerations in its security cabinet regarding the nature and scope of the attack, Israeli officials said.

The United States encourages Israel not to attack Iran's energy infrastructure, for fear of triggering a wider conflict.

This should be the end of a direct firefight between Israel and Iran, a senior US government official said after the attack.