What we know about Israel’s attack on Iran

Israel has launched what it described arsenic “precise and targeted” airstrikes connected Iran successful retaliation for Tehran's barrage of rocket strikes against Israel earlier this month.

It's the latest successful a bid of exchanges betwixt Israel and Iran that for months person sparked fears of an all-out determination war.

But portion Iran says the strikes against subject sites killed 2 soldiers, aboriginal indications suggest the attacks were much constricted than had been feared.

Here’s what we know.

Shortly aft 02:00 section clip (23:30 BST), Iranian media reported explosions successful and astir the capital, Tehran.

Video uploaded to societal media and verified by the BBC showed projectiles successful the entity implicit the city, portion residents reported proceeding large booms.

Around 02:30, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed it was carrying retired “precise” strikes connected “military targets” successful Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant followed the cognition from the IDF’s bid and power centre successful Tel Aviv.

Just aft 06:00, the IDF said the strikes had concluded.

The White House described the strikes arsenic an “exercise of self-defence”. A elder medication authoritative said the US had worked with Israel to promote a "targeted and proportional" response.

The grade of the attacks - and the harm caused - remains unclear astatine this stage.

The IDF said targets including rocket manufacturing facilities, surface-to-air-missiles and different subject sites had been hit.

The Iranian subject confirmed that 2 soldiers had died “while battling projectiles”.

Iranian authorities said sites successful Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam provinces were targeted. The country’s aerial defence said it had “successfully intercepted” the attacks, but that “some areas sustained constricted damage”.

A elder US medication authoritative said the attacks did not see Iranian lipid infrastructure oregon atomic facilities, targets President Joe Biden had urged Israel not to hit.

Syrian authorities media besides reported strikes connected subject sites successful cardinal and confederate Syria, though Israel has not confirmed striking the country.

Iran is the superior backer of a scope of groups crossed the Middle East - often described arsenic proxy groups - that are hostile to Israel, including Hamas and Hezbollah, which Israel is presently astatine warfare with.

In April, Iran launched its archetypal nonstop onslaught connected Israel, with astir 300 missiles and drones, successful retaliation for an Israeli aerial onslaught connected an Iranian embassy compound successful Syria that killed respective apical commanders from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Israel responded with a “limited” onslaught connected a rocket defence strategy successful the Iranian portion of Isfahan.

Then, successful July, Israel killed a apical Hezbollah commandant successful an airstrike connected Beirut. The adjacent day, Hamas governmental person Ismail Haniyeh was killed successful an detonation successful Tehran. Iran blamed connected Israel, though Israel did not comment.

In precocious September, Israel assassinated Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah successful Beirut and Brig-Gen Abbas Nilforoushan, a high-ranking Iranian official.

On October 1, Iran launched 200 ballistic missiles astatine Israel, which it said was successful effect to the deaths of Haniyeh and Nasrallah.

Early signs bespeak this onslaught was not arsenic superior arsenic immoderate had feared.

The US outlet Axios reported that anterior to the attacks, Israel sent Iran a connection revealing definite details astir the attack, and informing Tehran not to respond.

That could beryllium a motion Israel does not privation to escalate the concern further - astatine slightest for now.

“We are focused connected our warfare objectives successful the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. It is Iran that continues to propulsion for a wider determination escalation,” the IDF said successful a statement.

A elder US authoritative said "this should beryllium the extremity of this nonstop speech of occurrence betwixt Israel and Iran.”

The effect successful Iran, truthful far, has been limited.

A root quoted by Iran’s IRGC-affiliated Tasnim quality bureau said: "Iran reserves its close to respond to immoderate aggression and determination is nary uncertainty that Israel volition person a proportionate effect to immoderate action.”