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Israel attacked tonight (Friday) an air base in the Isfahan region of central Iran - this is what American, Iranian and Israeli officials said, less than a week after the missile and drone attack on Israel.
During the night, the official media in Iran reported explosions in Isfahan and the activation of the air defense systems. State television Claimed that three small UAVs detected in the sky of the district were shot down without causing any damage in the area.
In the morning, the official media broadcast live from Isfahan to convey that the routine is being maintained even though the flights at the airports in Tehran and other cities in Iran have been temporarily canceled. About three hours later, airport operations resumed.
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Iranian officials have denied that there were missiles launched at the country from outside its territory and emphasized that the nuclear sites are safe, but three of them quoted by the New York Times anonymously confirmed that an airbase near Isfahan was hit. They did not say who was responsible for the attack or how it was carried out.
An American official told CNN that the target that was attacked was not related to the nuclear program. Isfahan is home to the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, which in recent years has suffered a series of mysterious sabotage operations attributed to Israel. The area is also home to defense factories, and in January of last year it was reported that drones launched from Iranian territory had hit one of them.
Israel is officially silent, but Israeli officials who spoke anonymously to the New York Times confirmed that it was behind the attack. The IDF emphasized during the night that there are no changes in the directives to the home front.
Iran has promised since the attack on Israel on Saturday that it will respond "immediately and forcefully" to any action on its territory, but its statements from the night indicate that it is preparing to contain the attack, which was described in the American media as "limited".
American officials said that Israel informed the United States in advance of its intention to respond on Iranian territory, amid fears that such an action would lead to further escalation in the Middle East to the point of a direct confrontation between Tehran and Jerusalem - all while the war in Gaza between the IDF and Hamas is still far from over
. We expressed support for the response," a senior American official clarified to CNN. He noted that Israel informed the United States yesterday that it intends to respond against Iran in the coming days. The Pentagon said tonight that yesterday there was a telephone conversation between Defense Minister Lloyd Austin and Defense Minister Yoav Galant that dealt with tensions with Iran
US President Joe Biden made it clear to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that he is opposed to retaliatory action on its territory, but instead will lead an international diplomatic process to impose new sanctions on it, which were announced yesterday by it and by the United Kingdom
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