Israel attacks iran today

Israel launched a long-anticipated attack on Iran in the early hours of Saturday, 25 days after Iran carried out its largest-ever attack on Israel.

Contrary to earlier suggestions by Israeli politicians, the attack did not target nuclear or other strategic facilities.

“This Israeli response is somewhere in the mid-range of what it could have conducted - considerably more robust than its response to Iran’s previous attack in April, but not going as far as targeting key infrastructure or nuclear facilities,” said Ali Vaez, Iran Project director at the International Crisis Group.

“The questions now are first, whether this is the full scope of its response, and second, whether Tehran will absorb the hit and try to draw a line under this exchange or up the ante again with a counter-response,” he told Middle East Eye.

Here is what we know so far about Saturday's attack.