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Iran launches new wave of missile attacks on Israel.
Israel launched a "preemptive" strike against Iran on Saturday morning "to remove threats to Israel".
Trump said Iran can never have nuclear weapon and US is to destroy Iran's missiles, raze its missile industry to the ground.
Missile attack on Bahrain targets US Fifth Fleet service center: Al Arabiya reports
Explosions rocked multiple locations across Israel: Israeli media report
Iranian official says all US, Israeli interests in Mideast legitimate targets: Al Jazeera
US strikes against Iran named "OPERATION EPIC FURY": Pentagon
TEHRAN - Iran has begun a new wave of missile attacks on Israel, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed the launch of its "first wave" of drones and missiles targeting Israel.
Israeli PM Netanyahu says joint attack with US was to remove existential threat posed by Iran
MANAMA - The US Embassy in Bahrain issued a security alert on Saturday to its personnel and citizens advising them to shelter in place.
"The US Embassy in Bahrain is implementing a shelter-in-place for all personnel. We recommend all Americans do the same until further notice," the embassy said in a statement.
The alert comes following a major US-Israeli attack that targeted Iran on Saturday morning.
Explosions heard in northern Israel: Al Jazeera
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in full health: Mehr news agency
JERUSALEM - The alert level of all hospitals in Israel has been raised to the highest level after attacks in Iran, and hospitalized patients were transferred to shelters, the Israeli Health Ministry said in a statement. All non-urgent hospital activities have been canceled.
Thick smoke seen from building in Tel Aviv -- media
Israel has launched a daylight attack on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke seen rising from downtown Teheran near the office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been transferred to a secure location, according to media reports.
According to the Fars news agency, several missiles struck University Street and the Jomhouri area of the Iranian capital. Iran shut down its airspace soon after the attack began.
The United States is also participating in Saturday's strikes, according to a US official and a person familiar with the operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the Associated Press reported.
In addition, an Israeli defense official told Reuters that the latest Israeli attack against Iran was coordinated with the US.
Ahead of the attacks, the US had assembled a vast fleet of fighter jets and warships in the region in what was portrayed as an attempt to pressure Iran into a deal over its nuclear program.
"The State of Israel has launched a preemptive strike against Iran to remove threats to the State of Israel," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, as sirens sounded across Israel and the Israeli military warned civilians to stay close to bomb shelters.
While it wasn't immediately clear if Iran would immediately strike back, it had previously warned that US military personnel and bases which are spread across the region would be targets for any retaliation.
The US embassy in ?Qatar has implemented shelter-in-place for all ?personnel, recommending that all of ?its citizens do the same until further notice.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said early Saturday morning the US forces are carrying out a "massive and ongoing" attack on Iran to "destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground".
"The United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation ...," he said in a video message on his social media platform Truth Social.
"We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground," said Trump.
JERUSALEM/TEHRAN - Israel said Saturday that it will not rule out targeting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in its new air strikes on Iran, Israel Broadcasting Authority reported.
Israel has launched two waves of strikes on Tehran so far on Saturday. Media reports said explosions caused by air strikes were heard in Tehran's eastern area around Ali Khamenei's office zone, adding that the supreme leader is not in Tehran and has been moved to a secure location.
Mobile phone services have been cut in parts of Tehran: Iranian media
Tehran prepares for retaliation: media
Israeli source says all leaders of Iran are targets of attack, including its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei - media
US official says strikes against Iran being launched by air and by sea: media
JERUSALEM - The first phase of the attack against Iran is expected to include four days of combined strikes, Israel's Channel 12 News reported Saturday morning.
Explosions heard in Iran's Isfahan, Qom, Karaj, Kermanshah - media
