Israel launches retaliatory attack on Iran

American media reported, citing US officials, that Israel had carried out an attack on Iranian territory. The news of Israel’s attack on Iran, which was first reported by the American ABC News channel citing a US official, was later conveyed to their followers by CBS News and CNN. According to reports based on unnamed US officials, Israel carried out a counter-attack on Iran early Friday morning local time. ABC News noted that claims that Israel also hit some areas in Syria and Iraq were not confirmed. The US official who spoke to CNN emphasized that the Biden administration “did not give the green light to this counter-attack on Iran” by Israel and that the US did not want a comprehensive conflict in the region. Israel informed the US before the attack The official noted that Israel informed them on Thursday that it would “conduct a limited counter-attack on Iran” before the attack and that the US “did not support” this attack. The official also added that the area hit in the attack was not a nuclear facility. The US State Department and the Pentagon have not yet officially confirmed the attack. Iranian media reported that explosions were heard in the northeast of Isfahan province, which hosts the Iranian Air Force Base. The state television reported, "News sources report that relatively loud explosions were heard in Isfahan province. The source of this sound has not yet been announced." The semi-official Fars News Agency also reported, citing local sources, that an explosion was heard in the city of Kahjavaristan, northeast of Isfahan. Fars stated that the cause of these sounds was not yet known, and that Kahjavaristan was located near Isfahan Airport and the 8th Air Force Base.