The Israeli attack, which comes amid an unprecedented exchange of strikes between Israel and Ansar Allah's Axis of Resistance coalition ally, Iran, was reported by a number of Israeli outlets as well as Saudi Arabia's Al-Hadath network.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched an expanded assault on Iran on Sunday, with direct strikes targeting its energy industry and Defense Ministry headquarters, while Tehran unleashed a fresh barrage of missiles blamed for the deaths of four people and injuries of many others.

The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee denounced the Israeli strike as a “reckless escalation” that risks a broader war. “Israel’s alarming decision to launch airstrikes on Iran is a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence,

More than 1,000 cooks, cashiers, warehouse attendants, and other workers at Fenway Park, plus several dozen at the adjacent MGM Music Hall, are casting votes through the weekend on whether or not to authorize a first-ever strike.

The strike follows a wider Israeli offensive that began Friday, in which military officials claimed to have killed Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists in a bid to thwart Tehran’s alleged ambitions of building an atomic bomb.

The STM strike, launched by maintenance workers last week, has been hitting atypical shift workers and seniors hard. Many have expressed their growing concern over the duration of the strike.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's opening strike on Iran was “very successful,” in a video message released by his office. “We struck senior command, senior scientists who are advancing the development of a nuclear weapon and nuclear facilities,

Gholam-Reza Marhabi, Iran’s top intelligence officer, and Mohammad Bagheri, commander of the IRGC’s missile array, named among figures killed in Israel's Operation Rising Lion.