Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Operation Rising Lion would last as many days as it takes to end Iran's threat.

The military strikes jolted investors, raising concerns that a broader Mideast conflict would disrupt the world’s energy supplies.

China was deeply concerned about the Israeli attacks on Iran and urged de-escalation for regional peace and stability, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor, talks with Jen Psaki about the awkwardness of the Trump administration trying to distance itself from Israel's attack on Iran, and what it means about Donald Trump's status that Israel's attack came while Trump was attempting to negotiate a new nuclear deal with Iran.

Hossein Salami, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in Israel's strikes early on Friday, the most senior Iranian leader to die in the attacks. Salami, who was 65,

Iran once ridiculed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the boy who cried wolf for his constant public warnings about Tehran's nuclear programme, and his repeated threats to shut it down, one way or another.