Israel attacked Iran 's capital early Friday in strikes targeting the country's nuclear program and killed at least two top military officers. Iranian state TV confirmed that the leader of... Iran 's state news agency IRNA said Tehran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel after Israel blasted Iran 's huge Natanz underground nuclear site and killed its top military commanders. The retaliatory strikes came on Saturday, a day after Israel killed top Iranian military leaders and scientists and destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz. On 26 October 2024, Israel launched three waves of strikes against 20 locations in Iran and other locations in Iraq, and Syria, codenamed Operation Days of Repentance[10] (Hebrew: מבצע ימי תשובה) by Israel.