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

The IDF says Iran has launched about 100 drones towards its territory and says it killed Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami in overnight strikes.

Oil futures gained more than $4 a barrel after Israel’s attack on Iran, stoking fears of a regional conflict that could disrupt global energy flows.

Following Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, the country’s leadership immediately identified the U.S. and Israel as its main enemies. This was connected in large part to American and Israeli ties to Iran’s last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who fled Iran while fatally ill ahead of the revolution and despised by Iran's new leaders.

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

Airlines cleared out of the airspace over Israel, Iran, Iraq and Jordan on Friday after Israel launched attacks on targets in Iran, Flightradar24 data showed, with carriers scrambling to divert and cancel flights to keep passengers and crew safe.

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,