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TEL AVIV, Israel\u00a0\u2013 The long-awaited attack against Iran by U.S. and Israeli forces began this weekend. By the time the sun set in Israel on Sunday night, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead, and Iran had attacked multiple Middle East countries and fired missiles that killed civilians near Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n
Iranian citizens celebrated in the streets of Tehran, and expatriates exulted\u00a0around the world after joint U.S. and Israeli military strikes killed Khamenei.<\/p>\n
An Iranian underground church leader told\u00a0CBN News,\u00a0<\/em>“This has been the wish of the Iranian people. We couldn’t wait to hear this news, and now that has happened, and people are rejoicing.”<\/p>\n More than 40 top Iranian officials are also dead, including the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n Former Israel Defense Forces\u00a0Spokesperson Jonathan Conricus, now with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told us,”I would say that\u00a0the military results are above and beyond\u00a0\u2013\u00a0I think, a very high level of success.”<\/p>\n Regime change was part of the strategy in Saturday’s joint surprise attacks.<\/p>\n “Cooperation here is unprecedented,” Conricus said. “We have never worked this close with anybody, not even with the Americans before. And what we’re seeing is so far, I would say, world-class delivery by the U.S and by Israel.”<\/p>\n The IDF reports that they dropped more than two thousand bombs in 30 hours, achieving air superiority on day one.<\/p>\n Israel is also striking Lebanon after Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel near Haifa. On a Truth Social <\/em>video recorded on\u00a0Sunday, President Trump announced that nine Iranian naval ships were destroyed.<\/p>\n “Combat\u00a0operations continue at this at full force; they will continue until all our objectives are achieved,” he stated.<\/p>\n Conricus observed, “I think we’re living in historic times, and this will go down in history as a brilliant move of two democracies fighting back, democracies fighting back against tyranny.”<\/p>\n ***Please sign up for\u00a0CBN Newsletters\u00a0and download the\u00a0CBN News app\u00a0to ensure you\u00a0receive the latest Updates and Alerts.***<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reports that three U.S. service members were killed in action, and video was released on Monday morning of a U.S. fighter jet crashing. Both pilots parachuted to safety.<\/p>\n Iran retaliated by targeting U.S. military installations in six Arab countries, rousing more hostility towards Iran and triggering Germany, France, and the U.K. to join the fray\u00a0to protect their interests. That was followed by an Iranian missile strike early Sunday morning in the heart of Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n So far, one woman has died, and nearly a dozen people were injured when the ballistic missile hit an apartment building. Israel’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Oren Marmorstein believes it is a perfect example of how the U.S. and Israel are targeting Iran’s military, while Iran is targeting civilians.<\/p>\n Marmorstein told reporters, <\/em>“This is\u00a0the result of the Iranian regime: ballistic terror. As you can see, ballistic missiles were aimed at a civilian neighborhood. This is a civilian building. We have children inside this building.”<\/p>\n Another deadly missile strike on Sunday in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood outside Jerusalem destroyed a synagogue and surrounding homes. So far, nine people are dead, and more than a dozen have been hospitalized as rescue crews dig through the rubble for those still missing.<\/p>\n Police Spokesman Master Sgt. Dean Elsdunne explained, “We know the purpose of this war. And this is a hard price to pay. One single life lost is unbearable, but the world knows the capabilities of Iran.”<\/p>\n He added, “If we don\u2019t stop and eliminate the regime that calls for ‘death to America,’ and is against all Western values and society, this will be a drop in the bucket “<\/p>\n Despite the onslaught against Tehran,\u00a0Iranian missiles are being fired at Israel daily. Iranian state media announced on Sunday that an Interim Leadership Council will take over until another Supreme Leader is elected.<\/p>\n President Trump cautioned, “I once again urge the Revolutionary Guard, the Iranian military, to lay down your arms and receive full immunity or face certain death. It will be certain death. It won\u2019t be pretty.\u00a0I call upon all Iranian patriots who yearn for freedom to seize this moment. Be brave, be bold, be heroic, and take back your country.”<\/p>\n The president believes the war could last up to five weeks, and he has agreed to talks with Iran’s leadership, adding, “They should have done it sooner.”<\/p>\n The Iranian church leader said, “We are witnessing this part of history, and this will be a liberation of the Christian church, the underground church, so that hopefully in the future, we won’t call it (the) underground church anymore. And people can practice\u00a0their faith, and they can spread the gospel again, not only in Iran, but in the whole region, in the whole Middle East.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TEL AVIV, Israel\u00a0\u2013 The long-awaited attack against Iran by U.S. and Israeli forces began this weekend. 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