1️⃣ *Israel has unleashed a wave of strikes on Iran*, hitting about 100 targets including nuclear facilities and military command centres, and *killing the armed forces chief and top nuclear scientists*. 🇮🇷 Iran's supreme leader *Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Israel it faced a _"bitter and painful"_ fate over the attacks*, while the Iranian military said there were _"no limits"_ to its response. 🇮🇱 The Israeli military said later *Iran launched around 100 drones in retaliation*, with air defences intercepting them outside Israeli territory. 🇺🇸 The *United States said it was not involved in the strikes* but Tehran said Israel's operation _"cannot have been carried out without the coordination and permission of the United States"_.