3h ago
04.44 BST
Strikes
were 'extensive' and 'precise', says senior US official
Jonathan
Yerushalmy
The US
did not participate in the strikes across Iran, but worked with the Israeli
government to encourage a low-risk attack with no civilian harm, a senior US
administration official said late on Friday, adding that it appears that is
what was achieved.
The
official described the strikes as “extensive”, “precise” and against military
targets across Iran.
“The
effect was a proportionate self-defence response. The effect is to deter future
attacks and to degrade Iran’s abilities to launch future attacks.”
The
official stressed that the US considered the operation to be an “end to the
exchange of fire between Israel and Iran”.
This
should be the end of the direct military exchange between Israel and Iran. We
had a direct exchange in April and that was closed off and now we’ve had this
direct exchange again.
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