Overview

• Israel announced a second wave of precision airstrikes early June 13 under Operation Rising Lion, targeting uranium enrichment facilities and Revolutionary Guard command centers.
• The raids dealt significant damage at Natanz and other sites and killed senior IRGC figures including General Mohammad Bagheri and Commander Hossein Salami.
• Iran retaliated by dispatching around 100 drones toward Israel, all of which were intercepted by Iron Dome and other air defenses, and has vowed further action.
• President Donald Trump praised the strikes as “excellent” and threatened harsher measures if Tehran presses on, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged restraint to prevent spillover.
• Lebanese Hezbollah and other Iranian-aligned militias in Iraq and Syria could be drawn into the confrontation, raising fears of a broader regional war.