Overview

• Operation Midnight Hammer saw seven B-2 stealth bombers fly 18 hours from the US and drop 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators while submarines launched Tomahawk missiles at Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan sites.
• Pentagon officials reported that initial battle damage assessments indicate all three nuclear facilities sustained "extremely severe damage," and US leaders say Iran’s breakout timeline has been set back by years.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed it detected no increase in off-site radiation levels following the strikes, easing fears of widespread radioactive contamination.
• In retaliation, Iran fired about 20 ballistic missiles at Israel, triggering countrywide air-raid sirens and injuring at least 16 people.
• Iran’s atomic agency vowed to press ahead with its enrichment program and its parliament approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz, even as global leaders urged a return to diplomatic negotiations.