PANews reported on June 13 that according to foreign media reports cited by Jinshi, the Israeli Air Force attacked Iran on Thursday local time. It is not clear what the target of the attack was, but reports said that an explosion occurred in Tehran. The attack was Israel's direct attack on its largest and most well-armed opponent without the explicit support of the United States. On Thursday night, sirens sounded across Israel. Israeli Defense Minister Katz declared a special state of emergency for the country. Subsequently, Israeli military officials said that the first phase of the operation had been completed, including strikes on dozens of Iranian military targets, including nuclear targets in different regions of Iran.