IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin elaborated that the military's goal in Operation Rising Lion is not to achieve regime change in Iran, but rather to remove Iran's capabilities to annihilate Israel, according to a Sunday afternoon statement.

Maj. Gen. Yadlin, who flew in the 1981 Osirak reactor strike, explains why Israel's current operation against Iran represents a complex, multi-week campaign.

The IDF has completed a wide-scale wave of strikes to degrade the Iranian regime’s weapons production capabilities. Following the wide-scale wave of strikes carried out earlier on Sunday on infrastructure belonging to the Quds Force, the IRGC, and the Iranian military in Tehran, numerous weapons production sites across Iran were targeted.

Infographic released by the IDF where they struck an IRGC production site for aerial defense systems. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) 10 victims were evacuated by Magen David Adom, while ZAKA said a residential building in northern Israel was directly hit.

The Israel Defense Forces released footage showing overnight airstrikes on Iran’s “nuclear program headquarters” in Tehran. About 50 Israeli fighter jets struck 80 targets, including the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Sepand nuclear sites,

Israel’s military headquarters were struck after Iran’s Islamic Republic unleashed a barrage of missiles on central Tel Aviv late Friday night, causing “significant damage” to the Jewish state’s equivalent of the Pentagon.

The Israel Defense Forces issued an evacuation warning for Iranian civilians on June 15. The IDF advised individuals near military facilities to evacuate immediately.

Iranian strikes carried out overnight against Israel took at least 10 lives, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, in a video statement, says he assures Israeli citizens that “anyone who harms you is paying and will pay a heavy price.”