“Israel launched a stunning series of strikes against Iran on Friday morning, targeting nuclear and missile facilities and killing the nation’s top three generals. Fears grew that the long-simmering tensions between the heavily armed rivals could explode into a full-blown regional war,” the New York Times reports.“Israel described the strikes as a pre-emptive step to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. In addition to nuclear targets, Israel also struck Iran’s air defenses, long-range missile facilities, weapons depots, laboratories and the homes and headquarters of senior officials.”Washington Post: “Israel’s military struck a dizzying array of targets in Iran on Friday, in a long-planned strike apparently aimed both at decapitating the leaders of Iran’s military and nuclear programs and neutralizing what Israel sees as an existential threat.”