Iranian missile attacks

"It might sound like something small and insignificant, but amidst the chaos, and the terribleness of what is going on, it meant something."

United Hatzalah said that it had received several reports of impacts around the country. ZAKA reported a direct hit on a residential building in northern Israel. 

Carola Veit had planned to return to Hamburg early Friday morning after her four-day visit to Israel, but the Iran attacks and closure of Israeli airspace has changed those plans.

The IDF said that it was critical for the air force to attack Iran in stages, first removing air defenses, top commanders, and the highly defended Natanz nuclear site.

Israel’s strike has been effective — but at some point soon it risks undoing its gains and derailing prospects for internal change in Tehran.

Reporter's Notebook: Amid the war there is a quiet here in this neighborhood, so close to the destruction. The fighting dogs are the only conflict for now. 

Iran will now feel it is at a crossroads in terms of how to respond. The region will feel it is sitting on a kind of volcano – one that it hoped would stay dormant.

At the scene of the Bat Yam strikes this afternoon, President Isaac Herzog reflected on what he called a “very sad and difficult morning.”

It is true that Israel has taken a substantial bite out of Tehran's nuclear program, but it is far from down for the count.