President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program. Donald Trump posted the following at 7:45 on Shabbos afternoon: “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great American Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE ” The decision to directly involve the U.S.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been hiding in a bunker since the launch of Israel’s war on Iran and has secretly named three clerics as possible successors in the event he is killed, the New York Times reported on Shabbos. The report added that Khamenei, 86, has also appointed replacements for top military commanders, fearing that additional senior army figures will be targeted by Israel. According to three Iranian sources quoted in the report, Khamenei has ceased using all digital means of communication due to fear of detection and is carrying out all his communications via an aide. Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, who has been considered a possible successor, was not one of the three names identified by Khamenei.

The U.S. evacuated 79 staff and families from the U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and growing numbers of private American citizens seek information on how to leave Israel and Iran. An internal State Department memo says the military flight, the second known to have occurred this week, left Tel Aviv for Sofia, Bulgaria, where some or all of the passengers were to get a connecting charter flight to Washington. The document, which was obtained by The Associated Press, also said that more than 6,400 U.S. citizens in Israel had filled out an online form on Friday alone asking for information about when and if the U.S. government would organize evacuation flights.

Iran launched a barrage of about 10 ballistic missiles at Israel on Friday night at about 3 a.m. B’chasdei Hashem, the rockets were intercepted, and no one was injured in the barrage. Iran also launched about 40 drones at Israel on Friday night and Shabbos. Most were intercepted, but one hit a house in the northern city of Beit She’an, the first time a drone fired by Iran at Israel damaged property since the war began. A fire broke out at the site, but Baruch Hashem no one was injured. Two other drones fell in open areas. The video below shows the scene of a drone hit in the Arava: IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin said on Motzei Shabbos that Iran has launched over 1,000 drones at Israel since the beginning of the war, and most of them have been intercepted by the IDF.

The US is transferring B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam as President Donald Trump considers whether to involve the US in Israel’s war against Iran, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday. The B-2 bombers can be equipped with the U.S.’s 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, designed to penetrate deep underground targets. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not provide further details. One official mentioned that no orders had been given yet to move the bombers beyond Guam. The number of B-2 bombers being deployed remains unspecified.

The IDF carried out multiple targeted eliminations in Iran over Shabbos, including Saeed Izadi, the commander of the Palestine Brigade in the Quds Force, who was instrumental in funding and training Hamas to carry out the October 7 massacre. The IDF spokesperson stated, “Saeed Izadi, a founder of the Iranian regime’s plan to destroy Israel, was eliminated in a precise IDF strike in the area of Qom.” “Izadi was also the commander of the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force, a key coordinator between the Iranian regime and Hamas, and one of the main orchestrators of the October 7 massacre.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir warned on Friday that Israel must brace for a “prolonged campaign” against Iran, declaring that the military will not allow an existential threat to mature unchecked. In a rare and forceful video statement, Zamir said that Iran has been methodically working toward Israel’s destruction for years, with recent developments pushing its capabilities to a dangerous new level. “The plan reached the point of no return,” he said. “The capabilities reached operational readiness.” According to Zamir, at the time Israel launched its preemptive campaign, Iran had amassed around 2,500 ground-to-ground missiles, with production on track to exceed 8,000 within two years.

A missile launched by Iran struck the downtown area of Haifa on Friday, sending shockwaves that damaged the historic Al Jarina Grand Mosque and nearby infrastructure. The blast shattered the mosque’s stained glass windows and caused structural damage to the 18th-century building. The Al Jarina Mosque, originally built in 1775 and expanded in 1901, typically draws around 200 worshippers on Fridays. However, only 15 people attended prayers due to a Home Front Command directive prohibiting large gatherings amid ongoing hostilities, according to Wakf representative Khaled Dagash. Dagash reported that the missile hit after services had concluded and the building was empty. One person, whose identity is unknown, was lightly injured outside the mosque.

Israel was rocked Friday by a fresh barrage of ballistic missiles launched from Iran, triggering a rare nationwide alert and sending millions of civilians scrambling to bomb shelters across the country. The IDF confirmed that approximately 25 ballistic missiles were fired from Iranian territory in the latest attack. Air raid sirens sounded across Israel—including in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beersheva—as air defense systems engaged incoming threats. Loud explosions were reported in multiple regions, including the south, center, and north of the country. The Home Front Command issued a rare directive instructing civilians across the nation to seek shelter and remain indoors. After the attack subsided, it later announced that citizens could safely exit bomb shelters.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz has ordered the IDF to escalate its military campaign against Iranian regime targets in Tehran, aiming to destabilize the government and deter further missile attacks on Israeli cities. Following a high-level assessment Friday morning with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other senior military officials, Katz directed the IDF to focus on symbolic regime assets, including the Basij paramilitary force and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as Iran’s internal repression apparatus. The goal, he said, is to “bring about the destabilization of the regime and increase deterrence against missile attacks on Israel’s home front,” while continuing to degrade Iran’s nuclear program.