On the 28th, the Israeli Minister of Defense stated that Israel had launched a "preemptive" missile attack on Iran and announced a state of emergency across Israel.
The Israeli military said that air raid sirens had been preemptively sounded in several regions across the country, “to remind people to prepare and to respond to possible retaliatory missiles directed at Israel.”
According to various foreign media reports, multiple missiles struck several targets in central Tehran. The area near the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei was attacked. Israeli media reported that dozens of targets in Iran were struck.
The Israel Defense Forces said that alarms were sounded nationwide, and they directly sent alert instructions to mobile phone users, requesting citizens to stay close to shelters.
Xinhua News Agency reporters in Tehran, the capital of Iran, heard three loud explosions that day. Television footage from Iran’s Student News Agency showed thick smoke rising at the scene.