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Air raid sirens echoed across Israel today where a special state of emergency is in place after the United States and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran today.
Just a short time ago,
a loud boom was heard in Tel Aviv as the military intercepted an Iranian missile.
The attack on Iran follows a massive U.S.
military buildup in the region and weeks of escalating tension.
NPR's Greg Myrie reports President Trump caught on Iranian citizens to rise up and overthrow their government.
Huge explosions rang out in Iran's capital Tehran,
and videos on social media showed huge plumes of smoke.
President Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S.
was targeting Iran's nuclear and missile programs in what he described as a massive operation.
Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,
a vicious group of very hard terrible people he also spoke directly to the Iranian people saying quote when we are finished take over your government,
it will be yours to take."