The Israeli military on Sunday declared it has “other goals” in Iran and will press forward with its military campaign, hours after US air strikes hit key Iranian nuclear facilities.“We have other goals and we will continue to act until we attain them,” said Israeli army spokesperson Effie Defrin during a televised briefing.The statement came amid escalating regional tensions after US President Donald Trump confirmed American forces had carried out a “very successful attack” on three nuclear sites in Iran’s Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz, ending weeks of speculation about potential US involvement in the conflict.Israel-Iran conflict: Follow live updatesDefrin said Israel was still assessing the impact of the US strike on the heavily fortified Fordo enrichment facility. “It’s too soon to determine whether Iran’s enriched uranium was destroyed or removed,” he said. “We are constantly checking the situation. It is too soon to determine. I suppose we will know later on.”The Israeli army launched its own fresh round of attacks on Sunday morning, including strikes on Iranian missile launchers. “We are continuing and are determined to achieve the objectives of the operation: eliminating the existential threat to the state of Israel, damaging Iran’s nuclear programme and destroying its missile system,” Defrin added.Tehran, meanwhile, has accused both the US and Israel of inflaming the crisis.Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the attacks marked a serious escalation. “The US and Israel have crossed a red line by attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities,” he said at an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Istanbul. Araghchi also stated that Iran was still evaluating the extent of the damage.Despite the strikes, Iran’s Red Crescent chief Pir Hossein Kolivand reported that there were no fatalities from the US raids. “Fortunately, we did not have any martyrs in last night’s events of the US aggression against Iran’s nuclear facilities,” he said on state TV.Israel first launched its large-scale assault on Iran on June 13, targeting what it said were nuclear and military assets. The operation has included hundreds of airstrikes, assassinations of military officials, and the killing of around ten nuclear scientists. Iran has denied ever seeking to develop nuclear weapons.As of Saturday, Iranian authorities said more than 400 people had died and over 3,000 were injured in Israeli attacks, mostly civilians. Israel, in turn, reported 25 deaths caused by Iranian missile and drone strikes.
