This is an extra edition of the Global News podcast on the Israeli strikes on Iran from the BBC World Service.

I'm Jackie Leonard and at 9 o'clock GMT on Friday the 13th of June, these are the headlines.

Israel has attacked Iran with waves of military strikes that it says are targeting Tehran's nuclear program.

Iranian state media say the head of the armed forces and the top

commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard have been killed. And the Israeli military says it's

intercepted all of more than 100 drones fired towards its territory by Iran. Israel is calling it Operation Rising Lion, a major attack involving dozens of air strikes across Iran.

In a televised statement, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the target was Iran's nuclear infrastructure.

Last year, Iran fired 300 ballistic missiles at Israel. Each of these missiles carries a ton of

explosives and threatens the lives of hundreds of people. Soon, those missiles could carry a nuclear

payload, threatening the lives not of hundreds, but of millions. Several people linked to Iran's nuclear program were among those killed.

Air traffic has been suspended throughout the region and Israel has declared a state of emergency,

as it says it expects retaliation.

These people in Jerusalem this morning expressed support for the military action.

I walked very early in I heard that Israeli army attacked Iran and I am very happy for this.

We are waiting for this.

I bless Israeli army to succeed in this attack.

Well, we had no choice.

I really feel like this was a last-minute decision because

we had no choice. We can't wait till they do something that'll be too late.

In Tehran, these people gave their reaction to the Israeli strikes.

He's saying they want to take away our nuclear capability. That is unacceptable.

So many scientists have worked hard for this. We achieved it ourselves. And now they want to take it

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