Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military operation to roll back

the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival.

This operation will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last night delivering a statement on strikes against Iran.

We'll bring you the very latest from the Middle East,

as those attacks are believed to have killed some of Iran's top military leaders

and prompted retaliatory strikes on Israel.

Also ahead, we'll go through legal fight for control over California's

National Guard troops with more ice protests expected through the weekend. Plus, an update on the

breaking news during our show yesterday, that plane crash in India that killed all but one person

on board the jet and several people on the ground will have much more about that sole survivor and what happened here.

Good morning.

Welcome to Morning, Joe.

It is a very busy Friday, June 13th.

With us, the co-host of our fourth hour, contributing writer at the Atlantic, Jonathan Lemire.

U.S. special correspondent for BBC News and host of The Rest Is Politics Podcast, Katty K,

President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haas, and columnist

and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius. Good morning to you all. Let's get

right to the breaking news out of the Middle East. Israel's military says Iran launched more

than 100 drones targeting Israel after the Israelis carried out what it called a precise and coordinated preemptive strike targeting Iran's nuclear program.

Israel's defense forces say its opening wave of attacks hit dozens of military installations, including nuclear sites across multiple regions in Iran,

killing Iran's most senior military official and two other leaders. Now, Iranian state media is

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