A series of loud explosions are heard in central Israel as the military says it carried out intelligence-based strikes in Tehran.

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to fight “as long as it takes,” Iran fired missiles at Israel, and Israeli warplanes attacked air defenses around Tehran.

Anger is mixed with worry as Iranians in the capital of Tehran woke up Saturday to images of their country’s retaliatory attacks on Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed the operation “will continue for as many days as it takes,” while Iran has pledged to retaliate. Stavridis warned that despite

Iran has many scientists with nuclear expertise and has stored its most critical facilities in bunkers that may be beyond the reach of Israel's bombs.

Israel has launched dozens of air strikes against Iran targeting its nuclear programme, military facilities and killing its top two commanders in a devastating large-scale attack that pushed the Middle East into a new war.

Israeli leaders say strikes on Tehran were necessary to head off an imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear bombs. Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta joins Ali Vitali to share why targeting Iran's nuclear sites is really difficult.