Satellite images show how Israeli strikes wreaked havoc on Iran bases

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, where multiple buildings were destroyed from recent Israeli airstrikes, 135 miles southeast of Tehran, Iran, Saturday.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again warned of heavier blows in the coming days, adding that Israel’s strikes have set Iran’s nuclear program back, possibly by years.

“We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs’ regime, and what they have felt so far is nothing compared to what they will be handed in the coming days,” Netanyahu said in a video message. He added that the military is now destroying Iran’s ability to manufacture ballistic missiles.

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in Iran after an Israeli strike Saturday. (AP)

Meanwhile, Iran has warned the United States, the United Kingdom, and France that their bases and ships in the region could be targeted if they intervene to stop Tehran’s strikes on Israel.

The series of blistering attacks launched by Israel has left around 60 people, including 20 children, dead in a housing complex in Tehran, according to an Iranian state TV report. Following Israel’s airstrikes on Friday, Iran retaliated overnight, leading to three fatalities and several injuries.

In Tabriz, images showed damage at multiple sites on the base, as well as what appears to be smoke.

Night of missile strikes and anxiety in Israel and Iran

As plumes of dust and smoke filled the skies of Tehran and Tel Aviv, people grappled for their lives amid a barrage of missiles and drones. In Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv, emergency services rescued a baby girl trapped in a house hit by a missile, a police official was quoted by Reuters as informing.

The Israeli military said it had intercepted surface-to-surface Iranian missiles as well as drones and added two rockets had been fired from Gaza.

With top scientists and senior officials killed, Iran has suffered significant damage. Several residential apartment buildings have flattened into debris due to the attack. According to Iran’s records, 78 people were killed on the first day and scores more on the second day, including when a missile brought down a 14-storey apartment block in Tehran.

“Smoke and dust were filling the entire house, and we couldn’t breathe,” 45-year-old Tehran resident Mohsen Salehi told Iranian news agency WANA after an overnight air strike woke his family. Fars News agency said two projectiles had hit Mehrabad airport, located inside the capital, which serves both civilian and military purposes.

Apart from the collateral damage to properties, Iran had a major setback with its air defenses heavily damaged, and Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar said, “The road to Iran has been paved.”

With inputs from AP, Reuters