'We are deepening strikes…,' IDF pledges to fulfill goals with increased strikes on Iran

The Israeli military said on Friday (June 20) it carried out strikes on dozens of military targets in Iran overnight, including the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research that it said is involved in Iran's nuclear weapons development. An industrial plant in northern Iran was damaged in an attack, Iranian media reported on Friday, hours after Israel issued an online warning for residents to move away from nearby areas. The internet in Iran has been almost completely shut down. Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin told a briefing that the army was ready to deepen its strikes in Iran until all goals of the operation were achieved. Israel has been hitting Iran from the air since last June 13 in what it describes as an effort to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran has denied plans to develop such weapons and has retaliated by launching counterstrikes on Israel.