The IDF announced that the operation in Iran is named "Lion's Courage," describing it as a focused and precise operation targeting the Islamic Republic's nuclear capabilities and long-range missile assets. "Israeli Air Force jets have begun striking throughout Iran," the IDF said. "We are in full communication with the Americans and maintaining good cooperation with them. We are striking now due to Iran's progress and rapid advancement in recent months in their nuclear weapons program - they are just days away, given a decision, from having enough fissile material for 15 nuclear bombs. In recent months, the Iranians have conducted secret tests for assembling nuclear weapons. Iran has thousands of ballistic missiles with plans to triple that number in the coming year - this already poses an existential threat to Israel, even without nuclear weapons, which we will attack."