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MARQUARDT: “Yeah, Abby. I've just gotten confirmation from a U.S. official that Israel has indeed struck Iran tonight, that what we are seeing, this explosion or explosions around the city of Isfahan is indeed an Israeli attack against Iran. This is the retaliation that we have thought may be coming for several days now, ever since Iran carried out that strike last weekend against Israel with those more than 300 drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. There are not too many details about the dimensions, the breadth of the Israeli strike tonight. But a U.S. official confirming to me just moments ago that what we are seeing is indeed Israel carrying out a strike against Iran. What we've been seeing from local reports, now multiple Iranian reports, official and semi-official, is explosions near the city of Isfahan, which is in central -- western central Iran. One more thing that the U.S. official told me is that it is not believed to be against a nuclear facility. We've been talking about the city of Isfahan. It is one of Iran's most important. There is a significant nuclear facility there. My understanding from speaking with now multiple U.S. officials is that the targets that Israel had indicated that they would be going after in a counter-strike would not be nuclear. One senior U.S. official also telling me that the targets would not be civilian. As we were just saying moments ago, Abby, the U.S. was expecting Israel to carry out a strike that was limited in scope, perhaps against military targets, but something that would be visible so as to tell the world this is Israel hitting back against Iran.”