“We must be ready for a prolonged campaign,“ Zamir told Israelis in a video statement, eight days after his country launched a massive wave of strikes it said aimed at stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons -- an ambition Tehran has denied.
“The campaign is not over. Although we have made significant achievements, difficult days still lie ahead.”
A hospital in the Israeli port of Haifa reported 19 injured, including one person in serious condition, after the latest Iranian salvo, which President Isaac Herzog said hit a mosque.
As US President Donald Trump mulls the prospect of entering the war between the two foes, top diplomats from Britain, France and Germany were meeting with their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Friday.
On the ground, Israel’s military said it struck missile launchers in southwestern Iran after overnight air raids on dozens of targets including what it called a “nuclear weapons project” research and development centre.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted military sites and air forces bases.
Trump has said he will decide “within the next two weeks” whether to involve the United States in the fighting.
Western governments suspect Iran of seeking a nuclear weapons capability.
“So, saying how long it would take for them, it would be pure speculation because we do not know whether there was somebody... secretly pursuing these activities,“ the agency’s chief Rafael Grossi told CNN.
France’s foreign ministry spokesperson Christophe Lemoine said that “military solutions are not long-term solutions” to ensure Iran respects its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
“We were attacked in the midst of an ongoing diplomatic process,“ he said.
“All diplomatic efforts so far have failed,“ said Saar, whose country had supported Trump’s 2018 decision to abandon a previous nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers.
The UN Security Council convened on Friday for a second session on the conflict, which was requested by Iran with support from Russia, China and Pakistan, a diplomat told AFP on Wednesday.
UN chief Antonio Guterres meanwhile pleaded with all sides to “give peace a chance”.
In Iran, people fleeing Israel’s attacks described frightening scenes and difficult living conditions, including food shortages.
Iranian authorities have arrested a European “who sought to spy on sensitive areas of the country”, Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.
“I will sacrifice my life for my leader,“ read a protester’s banner, a reference to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Switzerland announced it was temporarily closing its embassy in Tehran, adding that it would continue to fulfil its role representing US interests in Iran.
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