Israel-Iran updates: Iran launches more missiles at Israel, sirens sound in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

Israeli forces' attacks on Iran are ongoing, according to the Israel Defense Forces Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.

"We are continuing with full force and at a high pace in order to meet the goals we have set for ourselves," Zamir said in a statement Friday evening local time.

"We are continuing with the two main efforts we set for ourselves – the defensive effort and the offensive effort," Zamir said. "I remind everyone that we are facing a dangerous and complex enemy, and we must maintain a very high level of readiness."

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

The Israeli attack "created a state of chaos in Iran," but Israel needs to assume "there will be an attack against us," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement Friday evening local time.

"It could be an attack in very severe waves," Netanyahu said, in a statement made in Hebrew.

Israel is preparing for more potential Iranian retaliation, he said.

"Citizens of Israel, you need to understand, do not be euphoric," Netanyahu said.

"We informed the Americans in advance. They knew about the attack. What the U.S. will do now I leave to the president. Trump makes decisions independently," Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu said he targeted Iran's nuclear facilities because "if Iran has nuclear weapons, we won't be able to be here, so that's the first target."

Netanyahu said he gave his military the directive to attack Iran after former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Lebanon in September 2024. Netanyahu originally set the date of the attack for the end of April, but said it was "postponed" for "various reasons."

Netanyahu said he wanted to attack Iran twice before but was unable to get a political majority to support the attack.

-ABC News' Jordana Miller

The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is warning Americans of potential missiles, drones or rockets flying over Iraqi airspace, instructing them to "maintain maximum awareness" and seek cover in the event of an incident.

This alert is similar to another the State Department pushed out earlier this morning warning embassy personnel to shelter in place, which has since been canceled.

The department has also reissued an alert telling Americans not to travel to Iran, but Iran has long been a level 4 country -- meaning Americans should not travel there under any circumstances and the State Department has repeatedly stressed this well in advance of last night’s strikes.

-ABC News' Shannon K. Kingston

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi called Israel’s attack a "brazen and unlawful act of aggression" in an urgent letter to the United Nations Security Council Friday requesting an emergency meeting.

He called Israel "the most terrorist regime in the world," saying it "has crossed every red line," and asking the international community to not allow this attack to go unpunished. He said Iran will "respond decisively and proportionally" to the attacks.

The attack is a “deliberate escalation that flagrantly violates the Charter of the United Nations and the most fundamental norms of international law," Araghchi said in a letter submitted by the Iranian Permanent Mission to the U.N.

"This is not just merely a military attack against one nation—it is a direct assault on the principles that underpin the international legal order," Araghchi wrote.

Araghchi asked the Security Council to "strongly condemn this act of aggression, and take urgent and concrete measures" to hold Israel accountable.