DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s defense minister warned Saturday that “Tehran will burn” if Iran continues firing missiles, as the two countries traded blows a day after Israel launched a blistering surprise attack on Iranian nuclear and military sites, killing a number of top generals.

Israel's initial assault used warplanes and drones to hit key facilities and kill top generals and scientists.

Israel warned that “Tehran will burn” as it prepared a wave of heavy strikes on Iran’s capital that Benjamin Netanyahu has cast as part of a campaign that could ultimately bring down the Islamic republic.

Iran has launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israel into Saturday morning after a series of blistering Israeli attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear program and its armed forces, killing at least

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s defense minister warned Iran on Saturday that “Tehran will burn” if it continues firing missiles. Speaking after an assessment meeting with the army’s chief of staff, Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Iran will pay a heavy price for harming Israeli citizens.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed the operation “will continue for as many days as it takes,” while Iran has pledged to retaliate. Stavridis warned that despite

Iran once ridiculed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the boy who cried wolf for his constant public warnings about Tehran's nuclear programme, and his repeated threats to shut it down, one way or another.

Fears of war rise as nuclear talks stall. Rubio says U.S. forces not involved. Netanyahu says "Our action will make the world a much safer place."