Smoke rises in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on the 28th. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

On the 28th (local time), as Israel carried out a preemptive strike against Iran, the United States was also conducting military attacks on Iran, the New York Times and Reuters reported.

According to the reports, an Israeli defense authority official said the preemptive attack on Iran was coordinated with the United States. The official also said the operation had been planned for months and the actual attack date was decided weeks ago.

On the same day, Israel Katz, Israel's defense minister, said a preemptive strike was carried out to eliminate Iran's threat to his country.

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency and the semi-official Fars news agency said several explosions were heard in the capital, Tehran.

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