Israel strikes Iranian nuclear enrichment and missile sites

(Sharecast News) - Israel's Air Force attacked Iran's nuclear weapons programme and ballistic missile sites. Overnight, some 200 fighter jets attacked those installations, including the country's main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, as well as Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In response, as of 0740 BST front-dated Brent crude oil futures were jumping %6.86 to $74.12 per barrel.

Euro/dollar meanwhile was off by 0.46% to 1.1534 and gold futures for August delivery were ahead by 1.1% to $3,439/oz. on COMEX.

Bitcoin was down by 3.14% at $104,527.10.

Mossad agents were also hunting leadership targets in Tehran, a personal familiar with the operations told the WSJ.

The US Department of State said that Washington had not been involved in the strikes.

President Donald Trump said he remained committed to a diplomatic solution but that Tehran had to give up the capability of developing nuclear weapons.

An official in Tel Aviv said that Iran had been working in secret on a nuclear weapon during recent weeks.

Some reports indicated that Tehran had signalled before the attacks that it would not participate in the next scheduled round of talks.