Israel strikes terror targets in Tehran as Trump warns Iran against retaliation

Israel continues to carry out strikes against Iran as part of a massive joint military offensive with the U.S. known as "Operation Epic Fury." President Donald Trump warned Iran against retaliating following a series of attacks during which Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.

WHAT TO KNOW

• Israel and the U.S. launched a massive joint military operation against Iran on Saturday, known as "Operation Epic Fury." The attacks have already left major leaders dead, including Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

• President Donald Trump warned on Sunday against Iranian retaliation over the U.S. and Israeli strikes. He said that if Iran were to "hit very hard," they would be met with "a force that has never been seen before."

• The joint military operation is expected to carry on for days. Officials tell Fox News that Israel is targeting Iranian leadership, while the U.S. is targeting military targets and ballistic missile sites that pose an "imminent threat."

Former FBI official warns of Hezbollah, Hamas sleeper cells in US amid ongoing strikes on Iran

Former Assistant FBI Director Chris Swecker warned on Sunday that the strikes in Iran had increased the risk of Hamas and Hezbollah sleeper cells acting in a "violent way" in the U.S., as both groups are backed by Tehran.

"We know that they have cells here," Swecker told Fox News' Griff Jenkins. "We also know that they are lone sympathizers, many of whom have come out in these protest groups... I guess the up side to that is that they're outing themselves."

Protests erupted in the wake of the U.S. and Israel's launch of Operation Epic Fury in Iran. Swecker said that the protest groups are a cause for concern and added that former President Joe Biden's border policies made it so that terror-linked individuals could have entered the country.

"Look, we've just come off four years of open borders, and I have said before that that was an open door for terrorists, terrorist cells and terrorist sympathizers to infiltrate," Swecker said. "Many were already here, but it's impossible that they would not infiltrate into these particular groups and sort of act as catalysts, as enablers."

Swecker explained that the protest groups present a risk, as they can give terror groups the opportunity to engage in propaganda and recruit people, including some who could "take matters into their own hands in a violent way."

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