Israel holds back from nuclear and oil targets in airstrikes on Iran

Explosions were heard in Tehran but Iranian media downplayed the attacks (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel attacked Iran with a series of pre-dawn airstrikes on Saturday in what it said was a response to the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired on Israel earlier in the month.

The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted facilities that Iran used to make missiles fired at Israel as well as surface-to-air missile sites.