The retaliatory strikes came on Saturday, a day after Israel killed top Iranian military leaders and scientists and destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz.

Ahead of Friday's attack on Iran, Israel had spent months smuggling in parts for hundreds of quadcopter drones rigged with explosives—as well as munitions that could be fired from unmanned platforms,

Iran on Friday night launched missiles and drones at Israel in a second response to airstrikes overnight that targeted nuclear sites and top commanders in the Islamic nation.