US stock futures tanked early Friday after Israel's airstrike on Iran. Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, declared a special state of emergency following the attack that rocked Tehran. In retaliation, Iran supposedly launched over 100 drones at Israel, which were neutralised in a coordinated response by 200 fighter jets, according to Israel.
'We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear enrichment programme' and ballistic missile program, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had stated. He added that the operation would continue 'for as many days as it takes to remove this threat,' stoking fears of a new war in the region.
