Iran has launched retaliatory missile strikes on Israel into Saturday morning after a series of blistering Israeli attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear program and its armed forces, killing at least three people and wounding dozens.

Israeli emergency services have said at least two people were killed in the strikes and dozens of people are injured.

The State Department told regional allies about Israel's plan to strike Iran, and indicated it wasn't a U.S. operation, four sources told CBS News.

National security experts warn that Israel's attack on Iran shows why Chinese land and asset purchases in the U.S. pose a significant threat to American security.

Oil prices have surged while global shares are lower after Israel struck Iranian nuclear and military targets in an attack that raised the risk of all-out war between them