Shortly before sunrise in Iran on Friday, Israel launched the first strikes of its operation against the regime’s nuclear program.

Oil prices soared on Friday as Israel and Iran exchanged attacks, making it all but certain that gasoline prices would rise for U.S. drivers within days, industry analysts told ABC News. The back-and-forth strikes stoked concern among investors about a possible wider conflict across the Middle East,

Follow the latest news after Israel launched strikes at Iran, a dramatic escalation in long-running tensions between the two countries.

Before Israel launched a wave of strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and top military leaders this week, its spies were already on the ground in enemy territory.

Mossad released footage that it said showed two agents on Iranian soil who deployed precision attack systems "designed to destroy Iranian air defense systems."

Israel strikes Iran after neutralizing Hezbollah as Tehran’s response falters, exposing deep regional shifts and vulnerabilities.

Israel attacked Tehran early Friday and killed many of the country’s top military leaders and scientists. The United States said it was not involved in the strikes.

The U.S. did not provide any assistance or have any involvement in the Israeli strike, a U.S. official told ABC News. ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl spoke to President Donald Trump on the phone early Friday morning and asked him about the attack on Iran.

Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s vows of reprisals have brought the two Middle East adversaries closer to an all-out war, which also threatens to draw in the United States, at least to some degree.

Israel badly damaged one of Iran’s key nuclear sites and killed a startling array of top military and nuclear officials in the attacks that started on Friday morning. But when the sun rose after that devastating assault, it was also clear how much of Iran’s nuclear program remained, at least for now.

NOT SO SPECIAL — Israel’s early-morning strikes targeting Iran have supercharged a debate that has been simmering for years on the MAGA right: Is America’s “special relationship” with Israel consistent with the realist principles of an “America First” foreign policy?