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北京时间今日上午，以色列袭击伊朗的消息，令全球资产“风声鹤唳”，正在交易的日本、韩国、菲律宾、越南等股市急速下挫。美股期货也大幅跳水，纳斯达克100指数期货跌超2%，标普500指数期货跌1.5%，道指期货跌超1%。

比特币也再度暴跌，盘中失守6万美元/枚，日内跌幅超过5%，以太坊跌破2900美元/枚，日内跌5.39%。1个小时内，虚拟货币市场爆仓资金超过700万美元，爆仓人数超过1万，主要为多单爆仓。24小时内，超8万人爆仓，爆仓总金额超过2.4亿美元。

美元、黄金、石油等避险资产则飙升。美元指数涨幅一度扩大至0.5%，现货黄金一度站上2410美元/盎司;国际油价飙涨，布伦特原油上破90美元/桶，涨幅达到3.7%，WTI原油一度大涨4%。

以色列袭击伊朗境内多处目标

4月19日凌晨，伊朗中部的伊斯法罕、叙利亚南部的苏韦达省，以及伊拉克的巴格达地区和巴比伦省都传出了爆炸声。另据美国媒体报道称，以军对伊朗境内7处目标发起军事打击。

随后，伊朗法尔斯通讯社报道称，伊朗中部伊斯法罕省的卡贾瓦里斯坦地区传出爆炸声，爆炸发生的地点靠近伊斯法罕国际机场和伊朗空军的基地。该媒体援引消息人士报道称，伊朗伊斯法罕西北部的一处军事基地附近传出三次爆炸声，防空系统已启动对目标进行拦截，目标可能是无人机。据悉，雷达可能是被攻击目标之一。伊朗官员最新表示，在伊斯法罕听到的爆炸声是伊朗防空系统启动的结果。

据伊朗国家电视台最新消息，目前伊朗全国多地传出的爆炸声，其来源为伊朗防空系统对可疑无人机目标进行拦截。位于伊斯法罕省的核设施目前处于安全状态。

航班追踪网站Flight Radar 24显示，当地时间19日早间，至少8架航班在伊朗上空改道。同日，伊朗德黑兰霍梅尼国际机场宣布取消上午10时30分前的航班。伊朗航空部门宣布，梅赫拉巴德、伊斯法罕、设拉子等地多处机场的航班也暂缓飞行。

据美国全国广播公司19日报道，对于以色列袭击伊朗境内目标，一名知情人士称，以色列提前通知了美方，但美方没有参与以色列此次行动。

上述袭击事件，是在以色列发誓将对伊朗13日夜间对其发动的无人机和导弹袭击作出回应后发生的。此前4月1日，伊朗驻叙利亚大使馆领事部门建筑遭以色列导弹袭击，造成至少13人死亡，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队负责在叙利亚和黎巴嫩境内行动的高级指挥官穆罕默德·礼萨·扎赫迪被打死。伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队14日凌晨发表声明，宣布向以色列目标发射了数十枚导弹和无人机，称此举是为回应以色列4月1日袭击伊朗驻叙利亚大使馆领事部门等行为。

全球市场巨震

以色列袭击伊朗的消息，让全球资本市场大幅波动。截至记者发稿时，日经225指数跌幅扩大至3.3%，该指数较3月高点已下跌10%。韩国综合指数下跌2.87%，泰国SET指数、菲律宾马尼拉指数、越南胡志明指数、印尼雅加达综合指数跌幅均超过1%。MSCI亚洲新兴市场指数一度大跌近2.8%，现跌2.25%。

美股期货盘中也大幅跳水，纳斯达克100指数期货一度跌超2%，标普500指数期货跌1.5%，道指期货跌超1%。截至发稿时，跌幅有所收窄，纳斯达克100指数期货跌1.32%，标普500指数期货跌1.05%，道指期货跌0.93%。

美元、黄金、石油等避险资产盘中出现飙升。美元指数涨幅一度跳涨0.5%;现货黄金盘中站上2410美元/盎司，一度涨1.4%;布伦特原油上破90美元/桶，涨幅一度达到3.7%，WTI原油一度涨超4%，突破85美元/桶。目前，布伦特原油、WTI原油涨幅仍超过3%。

在今早的A股市场上，石油板块大幅走强，贝肯能源、和顺石油、准油股份、潜能恒信等多股涨停，中国海油涨超5%，中国石油涨超3%。海运板块也拉升，国航远洋涨超12%，凤凰航运涨停，招商南油涨超8%，中远海能、宁波远洋等涨超7%，盛航股份涨超5%。

瞄准伊朗核设施?

据CCTV4报道，伊朗对以色列发动报复性空袭之后，以色列将如何作出“强有力回应”成为国际社会最关注的话题之一。内塔尼亚胡17日强调，以色列保有“自卫权利”。外界担忧，伊朗核设施可能成为以军的打击目标。

另据美国广播公司17日报道，多名以色列消息人士表示，以色列本周至少有两个晚上准备对伊朗发动打击，但行动随后又被取消。报道称，自伊朗对以色列发动打击后，以色列一直在权衡如何以及何时对此作出回应。一系列选项被提交给以色列战时内阁。以色列军方发言人哈加里当地时间16日表示，以色列在遭到伊朗袭击后，不会“无动于衷”，伊朗也不可能“逃脱惩罚”。

以色列此前曾经警告，遭到伊朗攻击后将对伊朗的核设施实施报复。国际原子能机构总干事格罗西也表示“担忧伊朗核设施可能会成为以色列的打击目标”。

德国《世界报》透露，伊朗拥有25到30座完全或者主要用于核计划的设施。其中6座属于一级目标：纳坦兹的铀浓缩设施、伊斯法罕的转化装置、阿拉克的重水反应堆、帕尔钦的武器及弹药生产设施、福尔道的铀浓缩设施以及布什尔的轻水反应堆。其中，伊斯法罕的转化装置、帕尔钦的武器及弹药生产设施、布什尔的轻水反应堆与阿拉克的重水反应堆主要是地面设施，相对而言容易被空袭摧毁。

真正被以色列视为“眼中钉”，意图“从地球上彻底抹去”的是位于福尔道和纳坦兹的铀浓缩设施，部署在这里的数以千计的离心机被认为是伊朗获得武器级核材料所必不可少的设备。但是，据称纳坦兹核设施的生产车间位于地下8米深的两个大厅，大厅顶部还用数米厚的钢筋混凝土进行了加固;而福尔道核设施更是设在地下90米深处，难以被空袭摧毁。值得一提的是，2016年开始，伊朗从俄罗斯进口的S-300远程防空系统也被部署到福尔道核设施附近。

一名以色列空军前指挥官在接受英国媒体采访时坦言，袭击伊朗核设施是以色列的选项，但此举也颇有难度，因为伊朗核设施数量多且分布分散。

不过，最新消息显示，以色列对伊朗4月19日凌晨发动的这次袭击，可能没有针对核设施。据《以色列时报》援引美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)消息，一名美国高级官员称，以色列已经告诉美国，其袭击不针对伊朗的核设施。

英美宣布对伊朗实施制裁

据新华社消息，英国和美国政府18日分别发表声明，宣布对伊朗多名个人和多家实体实施制裁，以回应伊朗日前对以色列发动的报复性打击。

英国政府在声明中说，英国对伊朗7名个人和6家实体实施制裁。此次制裁是与美国协调的一揽子措施，旨在进一步加大对伊朗无人机和导弹行业关键参与者的制裁，并“限制伊朗破坏地区稳定的能力”。制裁措施包括对相关个人实施旅行禁令及资产冻结，对相关实体实施资产冻结。

同日，美国财政部发表声明说，美政府宣布对涉及伊朗无人机项目的16名个人和2家实体，涉及伊朗钢铁产业的5家企业，以及一家伊朗车企实施制裁，并对伊朗采取新的出口管制措施。

美国总统拜登当天发表声明说，此轮制裁目的是追究伊朗日前对以色列发动袭击的责任，制裁目标包括与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队、伊朗国防部以及伊朗政府的导弹和无人机项目相关联的领导人和实体。

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Just now, the tension in the Middle East has escalated!

This morning, Beijing time, news of Israel's attack on Iran caused global assets to “go viral,” and stock markets such as Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam, which are currently trading, fall rapidly. US stock futures also dived sharply. Nasdaq 100 futures fell more than 2%, S&P 500 futures fell 1.5%, and Dow futures fell more than 1%.

Bitcoin also plummeted again, falling below 60,000 US dollars/coin in the intraday period, with an intraday decline of more than 5%. Ethereum fell below 2,900 US dollars/coin, falling 5.39% during the day. Within 1 hour, the virtual currency market liquidated more than 7 million US dollars, and the number of liquidated positions exceeded 10,000, mainly due to multiple liquidations. Within 24 hours, more than 80,000 people closed their positions, and the total amount of liquidated positions exceeded 240 million US dollars.

Safe-haven assets such as the dollar, gold, and oil soared. The increase in the US dollar index once extended to 0.5%, and spot gold once stood at 2,410 US dollars/ounce; international oil prices soared, Brent crude oil surged above 90 US dollars/barrel, an increase of 3.7%, and WTI crude oil once surged 4%.

Israel attacks multiple targets in Iran

In the early morning of April 19, explosions were heard in Isfahan in central Iran, Suwayda province in southern Syria, and the Baghdad region and Babylon province in Iraq. Also, according to US media reports, the Israeli military launched military attacks on 7 targets in Iran.

Subsequently, Iran's Fars News Agency reported that an explosion was heard in the Kajavaristan region of Isfahan province in central Iran. The location where the explosion occurred was close to Isfahan International Airport and the Iranian Air Force base. The media quoted sources as reporting that three explosions were heard near a military base in northwestern Iran's Isfahan. The air defense system had already started to intercept the target; the target was probably a drone. According to reports, the radar may have been one of the targets of the attack. Iranian officials recently stated that the explosions heard in Isfahan were the result of the activation of Iran's air defense system.

According to the latest news from Iran's national television station, the source of explosions currently being heard in many parts of Iran is that Iran's air defense system intercepts suspected drone targets. The nuclear facilities in Isfahan province are currently in safe condition.

The flight tracking website Flight Radar 24 shows that on the morning of the 19th local time, at least 8 flights were rerouted over Iran. On the same day, Iran's Tehran Khomeini International Airport announced the cancellation of flights before 10:30 a.m. Iran's aviation department announced that flights from several airports in Mehrabad, Isfahan, Shiraz and other places will also be suspended.

According to a NBC report on the 19th, regarding Israel's attack on targets in Iran, a person familiar with the matter said that Israel notified the US side in advance, but the US side did not participate in Israel's current operation.

The attack occurred after Israel vowed to respond to Iran's drone and missile attacks on the night of the 13th. Earlier, on April 1, the consular building of the Iranian Embassy in Syria was attacked by an Israeli missile, killing at least 13 people. Mohammed Reza Zahdi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran responsible for operations in Syria and Lebanon, was killed. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran issued a statement in the early morning of the 14th announcing the launch of dozens of missiles and drones at Israeli targets, saying the move was in response to Israel's April 1 attack on the consular department of the Iranian Embassy in Syria.

A huge shock in the global market

The news of Israel's attack on Iran caused huge fluctuations in global capital markets. At the time of press release, the Nikkei 225 index's decline had widened to 3.3%, and the index had fallen 10% from its March high. The Korea Composite Index fell 2.87%, while Thailand's SET Index, the Philippine Manila Index, Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Index, and Indonesia's Jakarta Composite Index all fell by more than 1%. The MSCI Asia Emerging Markets Index once plummeted by nearly 2.8%, but is now down 2.25%.

US stock futures also dived sharply in the intraday period. NASDAQ 100 futures once fell more than 2%, S&P 500 futures fell 1.5%, and Dow futures fell more than 1%. At press time, the decline had narrowed, with Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.32%, S&P 500 futures down 1.05%, and Dow futures down 0.93%.

Safe-haven assets such as the dollar, gold, and oil soared intraday. The US dollar index once jumped 0.5%; spot gold stood at 2,410 US dollars/ounce during the intraday period, rising 1.4%; Brent crude oil surpassed 90 US dollars/barrel and once reached 3.7%; WTI crude oil once rose more than 4% to break through 85 US dollars/barrel. Currently, Brent crude oil and WTI crude oil are still rising by more than 3%.

In the A-share market this morning, the oil sector strengthened sharply. Many stocks such as Becken Energy, Heshun Petroleum, Quanyou Shares, and Potential Hengxin rose to a standstill. CNOOC rose more than 5%, and CNPC rose more than 3%. The shipping sector also boosted. Air China COSCO rose more than 12%, Phoenix Shipping rose and stopped, China Southern Oil rose more than 8%, COSCO HNA, Ningbo COSCO, etc. rose more than 7%, and Shenghang shares rose more than 5%.

Targeting Iran's nuclear facilities?

According to CCTV4 reports, after Iran launched a retaliatory air strike against Israel, how Israel will make a “strong response” has become one of the international community's top concerns. Netanyahu stressed on the 17th that Israel has a “right to self-defense.” Outsiders are worried that Iran's nuclear facilities may become targets of attack by the Israeli military.

Also, according to an American Broadcasting Corporation report on the 17th, several Israeli sources said that Israel was preparing to launch an attack on Iran for at least two nights this week, but the operation was later cancelled. The report said that since Iran launched an attack on Israel, Israel has been weighing how and when to respond to this. A range of options were presented to Israel's wartime cabinet. Israeli military spokesman Hagari said on the 16th local time that Israel will not be “indifferent” after being attacked by Iran, nor can Iran “escape punishment.”

Israel previously warned that it would retaliate against Iran's nuclear facilities after being attacked by Iran. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Grossi also expressed “concern that Iran's nuclear facilities may be targeted by Israel.”

Germany's “Le Monde” revealed that Iran has 25 to 30 facilities used entirely or mainly for nuclear programs. Six of these are Tier 1 targets: a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, a converter in Isfahan, a heavy water reactor in Arak, a weapons and ammunition production facility in Parchin, a uranium enrichment facility in Fordau, and a light water reactor in Bushehr. Among them, conversion devices in Isfahan, weapons and ammunition production facilities in Parchin, light water reactors in Bushehr, and heavy water reactors in Arak are mainly ground facilities, which are relatively easy to be destroyed by air raids.

What is actually viewed by Israel as a “nail in the eye” with the intention of “completely erasing it from the Earth” is the uranium enrichment facilities at Fordow and Natanz. The thousands of centrifuges deployed here are considered essential equipment for Iran to obtain weapons-grade nuclear materials. However, it is alleged that the production workshop at the Natanz nuclear facility is located in two halls 8 meters deep underground, and the top of the hall is also reinforced with reinforced concrete several meters thick; while the Fordow nuclear facility is located 90 meters deep underground, making it difficult to be destroyed by air raids. It is worth mentioning that starting in 2016, the S-300 long-range air defense system imported by Iran from Russia was also deployed near the Fordau nuclear facility.

A former Israeli air force commander confessed in an interview with British media that attacking Iran's nuclear facilities was an option for Israel, but this move was also quite difficult because Iran's nuclear facilities are numerous and scattered.

However, the latest news shows that Israel's attack on Iran in the early morning of April 19 probably did not target nuclear facilities. According to the “Times of Israel”, citing CNN, a senior US official said that Israel had told the US that its attacks did not target Iran's nuclear facilities.

The United Kingdom and the US announced sanctions against Iran

According to Xinhua News Agency, the British and US governments issued separate statements on the 18th announcing the imposition of sanctions on a number of individuals and entities in Iran in response to Iran's recent retaliatory attacks against Israel.

The British government said in a statement that Britain has imposed sanctions on 7 individuals and 6 entities in Iran. The sanctions are a package of measures coordinated with the US to further increase sanctions against key players in Iran's drone and missile industry and “limit Iran's ability to destabilize the region.” The sanctions include imposing travel bans and asset freezes on relevant individuals and asset freezes on related entities.

On the same day, the US Treasury Department issued a statement saying that the US government announced sanctions against 16 individuals and 2 entities involved in Iran's drone project, 5 companies involved in Iran's steel industry, and an Iranian car company, and adopted new export control measures against Iran.

US President Joe Biden issued a statement on the same day saying that the purpose of this round of sanctions is to hold Iran responsible for the recent attacks on Israel. The targets of the sanctions include leaders and entities linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran, Iran's Ministry of Defense, and the Iranian government's missile and drone projects.

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