Elon Musk sends message of peace amid Israel, Iran tensions: ‘Shooting rockets to the stars’

a few hours later Reports of Israeli air strikes on IranElon Musk made an apparent call for peace via his X account.

“Instead of launching rockets at each other, we should be launching rockets to the stars,” Musk wrote in a post.

The world’s richest man also shared a photo of the rocket.

Musk’s comments come amid growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas.

Israel attacked Iran late Thursday and Iranian state media reported early Friday that its forces had destroyed a drone just days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone attack on Israel.

A source told Reuters the United States was not involved but was informed by Israel before the attack.

Iran’s Fars News Agency reported that three explosions occurred near a military base in the central city of Isfahan.

Meanwhile, an Iranian official told Reuters that there was no missile attack and that the explosion was the result of the activation of Iran’s air defense system.