Iran late on Tuesday fired ballistic missiles targeting two military bases of Israel and the headquarters of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, claimed Iranian state television, citing Mohammad Bagheri, Iran’s top military officer.
Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohammad Bagheri, told Press TV that the Nevatim air base, the Netzarim military facility and the Tel Nof intelligence unit were hit in the Tuesday night attack dubbed ‘Operation True Promise II’.
The Nevtim air base houses Israel’s F-35 fighter jets, according to a report in the Tehran Times, which added that the fighter jets that bombarded Beirut on September 27 flew from this military air base. The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps used hypersonic Fatah missiles to target the three sites, as per the Iranian news outlet.
Meanwhile, Bagheri further said that Iran deliberately did not attack civilian targets and infrastructure. The ballistic missile attack by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Aerospace Force, said Bagheri, was in response to the July 31 killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyah and IRGC commander Abbas Nilforoushan and the September 27 killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that Iran’s military actions against Israel were carried out in accordance with its legitimate rights and to ensure peace and security for both Iran and the broader region.
“This action was in defence of the interests and citizens of Iran,” Pezeshkian said on his account on X, as cited by the Irna news agency.
Iran attacked Israel with a barrage of approximately 180 ballistic missiles. While most of those missiles were destroyed before reaching their target, some did impact and cause minimal damage, said the Pentagon press secretary during a briefing.
