By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – Israeli military on Sunday announced that its air force carried out targeted strikes on several Iranian military-linked facilities in Iran’s capital city, Tehran.
The strikes escalated tensions as Iran responded with new missile and drone attacks against Israeli and US-linked positions across the region.
In a post on X, the Israel Defence Forces said the Israeli Air Force hit multiple fuel storage complexes belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Iranian capital.
The operation was carried out based on intelligence inputs and targeted sites believed to be used to distribute fuel to various Iranian military units.
“The IAF struck these complexes, where the Iranian terrorist regime would distribute fuel to multiple military entities in Iran,” the IDF said.
It stated that the attack had significantly damaged the country’s military infrastructure.
Iran’s IRGC announced the launch of its 27th wave under Operation True Promise 4. Iran called it a retaliation move for a fresh wave of “unprovoked US-Israeli aggression” against Iran, according to Iranian state broadcaster Press TV.
IRGC in a statement said the latest phase of the operation involved coordinated drone and missile strikes targeting Israeli military infrastructure in northern areas of Israel.
The group said its Aerospace Division used newly developed solid-fuel Kheibar-Shekan missiles equipped with terminal guidance systems to hit what it described as Zionist military targets in Haifa.
Press TV reported that Iranian drones struck a site housing American personnel in an area identified as “Marina,” located near buildings belonging to Warner Bros. company facilities.
IRGC Navy said it targeted facilities linked to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. According to the Iranian military statement, naval forces struck a command centre for unmanned surface vessels and military support hangars at Salman Port.
The IRGC claimed that Israeli authorities were attempting to shield military personnel by concentrating civilians in northern and central regions, a move it described as the creation of “human shields.”
