Israeli airstrikes devastate 35 Iranian missile facilities

Israeli air force executes coordinated strikes on missile storage, radar installations, and nuclear sites, expanding freedom of aerial action

Tel Aviv: The Israel Defence Force (IDF) has announced that over 35 missile storage and launch facilities in the Tiberias and Kermanshah areas of Iran have been destroyed in attacks conducted by more than 25 Israeli Air Force fighter jets on Friday morning. In addition to these facilities, the Israeli Air Force targeted several Iranian missile systems and radar installations in the areas of Isfahan and Tehran, aiming to disrupt Iranian aircraft operations.

“This morning, the Air Force completed a wave of attacks against military targets of the Iranian regime in areas such as Kermanshah and Tiberias in Iran, with precise intelligence guidance from the Intelligence Branch. As part of the wave of attacks, more than 25 fighter jets attacked more than 35 missile storage and launch facilities in the Tiberias and Kermanshah areas of Iran,” the IDF said in a post on X. The IDF further emphasized that these strikes expand its freedom of aerial action in Iranian skies following the breakthrough to Tehran, noting that fighter jets and aircraft continue to operate freely in Iranian airspace and attack military targets in western and central Iran as it works to achieve air superiority.

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Overnight, more than 50 Israeli fighter jets attacked selected targets of the nuclear weapons programme and industrial sites for the production of missile components in Tehran. “More than 60 Air Force fighter jets attacked dozens of military targets in Iran overnight (Thursday) with precise intelligence guidance from the Intelligence Branch using approximately 120 munitions. During the night, several missile manufacturing industrial sites in the Tehran area of Iran were attacked,” the IDF stated in a post on X. The post added that these sites, built over years, were the industrial center of gravity of the Iranian Ministry of Defence and included military industrial sites for the production of missile components and raw materials used for casting rocket engines.

In another development, the Israeli military stressed that it had recently attacked three missile launchers ready to be launched from Iran into Israeli territory and a military commander who was working to launch them. Earlier in the day, the IDF also announced a series of overnight airstrikes in Tehran targeting dozens of sites linked to Iran’s missile and nuclear weapons programmes. Among these key targets were military industrial facilities used for missile production and the headquarters of Iran’s Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND).

The IDF mentioned that as part of the attacks and its activities to damage the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons project, the SPND headquarters building in Tehran was also attacked. “The SPND headquarters is used to research and develop advanced technologies and weapons for the Iranian regime’s military capabilities, which was established in 2011 by Fakhri Zadeh, the founder of the Iranian nuclear weapons programme,” the IDF said.

The latest conflict between both nations began last Friday when Netanyahu announced the launch of ‘Operation Rising Lion’ against Iran, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat of nuclear weapons to Israel’s very survival. This action prompted swift and aggressive retaliation from Tehran, pushing the region closer to the brink of a broader war.