Israel launches airstrikes on military sites in Iran

CAIRO: 26 October 2024: Israel launched airstrikes against military sites in Iran early Saturday, in response to Iran’s attacks  against Israel on October 1. 

Israeli Army announced in a statement that it launched 20 airstrikes against Iranian military sites, while Tehran downsizes this number. The Israeli Army  added that it attacked missile manufacturing facilities and surface-to-air missile arrays and aerial capabilities in Iran.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will issue a statement on the Israeli attacks on Iran. 

Meanwhile, Iranian media say that the attacks were away from the Imam Khomeini International Airport and it is operating normally. 

In October 1, 2024, Iran launched nearly 200 missiles at Israeli military targets, marking its most substantial military offensive against Israel, and around double the size of a previous Iranian missile attack last April.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said the assault comes in retaliation for the Israeli assassinations of leader of Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah near Beirut on Friday and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last July.

The tit-for-tat attacks between Iran and Israel occurred amid the nonstop Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.