Sirens have sounded all over Israel as Iranian media announced Tuesday that the Iranian response to Israeli aggression had started.
Dozens of missiles have reportedly hit their designated target, with reports indicating that over 400 missiles and projectiles had been launched from Iran toward the occupied Palestinian territories.
The IRGC released a statement following the launch of the response, saying “We have targeted the heart of the occupied territories in response to the assassination of martyrs Haniyeh, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Nilforooshian.”
The statement further said, warning “Israel”, “If the Zionist regime retaliates to the Iranian operation, it will face violent consequences.”
Israeli reports, on the other hand, indicate that somewhere in the ballpark of 300 rockets had been launched from Iran.
Operation True Promise 2
The IRGC’s operation has been declared “Operation True Promise 2”, after its antecedent “Operation True Promise”, during which an unprecedented drone and missile attack was launched at “Israel” from Iran in April, in response to the Israeli assassination of its officials and aggression on its embassy in Damascus.
In a second statement, the IRGC confirmed that three military bases in Tel Aviv were targeted: Nevatim, Hatzerim, and the Tel Nof Airbase.
In detail, the Nevatim base houses the F-35 fighter jets, and the Hatzerim base houses the F-15 fighter jets used to assassinate Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. The IRGC affirmed that the latter was targeted in response to the assassination of Hezbollah’s leader. Latest reports coming from the ground is that Iran destroyed at least 20 F35s parked at Nevatim base. Mossad’s building in Tel Aviv was also levelled in the attack – if you recall Israel had destroyed Iran’s Embassy in Lebanon several months ago.
Additionally, at least 90% of Iran’s ballistic missiles and projectiles launched from its first wave toward Israel struck their targets, according to the IRGC’s second statement.
USA, Jordan, Israel’s Iron Dome Failed to Intercept Iran’s Older Gen Ballistic Missiles
The US Navy in middle east fired salvo after salvo of interceptor rockets, however with little to no success. America’s effort to prevent rockets reaching Israel was followed by Jordan’s Air Force whose pilots tried to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles, once again without success. Israel’s iron dome managed to intercept between 15-20 rockets, however, the rest all found their targets. The bad news for Israel and their foot soldiers in Washington is that Iran actually used an older generation Fattah rockets who are the ‘slower’ kind ballistic missiles.