Israel says it has “full aerial operational control” over the Iranian capital Tehran, four days after launching strikes on the country
It says its air force carried out a wave of strikes overnight, while Iranian media reports new attacks in the west of the country on Monday.
A spokesperson for Israel’s military says that Israel has “achieved full aerial control above Tehran.”
“We have destroyed one third of the Iranian Regime’s surface-to-surface missile launchers,” Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin also said in a media briefing.
He stated that Israel’s military has destroyed more than 120 missile launchers, a third of the total number Iran possesses, since it launched its initial attack late last week.
Brig. Gen. Defrin says the air force destroyed more than 20 last night alone, “minutes before” they were used to send missiles towards Israel.
He added that Israel also launched a wave of attacks targeting roughly 100 military targets in Isfahan in central Iran, deploying about 50 fighter jets to strike missile storage facilities, launchers and command centres.
The Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), says Israel has “brutally attacked the fire department building at the Musiyan municipality” in the Ilam province, near the border with Iraq.
It is also reporting that drones were shot down.
Meanwhile, the Fars news agency, which is also affiliated with the IRGC, reported that a hospital had been hit.
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In retaliation, Iran hit Israel with a wave of missiles overnight, with some penetrating the Iron Dome defence system.
The number killed in Israel since Friday has risen to 24
Meanwhile, Iran’s health ministry reports that at least 224 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since Friday.
Israel began attacking Iran last Friday, hitting nuclear facilities, military sites and populated areas.
Iran has responded with drones and ballistic missiles.
Five people have been killed and dozens injured as Iran launched fresh strikes across central Israel overnight, according to Israel’s national emergency service.
Footage shows explosions and damage in Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Officials say at least 19 people have been killed in Israel and 224 people in Iran since Friday, when the two countries began launching attacks.
Israel’s defence minister has warned that Tehran’s residents will “pay the price” for Iranian attacks on Israeli citizens.
Israel Katz has now clarified what he meant, writing on X that “there is no intention to physically harm the residents of Tehran”.
“[They] will be forced to pay the price of the dictatorship and evacuate their homes from areas where it will be necessary to attack regime targets and security infrastructure in Tehran,” he says.
“We will continue to protect the residents of Israel.”