JERUSALEM: Israel hit again at Iran early on Saturday (Oct 26), with its army saying it was conducting strikes in opposition to army targets in response to Tehran’s assaults on Israel.
The Center East has been on edge in anticipation of Israeli retaliation for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on Oct 1, during which round 200 ballistic missiles had been fired at Israel, Iran’s second direct assault on Israel in six months.
“In response to months of steady assaults from the regime in Iran in opposition to the State of Israel – proper now the Israel Protection Forces is conducting exact strikes on army targets in Iran,” the Israel Protection Forces stated in a press release.
Israel says it has the precise and responsibility to answer assaults from Tehran and its proxies, which have included missile strikes launched from Iranian soil.
“Our defensive and offensive capabilities are absolutely mobilised,” it added.
The scope of the assault was not instantly clear.
Iran’s state TV stated a number of robust explosions had been heard across the capital Tehran. Semi-official Iranian media stated explosions had been additionally heard within the close by metropolis of Karaj.
The Tasnim information company stated that “nothing has been reported about listening to the sound of rockets or airplanes within the sky of Tehran thus far”.
State TV cited unnamed Iranian intelligence officers as saying that the origin of the loud explosions “might be from the activation of Iran’s air protection system”.