Israel Carries Out Massive Airstrikes on Iran’s Capital

(MENAFN) The Israeli military confirmed Wednesday it had unleashed a sweeping aerial assault on Tehran, targeting Iranian sites across the capital in what it described as a large-scale offensive operation.

"broad scale" airstrikes, the Israeli army stated, though officials declined to specify which installations had been hit or provide any further operational details.

The announcement followed an earlier military disclosure that Israeli forces had already struck dozens of facilities linked to Iran's internal security apparatus and the Basij — the regime's powerful paramilitary force — in a series of preliminary blows against the capital.

The rapid succession of strikes signals a dramatic and dangerous escalation in hostilities between Israel and Iran, with the heart of the Islamic Republic now directly in the crosshairs of one of the most significant military operations in the region's recent memory.

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