Israel destroyed a secret nuclear facility in Tehran as its Air Forces unleashed a “broad wave of strikes” on regime targets across Iran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Monday night.
The secret nuclear site, identified as the “Minzadehei” weapons development complex, was located on the outskirts of the Iranian capital. Quoting military sources, the Jerusalem Post reported that “the site was linked to weapons development,” and it was discovered as the “IDF intelligence followed nuclear scientists who tried to travel there clandestinely.”
Israel’s Ynetnews reports:
The IDF said Tuesday it struck a secret underground nuclear complex in Tehran, describing it as a key site where Iran was developing components for a nuclear weapon, as the air campaign in Iran and Lebanon continued at a high tempo.According to the IDF, fighter jets targeted the covert “Minzadehei” compound, an underground facility where Iran’s nuclear weapons group operated under the country’s Defense Ministry.IDF spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said that during a previous operation in June, Israel dealt heavy blows to Iran’s nuclear weapons group. He said the Iranian regime later transferred parts of its nuclear infrastructure to fortified underground bunkers in an effort to protect and conceal continued weapons development.“Despite the severe damage to the nuclear weapons group, the Iranian regime did not stop its military nuclear activity,” Defrin said. “It continued to develop the capabilities required for a nuclear weapon while relocating infrastructure to an underground, airstrike-resistant site.”
As the joint U.S.-Israeli ‘Operation Roaring Lion’ entered its fifth day, Israel was hitting Iran’s leadership structure and its military capabilities. “The IDF has begun a broad wave of strikes in Iran … targeting the Iranian terror regime’s launch sites, aerial defense systems, and additional infrastructure,” the military said in a brief statement.
With Lebanon-based Hezbollah declaring war on Israel by firing missiles at northern cities and towns, the IDF was now engaged in a multi-front conflict. “In the past 24 hours, hundreds of fighter jets and aircraft have been striking hundreds of targets simultaneously in Iran and Lebanon,” the IDF disclosed Tuesday night.
Israeli strikes continue to target the regime’s air defense systems and ballistic missile arrays. “As part of the defensive effort, the Israeli Air Force continues to conduct successive waves of strikes against the Iranian regime’s ballistic missile arrays and air defense systems,” the IDF added.
Giving a rundown of the operation at the onset of the fifth day, the IDF revealed on Tuesday night that:
Since the start of Operation “Roaring Lion”, the Israeli Air Force has dismantled approximately 300 Iranian missile launchers. This is the result of more than 1,600 sorties and a systematic, around-the-clock effort to locate and target launchers and missile stockpiles in order to reduce fire toward the Israeli home front.
This operation continues to write military history, as an Israeli F-35I shot down a Russian-made Iranian fighter jet over the skies of Tehran.
“An Israeli Air Force F-35I ‘Adir’ shot down an Iranian YAK-130 combat aircraft over the skies of Tehran, the IDF spokesperson announced, ” the Israel Hayom newspaper reported Wednesday morning. “The engagement marked the first time in history that a crewed fighter jet was shot down by an F-35 in operational combat.”
The Israeli military also struck the regime forces charged with suppressing the people’s uprising. The Israeli armed forces “continue to degrade the Iranian terror regime’s infrastructure,” the IDF assured.
“A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force, guided by IDF intelligence, completed an additional wave of strikes targeting the Iranian terror regime’s command centers throughout Tehran,” the military announced Wednesday morning.
Israeli fighter jets struck the command structure of the regime’s fanatical Basij militia and loyalist forces. The Basij forces, affiliated with the Islamic Guard (IRGC), have been responsible for the recent mass killing of tens of thousands of Iranian protesters.
“As part of the strikes, the IDF dropped dozens of munitions on the Basij and internal security command centers that are subject to the Iranian terror regime,” the statement added. “The targeted command centers were used by the Iranian regime to maintain control throughout Iran and maintain the regime’s situational assessments.”
Another Israeli airstrike eliminated Iran’s top commander, who was directing Hezbollah’s military and terrorist operations from his headquarters in Tehran. “Ali Zadeh held the rank equivalent to brigadier general. He was the highest-ranking Iranian commander responsible for Lebanon,” Israel’s i24NEWS TV reported.
According to Israel’s Ynetnews, Ali Zadeh-led “Lebanon Corps serves as a key link between Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group based in Lebanon.”
Daoud Ali Zadeh, a senior commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, has been responsible for dragging Lebanon into the war as he “recently encouraged Hezbollah to carry out attacks against Israel,” the news outlet noted.
After Hezbollah entered the conflict on Sunday night by firing towards northern Israel, Israel has launched ground and aerial operations against the Iranian proxy terrorist group. “The IDF struck approximately 60 targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization, [i]ncluding weapons storage facilities, command centers, missile launchers and additional terrorist infrastructure,” the Israeli military said Tuesday night.
“A short while ago, the IDF completed additional broad-scale strikes targeting Hezbollah terrorist targets in southern Lebanon,” the military added. “Among the targets struck were weapons storage facilities, missile launchers, command centers, and a number of terrorist infrastructure sites belonging to the Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist organizations in areas of Tyre and Sidon in southern Lebanon.”
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