Arya News - The response follows Friday`s unprecedented Israeli surprise attack, which targeted Iran’s nuclear energy sites, cities, air defense and missile systems, military, scientific and political leaders.
Iran has launched hundreds of ballistic missiles in Israel"s direction Friday night, IRNA and other Iranian media have reported.Social media footage shows Iranian ballistic missiles flying across the night sky in northern Israel, with Israeli air defense systems attempting to intercept them. Additional footage and images showed what appear to be direct hits on the city of Tel Aviv, with some missiles apparently overpowering and overwhelming Israel"s sophisticated air defense shield. Haifa was also targeted.The IRGC is calling the retaliatory strikes True Promise III, styled after previous missile and drone strikes on Israel in 2024 following attacks on its embassy in Syria, and assassination attacks of IRGC and anti-Israel resistance leaders.The IDF confirmed that it had detected missile launches from Iran, and said air defenses were deployed and working to counter the attack.The strikes on Israel follow warnings from Supreme Leader Khamenei, Iran"s president and the newly appointed IRGC chief earlier in the day vowing to make Israel pay for its overnight attacks.Israel continued pinpoint strikes inside Iran through the day Friday. On Friday night, Tasnim reported that it had destroyed two Israeli F-16 jets and several drones, and that the female pilot of one of the warplanes had been captured.