West Jerusalem has launched its retaliatory strike against Tehran, the Israel Defense Forces has confirmed.
On October 1, Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel in response to the killings of the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders and an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general. While the IDF has insisted that the majority of the projectiles were intercepted, Tehran claimed to have hit several Israeli military targets.
Israel has since threatened to deliver a “deadly, pinpoint accurate, and surprising” retaliation, without specifying any time frame.
Tehran has warned Israel against conducting any strikes, vowing a “decisive and regretful” response, should it do so.
- 26 October 202401:57 GMTIsrael apparently targeted “several military bases in the west and southwest of Tehran,” but there was no official confirmation of any casualties or damage, according to Fars News Agency.
- 01:54 GMTIsrael’s attack on Iran is “expected to be a one-night affair,” ABC News reports citing a source with direct knowledge. According to the same source, there were “no reports of any Israeli casualties or damage to Israeli warplanes.”
- 01:51 GMTUS Vice President Kamala Harris has also been briefed on the Israeli attack and is “closely following developments,” according to a White House official.
- 01:43 GMTNew footage is circulating online purportedly showing Iranian air defenses air engaging incoming hostile targets.
- 01:40 GMTUS Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, “tonight,” two defense officials told NBC. The reports did not specify whether the conversation took place before or after the Israeli raid against Iran.
- 01:36 GMTMore explosions were heard in Tehran, allegedly due to the “activation of air defense systems,” according to local media reports.Video reportedly with explosions audible east of Tehran https://t.co/1irVI7iLLO— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) October 26, 2024
- 01:32 GMT“Over 100” Israeli jets, including F-35s, were involved in the raids against targets some 2000 km away from the country’s borders, the Walla news agency has claimed.
- 01:20 GMTSyrian air defenses reportedly intercepted several Israeli missiles over the southern and central parts of the country, according to a statement from the military cited by SANA. “At approximately 02:00 [11pm GMT Friday], the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack with a salvo of missiles from the territory of Lebanon and the occupied Golan Heights, attacking a number of military positions in the southern and central regions,” the military source said, adding that air defense systems “responded to the enemy missiles and shot down several of them.”
- 01:14 GMTIran has closed its airspace until 9am local time, according to a notice issued by the civil aviation authority.
- 01:10 GMTFootage has emerged showing Israeli military officials supervising the operation from an underground command-and-control center of the Israeli Air Force.
- Additional Documentation of Israeli Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi and Commanding Officer of the IAF Major General Tomer Bar, at the Underground Command-and-Control Center of the Israeli Air Force during tonight’s Strikes on Iran. pic.twitter.com/tK0Tt6knIY— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 26, 2024
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