Is China helping Iran fight Israel?
Western analysts have raised concerns that China could be materially supporting Iran.
Western analysts have raised concerns that China could be materially supporting Iran.
On the eve of the attack Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir presented the cabinet with projected Israeli casualties.
Iran effectively operates with two separate armed forces: the regular Iranian army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps.
So far Israel has refrained from attacking Iranian civilian infrastructure, but this could change.
The first significant strike came in 2010, when the Stuxnet cyberattack, attributed to Israel, crippled centrifuges at Natanz.
The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency has even circulated stories that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fled to Greece
Reminders of the men and women who gave their lives so others could live in peace
Shadmani had assumed his role just four days prior, replacing Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, who was killed in the opening salvo of Operation Rising Lion on June 13.
More than 1,100 Iranian assets have been targeted in hundreds of sorties since Israel’s lightning strikes began early Friday.
Social media posts echoed the nation’s grief, with users mourning Halfon’s death as a ‘tragic’ loss, noting he was the fourth soldier killed in Gaza within the past week.
Hezbollah has also condemned Israel’s ongoing offensive in Iran but has stated that it will not militarily get involved.
Beyond nuclear infrastructure, the airstrikes targeted an array of Iranian military manufacturing capabilities.
The sweeping campaign has crippled nearly half of Iran’s missile launchers, neutralized elite forces, and now promises even deadlier blows to the regime’s nuclear and military infrastructure.
The IDF reports that during the first hour of the strike, the three highest-ranking military officials in the Iranian regime were confirmed killed.
Since the launch of Operation Rising Lion, Israeli refueling aircraft have conducted over 600 in-air fuelings, enabling sustained fighter jet operations across Iranian airspace and ensuring continuous pressure on key military targets.
‘We understood that it was our historic duty to stand up and take action.’
Experts estimate Iran has a remaining inventory of only 300 to 1,300 missiles.
As Israel’s dominance grows, the chances that its attacks may lead to the downfall of the Islamic regime increases.
Local Iranian media reported that the IAF also targeted Imam Hossein University in eastern Tehran, an educational institution affiliated with the IRGC.
Alongside attacks on missile systems, the IAF continues to strike terror targets across Tehran, including regime offices and assets used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
