IRGC: Mossad HQ in Tel Aviv targeted in missile strike
Israel’s attack on Iran state TV ‘cowardice’
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said in a recent statement that they targeted the intelligence buildings in the central coastal city of Herzliya, including the Mossad and the Israeli military intelligence (Aman).
Despite being protected by highly advanced air defense systems, the military intelligence directorate of the Zionist regime’s army, known as AMAN, and the Mossad center in Tel Aviv, used for planning assassination attacks and evil acts, were hit by the IRGC, it noted.
The IRGC added that fire is now blazing in the doomed center.
In Herzliya, the Israeli military censor has forbidden the publication of images and information about that site, classifying it as sensitive – that usually means that it’s either a military, intelligence or strategic asset or site.
Overnight, there was a tightening of restrictions in Israel.
Iran turns up heat on Israel
In a separate communique issued in the morning, the IRGC announced a fresh wave of missile attacks “more powerful and devastating than before” had been launched against Israel.
Overnight, there were alarms going off successively and throughout the night in Tel Aviv and in many northern Israeli cities. So, Israelis were going in and out of shelters pretty much all night.
Loud booms were heard over Tel Aviv and West Jerusalem after the military warned of incoming Iranian missiles.
Israeli search and rescue teams are operating in several locations where “reports of fallen projectiles were received”, an Israeli police statement said.
The fire and rescue service said there was an initial report of a “missile strike and fire” in the Dan district, an area surrounding Tel Aviv.
Already, we are hearing about the impact of all of that — 14,000 applications for compensation have been filed to Israel’s Ministry of Finance from people whose homes have been damaged and 24 buildings are already condemned for demolition.
This, of course, comes as the oil refinery and other refineries have been shut down, especially in Haifa, due to the damage sustained from earlier Iranian missile strikes. The power plant in Haifa as well.
The Iranian military forces have launched several rounds of retaliatory missile strikes against the Israeli targets since June 13 after the Zionist regime attacked Iran.
The Zionist regime’s unprovoked act of aggression and airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military, and residential sites have resulted in the martyrdom of top military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary citizens, including at least 45 women and children.
Israel targets ‘civilian institutions reporting truth’
Meanwhile, Israeli attacks on both military and civilian infrastructure in Iran are ongoing.
In one fatal strike, Israeli forces hit a building belonging to Iran’s state broadcaster in Tehran while it was airing a live TV program.
The attack killed three people and prompted widespread condemnation from Iranian officials.
“Israel has targeted the media and journalists to construct a false narrative about its confrontation with the Iranian nation,” Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref wrote on X.
Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani, speaking live on national television Tuesday, said: “It is not the first time Israel has waged war on journalists, nor is it the first time it has shot at cameras. Have we not witnessed the martyrdom of figures like Shireen Abu Akleh? Naturally, it attacks the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting because it is the voice of the Iranian people.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi noted the Israeli strike on the television headquarters in the capital, Tehran, on Monday demonstrates the growing desperation and cowardice of the Israeli regime.
“When Israel fails to succeed on the battlefield, it targets civilian institutions that merely report the truth,” he said.