New wave of Iran’s strikes targets Israel, American positions in region
Resistance forces down US refueling aircraft in Iraq
Iran’s Armed Forces on Friday launched fresh strikes on the American and Israeli positions on the 14th day of the joint aggression against Iran, targeting their important military sites. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said in separate statements it launched at least two rounds of missile and drone attacks on the US bases in the regional countries as well as the Israel’s military sites in the occupied territories.
The attacks were carried out during the 43rd and 44th waves of the True Promise 4 Operation.
During the 44th wave of the operation, the IRGC forces pounded the Israeli positions in the northern occupied territories, including Kiryat Shmona, Haifa, and Hadera.
The US Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and several other US bases in the region were also targeted by the IRGC missiles and drones. The operation followed the 43rd phase, when Kheibar Shekan missiles and drones struck Israeli military positions in Tel Aviv, Eilat, and West Al-Quds as well as the US targets in Bahrain and the city of Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Iran’s Army also said in a statement on Friday that it targeted the headquarters of Israel’s defense forces in the occupied territories with suicide drones.
US refueling aircraft crash
Meanwhile, a US Boeing KC-130 refueling aircraft crashed after it was targeted by the resistance forces in Iraq. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the crash, saying that its four crew members were killed in the incident.
Earlier, CENTCOM had announced in a statement that it is aware of the loss of a US KC-135 refueling aircraft.
“The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing,” it said.
It said that two aircraft were involved in the incident. One of the aircraft crashed in western Iraq while the second one landed safely in Israel. Iran’s attacks come as the two allies continued their aggression against Iran on Friday, targeting several cities across the country.
Attacks on non-military sites
Iran’s Red Crescent Society on Friday published its latest report on attacks on non-military sites across the country.
The head of the organization Pirhossein Kolivand said that more than 24,500 civilian sites, including 19,755 residential buildings, have been damaged since the beginning of the aggression.
The US and Israeli armed forces began their aggression against Iran on February 28 by attacking 30 targets across the capital Tehran, killing several senior Iranian officials including the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Since then, Iranian Armed Forces have decisively retaliated against the strikes by launching barrages of missile and drones against the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US bases in region.
The aggression against Iran has caused a sharp increase in oil and gas prices with the economists and global banks warning that the issue could exert further inflationary pressure on the global economy and change the predictions for the global economic growth, The Guardian reported.