Iran’s retaliatory strikes have so far targeted 500 sites linked to the United States and Israel in the Middle East, the Revolutionary Guards said on the third day of fighting on Monday.
“Since the start of the conflict, the brave soldiers of the Iranian armed forces have attacked 60 strategic targets and 500 American military targets and targets of the Zionist regime (Israel),” the Guards said in a statement.
It added they had launched more than 700 drones and hundreds of missiles.
New missile salvo fired at Israel
The state television said that Iran fired a new salvo of missiles at Israel on Monday in response to US-Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“The 11th wave of Operation True Promise 4 is underway with missile and drone strikes on targets in Beersheva,” Iranian state TV said at about 3:30 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), citing a statement from the Revolutionary Guards.
Oil tanker attacked in Strait of Hormuz
The Revolutionary Guards also said that they had attacked an allegedly US-linked oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as part of a wave of strikes retaliating against a US-Israeli assault.
“The ATHE NOVA tanker, one of the American allies in the Strait of Hormuz, is still on fire after being hit by two drones,” the Guards said in a statement. On Saturday, the Guards said they had closed the waterway, which is vital for oil and gas shipments, after the start of US and Israeli attacks.
Netanyahu’s office targeted
Iran’s missile attacks have targeted the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the headquarters of the Israeli air force commander, the Revolutionary Guards claimed.
“The office of the criminal prime minister of the Zionist regime and the headquarters of the regime’s air force commander were targeted,” the Guards said in a statement carried by Fars news agency.
It said Kheibar missiles were used in the attack.
Missile attack on Tel Aviv, Haifa and east Jerusalem
Iran launched missile strikes on an Israeli government complex in Tel Aviv, as well as security and military centres in Haifa, and an attack on east Jerusalem.
“Among the targets of this tenth wave were a targeted strike on the Zionist regime’s government complex in Tel Aviv, attacks on military and security centres in Haifa, and a strike on east Jerusalem,” said a Guards statement carried by state TV.
It said Kheibar ballistic missiles were used in the attack.
Israel and the United States launched attacks of unprecedented scale against Iran on Saturday, and the Islamic republic has responded with missile strikes regionwide.
Strikes kill three Iran Guards members, five army personnel
US and Israeli strikes on Iran have killed three Revolutionary Guard members and five army personnel, according to separate official statements on Monday.
“Three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed” in an attack on a detachment in the western Lorestan province, an official IRGC statement said, according to the ISNA news agency.
In a separate attack on the western city of Khorramabad, “five members of the Iranian army were killed”, Tasnim news agency said, quoting an army statement.
