Iran Fires ‘First Batch’ of Ballistic Missiles at Israel
Iran has fired ballistic missiles at targets inside Israel, early Sunday. The first batch of Iranian ballistic missiles has been fired at targets deep within [Israel]”.
Earlier, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed that a drone and missile attack was under way against Israel in retaliation for a deadly April 1 drone strike on its Damascus consulate.
“In response to the numerous crimes committed by the Zionist regime, including the attack on the consular section the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired dozens of missiles and drones at specific targets inside the occupied territories (Israel),” state television quoted an IRGC statement as saying.
Operation Honest Promise is “being carried out with the approval of the Supreme National Security Council under the supervision of the General Staff of the Armed Forces,” the statement said.
Within minutes of the launch, the account on X of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reposted his pledge that the “evil (Israeli) regime will be punished.”
The April 1 strike, which was widely blamed on Israel, levelled the Iranian consulate in Damascus and killed seven IRGC members, two of them generals.
Initial US intelligence assessed that the attack would take place overnight, but new information early Saturday pushed up that timeline, US officials said.
