Israel launches new wave of airstrikes on Iran

ISTANBUL

Israel launched a fresh series of airstrikes targeting military infrastructure in Tehran and western Iran, the Israeli military said on Sunday.

Israeli Air Force fighter jets “are currently striking military infrastructure in Tehran and western Iran,” the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported, citing an Israeli army spokesperson’s announcement.

The exact targets and scale of the strikes were not immediately detailed.

Earlier, Iranian media reported a massive explosion in the western city of Kermanshah, while the air defense systems in the northwestern city of Tabriz were reportedly activated in response to the attacks.

No casualties have been reported as of yet.

Earlier on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said his forces bombed three Iranian nuclear sites in Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan.

The US targeted Iran’s nuclear sites with six bunker-buster bombs dropped on the Fordo facility with B-2 stealth bombers, along with dozens of submarine-launched cruise missile strikes on the Natanz and Isfahan facilities.

The attacks came as the latest escalation in a US-backed Israeli military assault on Iran since June 13, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory attacks on Israel.

Israeli authorities said at least 25 people have been killed and hundreds injured since then in Iranian missile attacks.

Meanwhile, in Iran, 430 people have been killed and more than 3,500 wounded in the Israeli assault, according to the Iranian Health Ministry.