Iran’s IRGC launches missile, drone assault on Israel

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the launch of a large-scale military operation targeting Israel, saying it had begun a first wave of missile and drone strikes in response to what it described as aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tasnim reports.

In a statement, the IRGC said the operation was carried out “in response to the aggression of the hostile and criminal enemy against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” adding that missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles had been fired toward what it referred to as the “occupied territories,” a term Iranian officials commonly use to describe Israel.

By Aghakazim Guliyev