The Israel Defense Forces is continuing to attack “infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime throughout Tehran,” the military announced on Monday morning.
On Sunday, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets carried out a wave of strikes targeting the Islamic Republic’s weapons production capabilities, the IDF said.
“During these strikes, over 120 munitions were launched toward sites used for the research, development and production of weapons,” it said.
Among the targets were a facility for the development of “critical components” for ballistic missiles; an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps center for research and development of missile systems and satellite launchers; another military research, development and weapons production site; sites used to store and launch ballistic missiles; and aerial defense systems.
“Over the past 24 hours, more than 150 fighter jets have struck weapons production sites across Tehran,” stated the IDF, adding, “The strikes on the regime’s military industries in Tehran are ongoing.”
One of the strikes targeted the IRGC’s “primary military academic institution,” located inside Tehran’s Imam Hossein University, the IDF said on Monday afternoon.
“Under civilian cover, research and development for advanced weaponry were conducted within the university,” which also served as an “emergency asset for the regime’s military bodies,” it said.
The university, which is under international sanctions, was struck several times to inflict “significant damage” to the regime’s capabilities. Among the assets hit were underground wind tunnels used to test and develop ballistic missiles; a center that was being used to build chemical weapons; and a “central complex used by the regime for the development of ballistic missiles and additional weapons.”
Separately, the military conducted over 140 strikes targeting the regime’s firepower and missile arrays across central and western Iran.
As part of dozens of sorties, IAF jets hit “infrastructure sites of the Iranian regime, including ballistic missile storage and launch sites, which pose an imminent threat to the State of Israel,” according to the statement.
“The IDF continues to operate relentlessly against the regime’s ballistic missile array, with the aim of reducing the scope of fire directed at Israeli civilians,” added the military.
During two waves of overnight strikes in Tehran over the weekend, some 40 weapons production and research facilities were struck, the IDF said on Monday.
More than 80 bombs were dropped on facilities used to produce long-range surface-to-air, anti-tank, small anti-aircraft and ballistic missiles, it stated.
“Over the past two days, the IDF has intensified its strikes against the regime’s production sites in Tehran, targeting approximately 40 facilities involved in the production, research and development of weaponry in large-scale aerial operations,” added the IDF.
“The IDF will continue to deepen the damage to the regime’s military industries in order to deny the production capabilities it has built over the years,” the statement added.
