The fresh wave of Iranian missile strikes targeted the heart of the Zionist entity in the early hours of Sunday as the Yemeni military reportedly struck the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
After the first round that began around 11:45 a.m. Iran time on Saturday, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) resumed ‘Operation True Promise III’ around 3:34 am Iran time.
In a statement after the first round that lasted more than two hours and constituted hundreds of missiles and drones that hit their targets, IRGC spokesperson, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini, announced that they had struck the Israeli regime’s fighter jet fuel production facilities and energy supply lines with a massive barrage of missiles and drones.
He said the offensive operations of the Iranian armed forces against the Zionist regime over its continued aggression will continue with “even greater force and scale” if the acts of aggression persist.
Images that circulated after the operation resumed showed Iranian drones, followed by ballistic missiles, bypassing multi-layer Israeli air defense systems to make direct impacts.
The targets included military and intelligence facilities, industrial sites, fighter jet production facilities and other strategic installations affiliated with the Tel Aviv regime, as per reports.
The main focus of this new round of ‘Operation True Promise III’ is the occupied port city of Haifa, which is home to several critical military and industrial facilities of the Zionist regime.
Settlers were seen taking shelter in underground bunkers, while the regime officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already taken cover in his underground hideout, as per reports.
Firefighting and rescue teams have been operating in “Gush Dan” (central occupied territories) and the occupied al-Quds after missiles made impact, buildings were damaged, and a blaze broke out.
A report said one of the Iranian missiles directly hit a high-rise building in Greater Tel Aviv area. Six other strategic sites in Tel Aviv were also directly hit by Iranian missiles.
The strikes that took place in the wee hours of Sunday morning coincided with missile launches by the Yemeni military targeting the strategic Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
Israeli Broadcasting Authority was quoted as saying that the Zionist entity was under a combined attack with missiles and drones from Iran and Yemen.
Drone sirens went off across the occupied territories, pointing to continuous overflight by swarms of armed unmanned aerial vehicles towards the city. reports said.
According to one report by the Israeli radio, the missile launches from Iran and Yemen were coordinated with the arrival of drone squadrons in Tel Aviv.
Yemen has carried out a series of military operations against the Israeli regime amid the ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.