Iran. Israel claims to have struck military targets inside Iran in a wave of retaliatory strikes following Iran’s wave of ballistic missiles on Israel. The strikes targeted Iranian missile production sites in what appears to be a highly calculated response that avoids critical energy infrastructure, such as nuclear facilities. The attacks were long-anticipated and come as Israel mounts a major operation in northern Gaza and against the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. Alleged targets of Israeli strikes in Iran also include the Qadiri Barracks in Hassan Khan Castle, the missile production and preparation center, the Falaq Barracks in Bideghan, the Air Force logistics center in Sepah, and the Imam Ali Barracks in Bideghan. These were three waves of strikes in three and a half hours, with hundreds of aircraft—including F-35s—engaging in the strikes from 2,000 kilometers away, all of which returned to their respective bases in Israel.
