Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that Israeli warplanes had destroyed the headquarters of Iran’s internal security forces.
The minister added that Israel would continue to target “symbols of the Iranian regime,” without providing further details about the operation or its objectives.
His claims came shortly after the Israeli military announced that its warplanes had launched a new wave of airstrikes, hitting “military targets belonging to the Iranian regime” in Tehran.
Videos circulating on social media showed plumes of smoke rising from several locations in eastern and southeastern Tehran after the explosions.
Iran’s Fars news agency reported that Israel also struck Payam International Airport, a key aviation hub for Iran near Tehran, on Wednesday. Firefighters and rescue teams were working at the site of the explosion northwest of Tehran, the agency added.
The hostilities, which began with surprise Israeli airstrikes on Iran on June 13, have so far killed nearly 600 people in Iran and 24 in Israel, according to official figures, Xinhua reports.
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