Attack in Israel ‘achieved all its objectives,’ Iranian armed forces chief says
“Operation “Honest Promise” was successfully carried out between last night and this morning, and achieved all its objectives”, General Mohammad Bagheri, head of the Iranian armed forces, declared on television on Sunday. He said no urban or economic center in Israel had been targeted by Iranian drones and missiles.
He claimed that the two main targeted sites had been “the intelligence center that provided the Zionists with the necessary information” to the strike that destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus on 1er April, as well as “the Nevatim air base, from where the F-35 planes took off” who bombed it. “These two centers were significantly damaged and put out of service”he assured.
“We have no intention of continuing this operation, but if the Zionist regime takes action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, whether on our soil or in the centers belonging to us in Syria or elsewhere, our next operation will be well more important than this”warned the senior officer.
Furthermore, General Bagheri declared that the Iranian authorities had “sent a message to the United States warning that its bases would not be safe if it cooperated with Israel on possible next actions [iraniennes] ». The United States has several military bases in the region. This message was transmitted by the Swiss embassy, which represents American interests in Iran given the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Questioned on state television, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami, said that the operation carried out during the night “could have been bigger”. “We limited this operation to the services that the Zionist regime used to attack our embassy” in Syria. The strike on the consulate killed seven members of the Revolutionary Guards, including two high-ranking officers.
According to Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israeli army, three hundred projectiles were launched against the Jewish state during the attack led by Tehran, including one hundred and seventy drones intercepted without reaching Israel. “This is where the US Middle East Command (CentCom) has made a huge effort”he commented.
“Of the thirty Iranian cruise missiles launched, none entered Israeli airspaceadded Mr. Hagari. Twenty-five of them were brought down by Israeli actions, outside airspace. » He clarified that “one hundred and ten ballistic missiles had been launched”of which “only a few fell on Israeli territory”notably on the Nevatim air base, located in the Negev desert, reporting meager material damage.
“Together with the United States and other partners, we succeeded in defending the territory of the State of Israel”said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.