‘Roaring Lion’: IDF, US military strike hundreds of targets in Iran
Pedestrians run for cover on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem following incoming missile sirens amid the war between Israel and Iran. | Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday launched “Operation Roaring Lion” to “thoroughly degrade the Iranian terrorist regime and remove existential threats to the State of Israel,” the military said.
The strikes targeted dozens of Iranian military sites as part of a broad, coordinated operation with the United States Armed Forces, the IDF added.
“The Iranian regime has not abandoned its plan to destroy Israel,” the IDF said. “In recent months, despite the severe blow it sustained during ‘Operation Rising Lion’ [in June], the regime continued efforts to advance, fortify and conceal its nuclear program, while rehabilitating its missile production processes.”
Tehran “has not abandoned its plan to destroy Israel,” the IDF said.
The military also accused Iran of continuing to finance, train and arm its terrorist proxies along Israel’s borders, describing these actions as an “existential threat” to the Jewish state and a danger to the Middle East and the wider world.
In the months preceding the strikes, the IDF said it conducted close planning with the U.S. military, enabling the operation to be executed in full coordination. Across all branches, the IDF carried out extensive preparations, both defensive and offensive.
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