The Israeli army reported that it had detected another attack from Iran and was intercepting the missiles.
A military base near the city of Erbil, where American forces are stationed, was attacked by several drones, according to the Safaq News portal.
According to him, at least three powerful explosions occurred in the immediate vicinity of Erbil airport, near which the base is located. This is the second attack on an American facility in the past few hours. Anti-aircraft guns opened fire on the attacking drones. There is no information about the consequences of the attack.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said in an interview with Fox News that he does not plan to send troops to launch a ground operation on Iranian territory.
Several oil depots in the north and west of Tehran were attacked by Israel and the United States, the Fars news agency reported.
Israel continues to strike Iran with full force and its plans for this campaign still contain “many surprises”, Netanyahu said. Israel has launched the next phase of Operation “Lion's Roar” against Iran, focusing attacks on industrial facilities in the republic.
This was stated at a briefing by the spokesperson of the Israel Defense Forces, Brigadier General Effie Defrin.
„We have moved to the next phase of the operation, expanding the attacks on the regime's key industrial facilities“, he said.
According to Defrin, „in recent months, the Israeli intelligence agency has been monitoring the Iranian regime's efforts to rebuild its industrial infrastructure and increase the number of missiles at its disposal.“
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that the Lebanese government immediately disarm the Shiite military forces of Hezbollah.
Several oil depots in the north and west of Tehran were attacked by Israel and the United States, the Fars news agency reported.
According to sources in The Iranian Oil Ministry said the shelling damaged oil storage facilities in the capital's suburb of Karaj, as well as in the Shahran and Quhak districts. There was no immediate word on the extent of the damage.
Meanwhile, the agency said the oil refinery in southern Tehran, which was earlier reported to have been hit, was not damaged and that oil refining there was continuing as usual.