Israel attacks Iranian military base with missiles; without any major damage, says Tehran

Israel attacked an Iranian military air base near Isfahan this morning by Israel, Western media reported, and Iranian state journalists said the Islamic republic’s air defenses shoot successfully three drones, which added that three explosions were recorded near Isfahan, and confirmed that their nuclear facilities stay whole.

At press time, Israel, the White House and the Pentagon did not confirm the attack on the Islamic republic reported by Western media, including ABC, NBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington PostBloomberg y The Keeperthat US officials called, after Iran shot down – in retaliation for the Israeli bombing of its consulate in Damascus, which led to the death of 16 on April 1 – last Saturday more than 300 drones and missiles, most of them captured by Israel and its allies, including the United States.

A source told Reuters that the United States was not involved, but that Israel had warned that it would launch the attack.

Sources cited by CNN indicated that nuclear facilities were not among the targets of the crime.

The official agency Irna said that there were no recordings great damage or a wide explosion caused by the impact of a air threat.

Iran fired air defense batteries in several unknown areas after reports emerged of explosions near the city of Isfahan, Iran’s third largest city, 406 kilometers south of Tehran with a population of about 2 million people, and where a large air base, as well as sites related to their nuclear program, such as the underground uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, have been repeatedly targeted by Israeli attacks.

A senior US official told ABC, the first to report, that he was not going to do it there is currently no idea about the attack on Iran and that the United States could not confirm reports of attacks on infrastructure in Iraq and Syria.

Iranian state television broadcast an on-screen warning admitting that a loud noise near Isfahan. Later, the official Fars agency indicated that it was three explosions near Shekari military base, near Isfahan.

Tasnim Group, announcing reliable sourcesthat the nuclear facilities were in the Isfahan area completely safe.

Iranian authorities then activated anti-aircraft defenses in several areas, and ordered the suspension of flights across the country, a restriction that was lifted as of press time, Al Jazeera reported. The Fars agency said that air defenses were activated in response to a suspected unmanned aerial vehicle and that one of the possible targets was an army radar. .

State television indicated that shortly after midnight Three dozen were seen in the sky above Isfahan. The defense system was activated and destroyed those drones in the sky.

Hossein Dalirian, a spokesman for Iran’s civilian space program, said on the social network

At the time of going to print, the city of Isfahan was quiet and safehours after explosions were heard near the airport, the semi-official Mehr agency said.

In addition, Tasnim news agency said informed sources that they said that there is no report of a foreign attack against Isfahan or any other part of Iranreports Al Jazeera.

Infiltrators pilot quadcopters

An Iranian analyst on state television said the minidrones were piloted by filtered from within from the country.

Israeli newspaper Haretz reported that bomb warning sirens were heard in some cities in Israel, which turned out to be false alarms in the end.

In Iraq, where there were several militias supported by Iran, residents of Baghdad reported hearing explosions, although no one confirmed where the sound came from. Meanwhile, an activist group in Syria reported an attack on an army position in the south of the country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Tel Aviv would be taken your own decisions to respond to Iran’s attack over the weekend.

For its part, Iran warned Israel that its country’s next response would be immediately and much harderand he did not rule out reconsidering his nuclear doctrine.

Iran announced yesterday before the United Nations Security Council that Israel should forcing us to stop any new adventure against our interestswhile the organization’s secretary general, Antonio Guterres, insisted that the Middle East was in a a time of greatest danger.

Since last week, the United States and a large number of European countries have been asking Israel not to respond militarily to Iran’s attack.

At the same time, analysts and observers have expressed concern about the dangers of the war between Israel and Gaza spreading to the rest of the region. Israel’s attack on Gaza began after the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people, according to an Israeli count. Israel’s military offensive has left more than 34,000 Palestinians dead in Gaza, according to the local Ministry of Health.

Iran-backed groups have declared their support for the Palestinians, launching attacks from Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq.

The United States accepted Israel’s plan to launch an operation in the city of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in exchange for not carrying out a major retaliatory attack against Iran, the Qatari newspaper said. . Al-Araby Al-Jadeedciting anonymous sources.

They change revenge for Rafah

The US administration accepted the plan put forward by the occupying government (Israel) regarding the military operation in Rafah, in exchange for not making a large-scale attack against Iran.said the middle contact.

According to Egyptian officials, preparations are being made so that Egypt can deal with possible consequences at work, possibly Gazans trying to enter Egypt.

Four battalions of the Palestinian Hamas movement are believed to be based in Rafah along with over a million civilians taking refuge there after fleeing fighting elsewhere in Gaza. It is also believed that the leaders of Hamas are hiding in Rafah, possibly with Israeli hostages.

Israel’s top military and political officials, as well as Netanyahu, have said that this operation is necessary to disarm Hamas.