Published 14:01 IST, October 28th 2024

Iran Severely Harmed By Israeli Strikes, All Goals Achieved: PM Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that Israel's strikes “severely harmed” Iran and that the barrage “achieved all its goals.”

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu | Image: AP
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Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that Israel's strikes “severely harmed” Iran and that barrage “achieved all its goals.”

remarks come a day after Israeli warplanes hit several military targets in Iran in retaliation for an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier this month. 

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Netanyahu says ‘All Our Goals Achieved’ After Strikes on Iran  

After pounding Iran with multiple airstrikes, Israel on Saturday concluded its 'Days of Repentance' Operation which was launched to retaliate a massive missile barrage on Jewish state on October 1. 

end of airstrikes was confirmed by Israeli military on social media platform X.

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“I can now confirm that we have concluded Israeli response to Iran’s attacks against Israel. We conducted targeted and precise strikes on military targets in Iran — thwarting immediate threats to State of Israel,” said IDF Spokesperson Rm. Daniel Hagari on a video message posted on X.

Israel Launched Strikes At Military Bases In Iran

Meanwhile, Iran's military said early Saturday that Israeli assault on country targeted military bases in Ilam, Khuzestan and Tehran provinces, causing “limited damage.”

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statement from Iran's armed forces was re aloud on state television, which showed no images of damage described. Iran's military claimed its air defences limited damage done by strikes, without providing ditional evidence.

While Israel said it launched attacks targeting missile manufacturing plants and or sites in country. West Asia h been on boil in anticipation of Israel's revenge for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on October 1.

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recent Israeli attack on Iran comes weeks after Tehran launched a massive missile barrage on Jewish state October 1, most of which were shot down by Israeli air defenses with help of US forces. That attack was in retaliation to a series of Israeli attacks against Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, killing its leer Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike and n sending troops across border into sourn Lebanon. Israel has also battered Lebanon with aerial strikes which it says are aimed at dismantling Hezbollah, but which have claimed thousands of lives. 

16:02 IST, October 27th 2024