— 🇮🇷 Statement by the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces (summarized):

'Following the illegitimate actions of the Zionist regime, by assassinating our military advisors in Syria and Lebanon, and assassinating the leaders of the resistance, especially the martyrs Ismael Haniyeh and Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and especially its massacres in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, a harsh military response was necessary.

The Islamic Republic of Iran, in the past 45 years, has never initiated any war, but will not hesitate to act in self-defence with exemplary strength and power.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces thanks all the different branches of the Armed Forces that took part in today's operation: the IRGC Aerospace Force, the Army, and the Ministry of Defense.

If the Zionist regime retaliates against Iran, it must wait for the destruction of its military infrastructure in the occupied Palestinian territories. In case of direct US-support for Israel in any attack on Iran, their facilities and bases in the region will be targeted in a harsh and regretful manner.'

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: The first footage of the destruction of an Israeli military base in Hod HaSharon

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— 🇯🇴/🇮🇷 One of Jordan's members of parliament celebrates the Iranian attack

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Israel after spending 6 gorillion USD on air defenses:

— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 WATCH: The speed of an Iranian hypersonic missile

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Some footage of Iran's ballistic missile launches towards Israel tonight – these are 'Qadr-H' missiles with MaRV

Footage released by Noqtezan, IRGC-affiliated high quality videographers.

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— ❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Muhammad Baqeri: 'In this operation, we targeted the Mossad base in Tel Aviv, the Nevatim Airbase in the Negev, the Hatzerim Base, the IDF's radar array, and the gathering places of Israeli tanks'

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Iranian media reports that IRIAF fighter jets, including F-14 Tomcats and F-4 Phantoms, are now continuously patrolling the skies to confront any possible aerial threat

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Attached video is purely for illustration purposes.

We made the children of Gaza happy ❤️

— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Hebrew Media: 'Israel may take a while to respond to Iran, or may decide that now is not the time, especially because its allies do not have appetite for war'

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Iran's attack in April was a message and a show of force. The attack was extensively telegraphed for over 2 weeks, and Iran gave advance warning to the US in order to avoid an all-out war.

This time, Iran did not inform anyone. US intelligence only detected the attack about 2 hours before it happened. There were also no NOTAMs issued in Iranian airspace, which usually signals an imminent attack. Iran also decided to carry out the attack with ballistic missiles only, which arrive in Israel within ~15 minutes, giving Israel virtually no time to respond. Most US aircraft carriers recently left, something Iran was waiting for. Everything shows that Iran really aimed to re-establish deterrence this time, while still not going 'all-out'.

All in all, it seems that today was for real. We'll have to wait to assess the damage, and Israel will try to cover up as much as possible, as usual. From the videos that are available, I would estimate at least 60-70 impacts in total, and that's a conservative estimate. We won't know for sure until the satellite images get released in a few days.

Until then, we wait for a potential Israeli response. Last time, there was virtually none, but this time seems different. In any case, this was only the first wave, and the IRGC has prepared for an unprecedented exchange that could last multiple months.

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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇸 One of the missiles from yesterday, has written: 'Revenge for dear Haniyeh'

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: The ground battle in southern Lebanon has officially started

The IDF managed to advance about 400 meters inside Lebanese territory before encountering heavy resistance.

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