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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released footage of fighter jets taking off for strikes on airports and airfields in Tehran, part of what it described as a \u201clarge-scale overnight airstrike\u201d targeting Iran\u2019s air assets.\u201cSTRUCK: Numerous aerial assets, including aircraft and helicopters, as well as additional military infrastructure at three airports across Tehran \u2014 Bahram, Mehrabad and Azmayesh. Mehrabad Airport was used by the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force and served as a central hub for arming and financing the regime\u2019s terrorist proxies in the Middle East,\u201d the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a post on X, sharing a video of fighter jets taking off for the operation.According to the IDF, the operation was conducted under the guidance of the IDF’s Military Intelligence and the Intelligence Directorate.Mehrabad Airport, in particular, has been struck \u201cmultiple times\u201d during Operation Roaring Lion, the IDF added, referring to its ongoing military campaign against Iran. Israel\u2019s ally, the United States \u2014 which joined strikes against the Islamic Republic on February 28, triggering the broader Middle East conflict \u2014 refers to the campaign as Operation Epic Fury.Calling the strikes a significant blow, the Israeli military added, “The completed strikes further deepen the damage to the air capabilities of the Iranian terrorist regime.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a strong warning to his country\u2019s \u201cadversaries\u201d after the IDF announced it had killed Major General Majid Khademi, head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organisation, along with a senior commander from the elite Quds Force\u2019s Unit 840, in strikes targeting Tehran.In a post on X, Netanyahu praised the military\u2019s operations and warned of \u201csevere consequences\u201d for those seeking to harm Israel or its citizens, cautioning against attempts to build what he described as an Iranian \u201caxis of evil.\u201d\u201cWhoever acts to murder our citizens, whoever directs terror against the State of Israel, whoever builds the Iranian axis of evil \u2014 their blood is on their head. We are acting with strength and determination \u2014 we will reach everyone who seeks to harm us. We will continue with full force, on all fronts, until the threat is removed and all the war\u2019s objectives are achieved,\u201d he wrote.(With ANI inputs)<\/span><\/div>\nNetanyahu warns Israel’s ‘adversaries’
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