Israel and the United States have launched a new set of attacks against Iran as Tehran has resumed strikes on its neighbours in the Gulf region and pledged to hit power plants in Israel and other countries in the region if its power plants are targeted.
The Israeli military on Monday said that it launched a second round of attacks, hours after it had conveyed that it had “begun a wide-scale wave of strikes” on Infrastructure targets in Tehran.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that it would follow the directives of the Israeli government and will continue operations as long as the government does not tell them to stop.
Nearly 40 minutes after US President Donald Trump extended the deadline to strike Iran’s power plants to five days, IDF announced on X that it ‘‘has just begun another wave of strikes targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime across Tehran”.
As reported by The Guardian, IDF will spare the energy infrastructure.
According to reports emanating from Israeli media, the Israeli military could not comment on the US President’s announcement of negotiations with Iran and stated that it was acting in accordance with the directives of Israel’s political leadership and will continue until asked to stop.
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent in Tehran reported that the size and scale of the explosions in the Iranian capital were “unprecedented”. Although Israel has not threatened to strike pivotal facilities in Iran, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that attacks on Iran and on its key infrastructure would increase.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Monday said that they have launched new attacks on targeted sites in Israel.
Ahead of Israel’s latest offensive on Iran, Trump informed through social media that Washington and Tehran “have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations”.
He added that he had “instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions”.
