Jerusalem [Israel], March 4 (ANI): The barrage of strikes by US and Israeli forces continued as Operation Roaring Lion and Operation Epic Fury targeted multiple sites in Iran and Lebanon.
The joint operations are expected to intensify, with Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander of the United States Central Command, stating that the campaign would not stop.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that over the past 24 hours, hundreds of fighter jets and aircraft struck targets simultaneously across Iran and Lebanon. Since the start of the operation, the Israeli Air Force has neutralized nearly 300 Iranian missile launchers, according to the IDF.
“As part of the defensive effort, the Israeli Air Force continues to conduct successive waves of strikes against the Iranian regime’s ballistic missile arrays and air defence systems,” the Israeli Air Force said in a statement.
In southern Lebanon, Israel continued operations against sites operated by Hezbollah. The IDF said approximately 60 Hezbollah targets were struck, including weapons storage facilities, missile launchers, command centers, and additional infrastructure linked to Hezbollah and Hamas in the Tyre and Sidon areas.
According to the IDF, these locations were used to plan and carry out attacks against Israeli troops and civilians.
The IDF also claimed it struck what it described as a nuclear weapons development site in Iran. It identified the covert “Minzadehei” compound as a facility used by a group of nuclear scientists working to develop a key component for nuclear weapons.
“Using intelligence, the IDF tracked the activities at this new location, removing a key component of the Iranian regime’s capability to develop nuclear weapons,” the military said.
Meanwhile, Admiral Cooper reiterated in a briefing that US operations would continue and that Iran’s ability to retaliate was declining.
“Now, we’re less than 100 hours into this operation, and we’ve already struck nearly 2,000 targets with more than 2,000 munitions. We have severely degraded Iran’s air defences and destroyed hundreds of Iran’s ballistic missiles, launchers, and drones,” he said.
He further claimed that 17 Iranian naval vessels, including what he described as the most operational Iranian submarine, had been destroyed.
“Today, there’s not a single Iranian ship underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, or Gulf of Oman. And we will not stop. We will continue to conduct dynamic targeting operations,” he added.
“U.S. Air Forces are doing what they do best: executing a high volume of air strikes right into Iran. Operationally, the two most powerful air forces in the world, the U.S. and Israel, are dominating the skies over the world’s largest state sponsor of terror… And we’ve just begun. But I have the utmost confidence that we, alongside our partners, will absolutely achieve our military objectives,” Cooper said.
The conflict in West Asia has entered its fourth day following US and Israeli strikes on Iran that reportedly killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior officials. In response, Tehran has launched counter-strikes targeting American military bases and Israeli assets across the region, further escalating tensions. (ANI)
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