Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed on Monday that their rocket attacks targeted the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the headquarters of the Israeli Air Force.
“The mission was the office of the criminal prime minister of the Zionist regime and the headquarters of the commander of the regime’s air force,” the guards said in a statement carried by the Fars news agency.
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According to AFP with reference to the news agency, Kheibar missiles were used in the attack. The Kheibar missile, also known as Khorramshahr-4, developed by Iran and introduced in 2023, is a medium-range ballistic missile.
The demands of the Revolutionary Guards come at a time of escalating tensions in the Middle East.
The conflict between Israel, the US and Iran is deepening
On Saturday, February 28, Israel and the US jointly launched a strike against Iran in what US President Donald Trump called “Operation Epic Fury”. Hours later on the same day, Iran launched retaliatory strikes – with explosions reported across Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi – among other key Middle Eastern hubs that are also home to US military bases.
Earlier, Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the President of the Security Council, warning that US bases, facilities and assets would be “legitimate targets” of Iran if the United States continued its military threats and attacks.
Why did Iran target US bases in the Middle East?
After its retaliatory missile fire — reported across parts of the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Israel and Iraq — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the attacks were aimed at sites linked to US and Israeli operations.
“Iranian armed forces consider the locations from which American and Zionist operations were carried out as legitimate targets,” FM Abbas Araghchi said on Iranian television.
Explosions were heard over Jerusalem
On Monday, March 2 – the third day since the strikes began – a series of loud explosions were reportedly heard over Jerusalem after the Israel Defense Forces said they had detected new missiles fired from Iran towards its territory, with air defense systems working to intercept the threat.
Meanwhile, Israel retaliated by striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, its defense forces said. Israel carried out airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut controlled by Hezbollah on Monday.
Amid the raging tensions, Dubai’s airport was closed – flights to and from Middle Eastern cities were severely disrupted. More than 2,300 flights between Bahrain and Tel Aviv were canceled in the past 24 hours, and more than 90% of departures from Dubai International Airport were cancelled, FlightAware data showed on Monday.
