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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has warned that Israel faces a ‘bitter and painful’ fate following the attack.
BEIRUT — Iran and Israel traded air raids and ballistic missile barrages overnight and into the evening Sunday, with neither side showing any inclination to back down from an escalating grudge match between the two longtime enemies.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) says it has destroyed "dozens" of radars and surface-to-air missile launchers as part of the attacks on Iran's air defence systems in the west of the country. Calling it a "large-scale strike", the IAF says this forms part of ongoing operations to damage Iran's air defence systems and those of its proxies.
Iran will continue its military operations until Israel regrets its actions, the spokesperson for Iran's Armed Forces General Staff, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, said on Saturday. Speaking to Iranian state television, Shekarchi commented on Israel's recent attack against Iran and Tehran's subsequent response.
President Donald Trump has warned Iran the U.S. would retaliate to an attack by Tehran with its "full strength and might" as Israel and Iran launched fresh strikes overnight. On Friday, Israel launched the first of a series of airstrikes across Iran,
The IDF says Iran has launched about 100 drones towards its territory and says it killed Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami in overnight strikes.