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| 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2024 Iran–Israel conflict and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) | |
| Type | Missile strike |
| Location | Tehran, Iran |
| Planned by |  Israel |
| Target | Iranian military targets |
| Date | 26 October 2024 |
| Executed by |  Israeli Air Force |
On 26 October 2024, Israel launched strikes on the Iranian capital of Tehran. The attacks were heavily anticipated by the international community following Iranian strikes into Israel earlier in the month.
Background
For broader coverage of this topic, see Iran–Israel proxy conflict and Israel–Hamas war.On 1 April, Israel bombed the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria. The attack killed 16 people, including multiple Iranian officers and proxy fighters. Most notably, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a commander for the Quds Force was killed in the airstrike. Iranian officials in the building were allegedly meeting with Palestinian militant leaders at the time of the attack. In response, Iran and it's proxies struck Israel on 13 April, targeting military bases. On 19 April, Israel struck an air defense facility in Isfahan, Iran in retaliation. The strikes were limited and de-escalated tensions.
On 31 July, Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran by an apparent Israeli attack. Iran vowed to retaliate.
On 17 September, Israel adopted a new war goal: to return civilians displaced by Hezbollah back to their homes in northern Israel. Later that day and the next, thousands of communications devices (including pagers and walkie-talkies) exploded simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria, with Israel aiming to attack Hezbollah members. The attack killed 42 people. In response, Hezbollah launched rocket attacks on northern Israeli cities and towns, including Nazareth, on 22 September. On 23 September, Israel killed two of Hezbollah top commanders, Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe in Dahieh, south of Beirut. On 23 September, Israel began a bombing campaign of southern Lebanon.
On 27 September 2024, an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh killed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah. The attack also killed Ali Karaki, the Commander of Hezbollah's Southern Front and Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy commander of the IRGC and commander of the Quds Force in Lebanon.
In response to the killings of Haniyeh, Nilforoushan, and Nasrallah, Iran struck Israel that day, damaging military bases, in what was the largest attack of the 2024 Iran–Israel conflict.
Leak of intelligence on the attack
This section is an excerpt from Israeli retaliation leak.On 18 October 2024, two leaked classified foreign intelligence documents from the United States' National Security Agency and the United States Geospatial Intelligence Agency were posted in Telegram channels. The leaked documents were related to the Israeli plans to retaliate against Iran for its strikes against Israel in October 2024. They revealed detailed plans documented by the United States regarding Israeli military measures including Air Force exercises, military drone operations, and the relocation of advanced munitions, as well as satellite imaging conducted by United States intelligence on the Israeli Air Force. One of the documents suggested something that Israel and the United States always declined to confirm publicly: Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. The leaks also revealed the significant contribution of the United States' spying on Iran towards providing intelligence for Israel's planned military operations.
Strikes
In the early hours of 26 October 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began conducting airstrikes on military targets in Iran. The IDF stated that the strikes were conducted in response to the October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel on 1 October and due to militant actions by proxy members of the Axis of Resistance. Just prior to the attacks, Israel notified the United States' Biden administration about the impending attacks on Iran.
The Iranian State Television Service issued reports of explosion noises throughout Tehran. Two Arab officials stated that the attack had appeared to target a weapons depot and a military office or barracks. Explosions were also reported in the city of Karaj, located just west of Tehran.
Beginning at 1:48 a.m. local time, sirens and alarms went off continuously for 30 minutes across the Ankawa neighborhood of Erbil, Iraq, with loudspeakers at the Irbil airport's military base repeating the word "bunkers". During the attacks, the Israeli Prime Minister's office released a picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant sitting together at a table with its surface blurred.
References
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- "IDF retaliates after Hezbollah's deepest attack yet: Over 140 rockets, six wounded". The Jerusalem Post. 22 September 2024. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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- ^ "Israel says it's striking military targets in Iran, explosions heard in Tehran". South China Morning Post. 2024-10-26. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- "Israel says it is carrying out strikes on military targets in Iran; blasts heard in Tehran". The Washington Post. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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