Iran launched on Sunday the twentieth wave of Operation True Promise III towards the Zionist entity, injuring dozens of Israeli settlers and causing extensive damage in the occupied Israeli cities.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said announced the 20th wave of True Promise-3, saying that the multi-warhead Kheibar Shekan was deployed for the first time.
In a statement, the IRGC gave details of the 20th wave of Iran’s retaliatory strikes against the Zionist regime as part of the Operation True Promise III.
It said the most recent stage of attacks was launched by firing 40 solid- and liquid-fuel ballistic missiles.
Multi-warhead Kheibar Shekan ballistic missiles -the third generation of the IRGC Aerospace Force’s missiles- were fired in Sunday’s strike for the first time, the IRGC said, as reported by Tasnim news agency.
The IRGC noted that that modern and surprising tactics were employed to increase the accuracy of missiles and ensure their effective and destructive impact on the targets.
The Iranian missiles hit Ben Gurion Airport and Institute for Biological Research as well as support bases and command and control centers at all levels, according to the IRGC statement.
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It added that the guided ballistic missiles had maneuverable and highly-explosive warheads that were being guided until the final moment of devastating impact.
The Iranian powerful force warned, meanwhile, that the main sections of the capacities of the Iranian Armed Forces have not become operational in the counterattacks so far.
Israeli media quoted occupation health authorities as saying that at least 86 were injured in a two barrages of missiles launched by Iran.
It reported missile impacts in Tel Aviv, Ness Tziona and Haifa.
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Israeli Interceptor Malfunctioned
The Israeli occupation army’s so-called “Home Front Command” suspected that an Israeli air defense interceptor malfunctioned and crashed in Haifa leading the sirens not to sound during the missile strike by Iran.
Israeli media reported an early warning was issued via the cell broadcast system in Haifa, but no sirens sounded as no ballistic missiles were heading for the city.
During the attack, an air defense interceptor likely misfired and impacted in Haifa, according to a preliminary Israeli “Home Front Command” investigation.
The remarks by the Israeli occupation authorities match with Iran’s IRGC’s statement which said that the sirens in the occupied territories “sounded only after the missiles hit the targets, upsetting the balance of the enemy.”
Source: Iranian and Israeli media (edited and translated by Al-Manar English website)
