The United States struck Iranian targets near the capital Tehran overnight, according to i24NEWS, marking the first time strikes have reached the capital region in the current campaign. The report follows earlier unconfirmed claims of strikes near Tehran.
The United States struck targets near Tehran overnight, according to a new report from i24NEWS, adding to earlier confirmations that the US campaign has reached the capital region. The i24NEWS report comes after earlier reports earlier Thursday indicated that strikes had reached the outskirts of Tehran for the first time since the current escalation began.
The Zioneer's initial report on the matter, published at 05:41 Jerusalem on Thursday, cited unconfirmed Israeli media reports of strikes near Tehran. By the same hour, the Associated Press, as cited by Israeli journalist Asaf Rozenzweig, had confirmed that US strikes had reached areas around Tehran. A subsequent report, also at 05:41 Jerusalem, said the US was expanding airstrikes to the outskirts of Tehran. The i24NEWS report now provides additional confirmation of strikes near the capital.
The strikes are part of a broader US air campaign against Iranian military infrastructure, which The Zioneer has reported on extensively. Previous nights saw US strikes on targets in southern Iran, including Bushehr and Bandar Abbas, as well as the first use of unmanned attack drones and vessels, according to CENTCOM. The campaign expanded to Kurdistan and Khuzestan on the fourth night, as The Zioneer reported. Iran has retaliated with missiles against US bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
Specific targets, damage, and casualties from the strikes near Tehran remain unconfirmed. The full extent of the US campaign's expansion to the capital region is still unclear, as is the status of any Iranian retaliatory actions overnight.
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