Itamar Eichner, Yoav Zitun
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit reported early Wednesday that more than 50 Israeli Air Force fighter jets, guided by precise intelligence from the Military Intelligence Directorate, carried out a series of strikes overnight on military targets in the Tehran area.
“As part of the broader effort to damage Iran’s nuclear weapons program, a centrifuge production facility in Tehran was targeted. The facility was designed to help the regime expand the scope and speed of its uranium enrichment for nuclear weapons development,” the statement read. “It’s important to emphasize that civilian nuclear programs do not require enrichment at such levels.”
The IDF added that throughout the wave of attacks, multiple weapons production sites were also struck, including a facility producing raw materials and components for surface-to-surface missiles used by Iran against Israel. Additional targets included manufacturing sites for systems and components used in surface-to-air missiles designed to target aircraft.
Sirens sounded early Wednesday in several northern Israeli towns following reports of Iranian drone infiltrations. Israel’s emergency service Magen David Adom said no injuries were reported so far.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei published a third tweet Wednesday overnight—in Hebrew—declaring: “Force must be used against the Zionist terrorist entity. We will not show leniency toward the Zionists.”
Iranian media reported early Wednesday that the Israeli Air Force struck the ballistic missile production facility in Khojir, near Tehran — a site previously targeted by Israel during its attack on the Islamic Republic last October.
The reports added that Israeli jets struck the Imam Hossein University in eastern Tehran, an institution affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will be shut from Wednesday through Friday due to the security situation in the region and to comply with Israeli guidance, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
"Given the security situation and in compliance with Israel Home Front Command guidance, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday, June 18) through Friday (June 20). This includes the Consular Sections in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv," the State Department said on X.
Iranian media reported late Tuesday that air defense systems were activated in the northeastern city of Mashhad — the farthest target struck by the Israeli military in its current war with Iran, located some 2,300 kilometers from Israel.
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