IDF says it struck weapon factories in Tehran, ballistic missiles storage sites in central Iran

By Emanuel Fabian

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20 March 2026, 7:08 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

In two waves of airstrikes in Tehran and central Iran overnight and this morning, the Israeli Air Force bombed dozens of Iranian military sites, the IDF says.

In Tehran, the IDF says it struck several weapon factories, along with sites used to develop components for ballistic missiles.

East of Tehran, IAF aircraft hit facilities where ballistic missiles were being stored, while Iranian soldiers were operating there, the military says.

The IDF says that in recent days it has identified that Iran is firing ballistic missiles at Israel from the center of the country, after the military “degraded most of the regime’s capabilities to launch from western Iran.”