IDF says air force hit 40 military targets in western Iran this morning, including missiles aimed at Israel

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

This morning, the Israeli Air Force carried out a wave of strikes on some 40 Iranian military targets in western Iran, the IDF says.

Some 25 fighter jets were involved in the operation, and the targets included missiles aimed at Israel, missile storage facilities, and Iranian soldiers, according to the military.

The IDF says that overnight, it also bombed an Iranian Emad ballistic missile launcher that was primed for an attack on Israel.

It releases footage showing the strike on the Emad launcher, as well as on Iranian soldiers at a ballistic missile launch site.

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