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Israeli sources confirm IDF has launched retaliatory strike on Iran

By Emanuel Fabian 26 October 2024, 2:28 am 105 Edit

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

An unconfirmed image circulating on social media purports to show a site of an explosion in the Tehran area in the early hours of October 26, 2024, as Israel announces it is carrying out 'precise strikes' on Iranian military targets. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
An unconfirmed image circulating on social media purports to show a site of an explosion in the Tehran area in the early hours of October 26, 2024, as Israel announces it is carrying out 'precise strikes' on Iranian military targets. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli sources confirm that the IDF has begun its retaliatory strike on Iran.

The strike comes following Iran’s October 1 ballistic missile attack on Israel. On October 19, furthermore, a drone fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon smashed a window at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in Caesarea. Netanyahu, in response, said, “The agents of Iran who tried to assassinate me and my wife today made a bitter mistake.”

Iranian authorities have not yet blamed Israel for the blasts seen in the Tehran area.

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