Mideast Conflict Escalates.
IRGC launches Operation Nasr targeting Israeli bases; Israel responds with strikes inside Iran.
The IRGC announced “Operation Nasr,” saying its Aerospace Force launched strikes at Israel’s Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases in retaliation for alleged Israeli missile attacks on Iranian radar sites, warning that broader responses are planned if attacks continue. Separately, Iran claimed its missiles penetrated Israeli defenses and hit multiple locations including Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, and the Ramat David airbase, while Israel’s military said its air defenses intercepted the incoming missiles and caused no significant damage. Iran also reiterated it will keep supporting Lebanon and framed its missile activity as linked to Israeli operations against Hezbollah. Israel, for its part, said it carried out a strike inside Iran using air-launched ballistic missiles, with IRGC confirming the operation targeted more than 20 sites including air-defense and missile-related positions near Tehran. Iranian officials further signaled potential follow-on attacks targeting deeper inside Israel, as international calls for de-escalation intensified amid fears the exchanges could broaden into a wider regional confrontation.
Key Points
In announcing “Operation Nasr,” the IRGC said it began Monday morning as a “tribute to the martyrs of the 12-day war,” and that it was carried out under the codeword “Ya Heydar Karrar,” quoting a Quranic authorization for the attacked to take up arms.
The IRGC framed “speed of response” and the “scope of its target bank” as defining features of the current phase, adding that “all IRGC combat and operational units are at full readiness” with action plans prepared for “various enemy scenarios” and potential wider retaliation across all fronts.
Israel specifically rejected Iran’s claims of successful hits and said its air-defense systems were “immediately activated,” with Israeli authorities claiming all incoming missiles were intercepted “before causing significant damage,” citing similar interception outcomes during previous attacks.
On the reported Israeli strike inside Iran, IRGC confirmation coverage added new specifics: the operation was “concluded for now,” more than 20 Iranian targets were reportedly struck including areas “around Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport,” and reports said Israel launched missiles “from outside Iranian airspace.”
Iranian messaging also included a warning about potential escalation toward Israel’s population centers—saying Tel Aviv might fall “within the circle of the next response” if Israel continued its escalation—while international actors called for an “immediate halt to all military operations” to avoid “humanitarian or military disasters.”
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