Israel strikes targets across Iran as defence minister vows offensive will continue ‘with full force’
TEHRAN, IRAN: Israel launched another wave of strikes across Iran on Tuesday, March 24, escalating its military campaign after Defence Minister Israel Katz said operations would continue “with full force.”
The Israeli military said it hit regime-linked production facilities, including targets in Isfahan, a city that is home to one of Iran’s key nuclear sites.
Israel targets Isfahan and missile infrastructure
The Israel Defense Forces said the latest attacks were part of a continuing effort to degrade Iran’s ballistic missile manufacturing network and broader defence industrial base.
Earlier, the IDF said it had also struck missile sites in western and central Iran over the past 24 hours, along with locations tied to Tehran’s Intelligence Ministry.
Iran threatens retaliation against Israeli forces
The fresh strikes came amid intensifying rhetoric from both sides, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warning that it would target Israeli military positions in Gaza and northern Israel if what it called “crimes against civilians in Lebanon and Palestine continue.”
In a statement, the IRGC said “gathering places” of “enemy forces” would face “heavy missile and drone attacks.” It also accused the Israeli military of exploiting the regional conflict to carry out “war crimes” against Palestinian and Lebanese civilians.
Tehran vows to press war until ‘complete victory’
Iranian military leaders, meanwhile, signalled that Tehran does not intend to back down. According to the semiofficial Fars news agency, Maj Gen Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, commander at the Khatam-al Anbiya Central
Headquarters, said Iran would continue its war against the United States and Israel until it achieved what he described as “complete victory.”
Aliabadi derided the United States as a “hollow” power that had been “brought down in front of the world” and was now “trying to escape from the war” it had started.
“The American president, Trump, after realising the situation and becoming stuck in the war, has lost hope in his goals and is now seeking help from other countries to get out, which is a historic moment and a great honour for the Iranian people,” Aliabadi was quoted as saying by Fars.
He added that Iran’s armed forces remained committed to following Supreme Leader and commander-in-chief Mojtaba Khamenei, and would stay on what he called a “proud path” until victory was achieved.
Aliabadi did not spell out what Tehran meant by “complete victory” over the US and Israel, but his remarks underlined Iran’s defiant posture as Israeli strikes continued to hit sites across the country.
