2024/4/19 10:32 (updated at 4/19 12:11)
U.S. officials confirmed on the 18th that Israel launched a missile that hit an Iranian target. (Central News Agency graphics)
(Central News Agency, Washington, 18th, comprehensive foreign news reports) ABC News quoted US officials today as reporting that Israel launched a missile that hit an Iranian target. CNN quoted Iranian media as saying there was an explosion near the airport in central Iran.
Iran launched more than 300 missiles and suicide drones on the evening of the 13th to hit targets in Israel in retaliation for Israel’s air strike on Iranian diplomatic missions in Damascus, the Syrian capital, in early April and the killing of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard general. Although the West calls on Israel to exercise restraint, Israel says it will definitely respond to Iran.
Iran’s Fars news agency reported that explosions could be heard near an airport in the city of Isafahan in central Iran. Several Iranian nuclear facilities are located in Isfahan province, including the Natanz facility at the heart of Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
Fas News Agency pointed out that there were also explosions in the city of Ghahjaworstan, located northwest of Isfahan, including a base with fighter jets stationed nearby. It is said that military radar is one of the targets of the opponent’s attack; multiple Iranian targets The province’s air defense systems were activated.
CNN reported that flights to Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz city and airports in western, northwest and southwest Iran have been grounded. (Translator: Lu Yingzi/Verification: Chen Yiwei) 1130419
Israel strikes Iran, says it shot down incoming drone, no missiles
(Central News Agency, Tehran, comprehensive foreign news report on the 19th) U.S. officials said that Israel launched air strikes against Iran today in retaliation for Iran’s attack on Israel last weekend. Iran said today that it had shot down several drones and “there are currently no missile attacks.”
The Times of Israel pointed out that Israel took “limited” strikes in response to Iran’s attack last week.
U.S. officials told CNN that Israel has not targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones against targets in Israel on the evening of the 13th in retaliation for Israel’s air strike on Iranian diplomatic missions in Damascus, the Syrian capital, in early April and the killing of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard general. Israel later threatened to fight back.
Agence France-Presse quoted Iran’s Fars news agency as reporting that “three explosions” could be heard near the Shekari air base in the northwest of Isfahan province in central Iran.
Iranian Space Agency spokesman Hossein Dalirian said that “several” drones had been successfully shot down.
“There are currently no reports of missile attacks,” Dalilian said on social media platform X.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency, citing “reliable sources,” reported that the nuclear facility in Isfahan province was “safe and sound.”
ABC News and CBS News quoted U.S. officials as reporting that Israel had launched air strikes. There has been no comment from the White House or Pentagon.
“We have no comment at the moment,” the Israeli military told AFP.
An Iranian official told Reuters today that the explosion in Isfahan was due to the successful operation of Iran’s air defense system, adding that there were currently no missile attacks against Iran. (Translator: Lu Yingzi/Verification: Chen Yiwei) 1130419
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