One of the targets of the Iranian missile attack on Israel last night was the headquarters of the Mossad intelligence agency, said the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Mohammad Bagheri, FARS reported.
“We had the opportunity to attack the economic infrastructure. [израильского] regime, but we only attack military bases. This afternoon we attacked the Mossad base, the Nawatim air base and the Hatzrim base, strategic radars and concentrations of Israeli tanks.” – said.
Information about the attempted attack on the Mossad headquarters is confirmed by CNN, but the channel, citing its own analysis, claims that the rocket exploded approximately one kilometer northwest of the building. The explosion crater is located in the parking lot of a movie theater located near the Israeli intelligence headquarters.
Mossad intelligence played a key role in several Israeli operations against Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Thus, according to Reuters, it was the Mossad that participated in the exploitation of Hezbollah’s pagers and communication devices. They began to explode in Lebanon on September 17. As a result, according to the country’s Ministry of Health, 4 thousand people were injured and another 11 died. According to the Al-Hadath television channel, around 500 Hezbollah members lost their sight due to the explosions.
Tehran, in explaining the reasons for the attack on Israel, included a response to the deaths of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that the target of the attack was exclusively military infrastructure, particularly Israeli military bases. Iranian media reported that the missiles destroyed dozens of F-35 fighters. Israel did not comment on this information, nor did independent sources. Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Daniel Hagari He stated that during the attack some missiles were shot down, but “there were also impacts.”
