Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the Israeli Air Force struck bridges and railways in Iran, stating that the infrastructure was being used for military purposes by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite branch of Iran’s armed forces.
“Yesterday, our pilots destroyed transport planes and dozens of helicopters at an Iranian Air Force base. Today, they attacked the train tracks and bridges used by the Revolutionary Guards,” Netanyahu said in a video statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office.
According to Netanyahu, the railways were used by the IRGC to transport materials for weapons production, as well as weapons and personnel.
He emphasised that the strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure are not aimed at the population.
“And this is the central point: These actions, which I approved together with the Minister of Defence, are not intended to attack the Iranian people. On the contrary, they are intended to weaken and crush the terrorist regime that has oppressed them for 47 years,” the prime minister said.
By Jeyhun Aghazada
