Alwaght- IRGC's Aerospace Forces have launched a new wave of "combined" strikes against the Israeli regime on Saturday night, the second massive launch in two days using missiles and drones.
This latest round of the large-scale military operation began around 11:45 a.m. local time on Saturday, with videos circulating on social media showing missiles striking their intended targets, according to Iran's Press TV.
The unprecedented retaliatory operation is being carried out under the code name “Ya Ali ibn Abi Talib,” coinciding with the blessed occasion of Eid al-Ghadir.
IRGC’s public relations department issued a statement announcing the operation soon after the missiles were fired at occupied territories.
The statement noted that the aerospace division of the IRGC had initiated this fresh phase of the operation as a direct response to renewed aggression by the Israeli regime.
The top target of the rejuvenated strikes is Haifa port city, home to several critical military and industrial facilities of the regime.
The strikes have so far targeted a series of strategic Israeli military and industrial sites, including oil refineries and electricity grids in Haifa, where fires reportedly broke out as a result.
One of the videos showed a massive fire breaking out at the Haifa oil refinery upon the impact of a barrage of Iranian missiles, which illuminated the night sky across the occupied territories.
Images showed a massive blaze at the Haifa oil refinery, with thick black smoke billowing into the sky, with preliminary reports suggesting that the ensuing blaze is emitting toxic chemicals into the air.
In the northern occupied territories, missile sirens sounded in the Upper Galilee and Western Galilee regions, as well as in the city of Nazareth and its surrounding areas, and the city of Afula.
According to Israeli media reports, Iranian precision-guided missiles struck the regime’s vital electricity infrastructure, making it dysfunctional.
The fresh attacks caused widespread disruption in the power distribution network in the central regions of the occupied territories and disabled part of the regime's critical infrastructure.
The massive power outage has been reported in several Zionist settlements in Galilee in northern occupied Palestine amid the Iranian retaliatory operation.
Press TV, citing some Israeli media reports, said ammonia tanks in Haifa were also successfully targeted by missiles, with fire and plumes of smoke noticed in several areas, located in northern occupied Palestine.
Some media reports have described tonight's attack by Iran as the "largest missile attack" ever carried out by the Iranian armed forces against the occupied territories.
Before the fresh wave of the operation kicked off, Iranian armed forces issued a stern warning to Israeli military pilots, urging them to surrender without firing a shot in order to land their jets safely.
"Protect your life. We are true to our promise," the statement added.
This retaliatory operation followed an Israeli aggression on Iran that took place in the wee hours of Friday morning and resulted in the assassinations of high-ranking Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians, including children and women.
Among those martyred were Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces; IRGC Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami; Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the IRGC Aerospace Division; and senior IRGC commander General Gholam Ali Rashid.
