By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – The Israel Defense Forces on Friday warned that the Iranian terrorist regime has made it very clear that they’re willing to target “everyone around them” in West Asia as the conflict continues to escalate in the region.
IDF International Spokesperson Lt Ben Cohen claimed that Iran has demonstrated a willingness to escalate tensions across the region.
“I can tell you that the Iranian terrorist regime has made it very clear that they’re willing to target everyone around them in the area and they’ve done so continuously over the last few days,” he said
The ‘Operation Roaring Lion’, was launched to neutralise the major security threat posed by Iran, he added.
“We began ‘Operation Roaring Lion’ on Saturday morning with the primary objective of targeting the Iranian terror regime and eliminating an existential threat to Israel and the entire world, which includes the ballistic missile programme, the Iranian desire to achieve and obtain a nuclear weapon, and the proxy network,” Cohen said.
The Israeli military also mentioned that in the early hours of Thursday, it shot down an Iranian Yakovlev Yak-130 fighter jet and is continuing its operations targeting aerial defence systems and ballistic missile infrastructure inside Iran.
He added that over the past several days, the United States and Israel have continued coordinated strikes across Iranian territory. According to him, the operations have targeted multiple strategic installations, including ballistic missile facilities, air force assets, and naval infrastructure.
Cohen said Israeli forces had carried out a significant aerial engagement in recent hours referred to the latest military developments.
“In recent hours, we had a historic moment when an IDF fighter jet shot down an Iranian Yak-130 fighter jet over Tehran, and we continue to target aerial defence systems within the Iranian terror regime, to target ballistic missile targets and to target other Iranian terror regime targets,” he concluded.
