IRGC shoots down two hostile drones, hits 80 Israeli targets in new barrage

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that it has shot down two advanced Israeli drones in the skies over the capital Tehran, and the neighboring province of Alborz, while also targeting 80 Israeli sites in a fresh wave of its retaliatory operation. 

According to a statement by the IRGC, its air defense units intercepted and shot down an Israeli Orbiter drone over Tehran at 11:50 p.m. local time (2020 GMT) on Wednesday.

An Israeli Hermes drone was also struck in the skies over Nazarabad County, Alborz Province.

Both unmanned aircraft were armed and were hit before they could carry out any strike against their targets in Iran.

Moreover, a cruise missile was intercepted and brought down by the IRGC's sophisticated air defense systems in Kwin County of Iran's north-central province of Qazvin.

In a separate statement, the IRGC announced that it had carried out retaliatory strikes against military and logistical facilities deep inside the occupied territories.

IRGC forces targeted 80 locations in the southern and central occupied lands, including in Rishon, Letzion, Ramlah in the center, Eilat in the south, Ramat Gan and Bani Barack to the east of Tel Aviv, as well as Bani Yam and Holoun to the south of Tel Aviv.

The designated targets were hit as part of the 63rd wave of Operation True Promise 4, with precision-strike and multi-warhead missiles, as well as kamikaze drones.

The US and Israel launched their unprovoked act of aggression against Iran on February 28 by assassinating former Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders, in flagrant violation of the country’s sovereignty.

The enemies have deliberately targeted Iran’s civilian infrastructure and energy facilities.

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