Posted on 10/26/24
| News Source: Arutz-7
Two Iranian officials told The New York Times that among Iran's S-300 air defense system, located at the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran and intended to protect Tehran, was among the approximately 20 sites struck in Israel's retaliatory attack Friday night.
One of the officials is a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.
According to the sources, at least three Revolutionary Guards bases were struck in Tehran, and the "secret" military base in Parchin was struck by one drone; two others were shot down.
An Israeli official confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that the S-300s were targeted, adding, "The message is that we don’t want an escalation, but if Iran decides to escalate and attack Israel again," the removal of the S-300s increases Israel's "range of freedom of movement in the Iranian skies."
Elaph, a Saudi Arabian news site, reported that Israel struck a missile factory containing heavy fuel mixers used to power the Khaybar and Qassem ballistic missiles used in the October 1 strike. The site, which cited an informed source, added that the factory was completely destroyed and will take two years to repair.
The factory was considered the spine of Iran's missile development, and Israel has now put it completely out of use, the source added. Reports said that four buildings at Parchin were affected