Posted on 06/24/25
| News Source: JPost
Explosions were heard in northern Tehran after US President Donald Trump called for all Israeli fighter jets to leave Iran's airspace.
IDF sources have confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the air force did in fact strike one radar north of Tehran. A symbolic strike to straddle the need to respond to Iran's attack on the North, while respecting Trump's demand to do nothing or at most respond symbolically.
Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered strikes in Tehran after Iran launched two missiles at northern Israel, hours after the ceasefire had taken effect.
"I have instructed the IDF to respond forcefully to Iran's violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran," Katz said in a statement.
However, on Tuesday, the US president appeared to be irate at the potential for Israeli strikes in Tehran.
"Israel has to calm down, I have to get Israel to calm down," he said. "I'm gonna see if I can stop it."
Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were holding a phone call shortly after Trump made his comments.
In their call, Trump demanded that Netanyahu “completely cancel the attack." Netanyahu responded that a “strike is necessary,” as per a senior Israeli official.
As such, Israel only struck one site in the Islamic Republic.
“I’m not happy with Israel. You know, when I say, ‘OK now you have 12 hours,’ you don’t go out to the first hour, just drop everything you have on, so I’m not happy with them. I’m not happy with Iran either,” he said.