Iranian armed forces launched a missile barrage at zionist-occupied territories on Sunday, responding to persistent Israeli attacks on Lebanon in breach of the ceasefire.
Sirens blared in wide areas, including the occupied Golan Heights, Tiberias, Safed, Nazareth, Haifa, and several other cities, according to Israeli media.
The zionist military said air defense systems remain on high alert, while the regime’s education ministry announced the closure of all schools and educational centers for the coming day due to security conditions.
The Iranian operation came as a direct response to the Zionist regime’s continued aggression against Lebanon, including the use of banned phosphorus bombs and the targeting of Beirut’s southern suburbs (Dahiyeh).
Immediately after the retaliatory operation, Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, the central command of the Iranian armed forces, warned of more “crushing and remorseful blows” should zionist attacks on Lebanon continue.
In a statement, the central military command slammed the Zionist regime for systematically violating the ceasefire and escalating its aggression against the Lebanese people with direct American support and international silence.
The statement further noted that the regime has been using banned weapons, including phosphorus bombs, to commit war crimes against civilians in southern Lebanon.
“With the green light and support of criminal America and the silence of international bodies, the aggressive Zionist regime has increasingly escalated its atrocities against the oppressed people of Lebanon through repeated ceasefire violations,” it read.
The commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters said, despite repeated warnings from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the “child-killing Zionist regime” has now “crossed all red lines” by expanding its attacks from southern Lebanon to Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh.
Iranian armed forces had previously warned that expansion of Zionist crimes into Dahiyeh would trigger Iranian retaliatory strikes inside the occupied territories.
“We had previously warned that if crimes expand in Beirut’s Dahiyeh, we will strike targets within the occupied territories,” the statement noted.
The top military command further issued an ultimatum, demanding that the Zionist army immediately halt all attacks on southern Lebanon and Dahiyeh.
Any further expansion of attacks into the area, or any military response to Iranian retaliatory strikes, would be met with devastating force, it warned.
“If it expands its attacks into that area or responds to Iran’s action, it will face even more crushing and remorseful blows, and devastating attacks against the regime and its supporters will commence,” the statement added.
Yemen and Palestinian resistance groups have praised Iran’s missile strikes on zionist-occupied territories, describing them as a confirmation that the era of Zionist arrogance has ended.
The Iranian armed forces launched missile attacks on military targets in the northern occupied territories on Sunday night, acting in what Tehran called legitimate self‑defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The strikes came after repeated zionist ceasefire violations, including the bombing of Beirut’s southern suburbs (Dahiyeh) and collaboration with the US military in attacks on Iranian ships.
Yemen’s Foreign Ministry hailed the “heroic military operation” carried out by Iranian forces against the Zionist enemy in response to the targeting of Beirut.
“The era of the Zionist enemy’s rampage is over,” the ministry said in a statement. “This criminal entity understands only the language of force.”
The ministry added that the operation reinforces the “unity of arenas” doctrine and demolishes the “equation of permissible violation” that the Zionist enemy sought to establish, stressing that the axis of jihad, resistance and Al‑Quds is in constant coordination to confront any developments.
‘Iranian response embodies genuine solidarity’
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem hailed the Iranian strike as “a manifestation of genuine solidarity that should exist among the components of the Ummah.”
He described it as a response to Israeli transgressions against the brotherly Lebanese people.
The Palestinian Resistance Committees also blessed the Iranian retaliation, stating that it came in response to the targeting of Dahiyeh by “pounding the criminal Zionists’ strongholds.”
“The blessed Iranian response to the Zionist aggression on Dahiyeh confirms that the Islamic Republic is establishing new equations. The era of Zionist arrogance and tyranny has ended forever. The Zionist enemy understands only the language of power, resistance and confrontation,” the statement read.
“The Iranian missiles that struck the Zionist entity once again impose the equation of the unity of arenas and shatter Netanyahu’s illusions and the arrogance of the Zionist criminals.”
The Iranian strikes followed heightened tensions after the zionist regime bombed the Dahiyeh district of Beirut on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens.
The occupation had last week threatened a major assault but scaled back after Iran issued a direct warning.
A Pakistan‑brokered ceasefire between Iran and the US has been in place since early April, but the zionist colony has continued its brutal attacks on Gaza and southern Lebanon.
Tehran has consistently insisted that any final agreement must include a comprehensive halt to hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon.