In what Israeli and American commanders are describing as the most ferocious ᴀssault yet, Iran has unleashed “hellish” waves of ballistic missiles, hypersonic glide vehicles, and mᴀssive drone swarms across the region, jolting U.S. and Israeli targets in a coordinated storm of revenge.
Over the last 18 hours, IRGC missiles slammed into Nevatim and Ramat David airbases once again, cratering repaired runways and destroying several F-35s in hardened shelters. The Shin Bet headquarters in Tel Aviv suffered fresh direct impacts, with fires visible from kilometers away and critical intelligence infrastructure reportedly compromised. In Iraq, U.S. bases at Al Asad and Erbil faced sustained barrages that damaged aircraft hangars, fuel depots, and remaining radar installations.
The attacks come as the already crippled USS Gerald R. Ford continues battling fires from previous strikes, its flight operations still paralyzed in the Arabian Sea. With at least 10 advanced U.S. radar systems already destroyed across the region, detection and interception rates have plummeted, allowing more Iranian projectiles to penetrate defensive shields.
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appeared on state television, his voice icy with fury: “The blood of the Martyrs of the Ramadan War will be avenged. For every leader killed, every civilian slaughtered, every site bombed — you will pay tenfold. There is no end to our resistance. The Great Satan and the Zionist enтιтy will beg for mercy.”
Despite weeks of Operation Epic Fury — which has already cost the U.S. over $11 billion in the first six days alone — Iran shows no signs of breaking. Its navy may lie at the bottom of the Gulf, its nuclear facilities heavily damaged, and its founder ᴀssᴀssinated, but Mojtaba’s regime has adapted with devastating asymmetric tactics. Hidden stockpiles, proxy militias, and rapid reconsтιтution have kept the pressure unrelenting.
Israeli officials report millions sheltering as sirens blare nonstop. U.S. Central Command admits “significant strain” on THAAD and Patriot interceptor reserves, with Pacific allies growing alarmed that America’s arsenal is being exhausted in the Middle East. Russia’s ongoing “Enemy Ship Destruction” drills near the Strait of Hormuz add to the nightmare scenario of a potential blockade backed by Moscow.
What began as a lightning campaign of dominance has devolved into a brutal war of attrition. Every “decisive” U.S.-Israeli strike is met with fiercer retaliation. Munitions are running low. The Ford is burning. Israel is buckling. And Mojtaba’s vow rings clear: no end until vengeance is complete.
Is Epic Fury collapsing under its own weight? As hellish Iranian attacks continue without pause, Washington faces an uncomfortable truth — the world’s superpower may have started a fire it cannot easily extinguish.
The region burns brighter tonight. The next chapter could decide far more than the fate of one regime.
