Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has unleashed one of its largest barrages of the war, firing a mᴀssive wave of ballistic missiles at targets across Israel in what commanders in Tehran call a “decisive strategic strike,” defence officials say.

Just after midnight, sirens howled almost simultaneously over Tel Aviv, Haifa, Be’er Sheva and the Jordan Valley, as Israeli radar screens lit up with launch tracks from western and central Iran. Arrow, David’s Sling and Iron Dome batteries roared into action, streaking interceptors into the sky and creating a grid of mid‑air fireballs visible for kilometres.

The IDF says “dozens” of missiles were detected, with the vast majority intercepted outside dense urban areas. But several warheads—or large fragments—broke through. An industrial zone near Tel Aviv was hit, triggering fuel fires and damaging warehouses; a logistics hub in the Negev suffered a direct or near‑direct strike, leaving a deep crater and mangled vehicles; debris in Haifa’s outskirts shattered windows and set parked cars alight.

Hospitals in central and northern Israel report multiple ᴅᴇᴀᴅ and scores wounded, many from shrapnel and flying glᴀss as residents ran for shelters. Emergency rooms are operating at surge capacity, while municipalities urge citizens to stay close to hardened safe rooms amid fears of follow‑on waves.

In Tehran, IRGC media is hailing the strike as “proof the Zionist shield can be saturated,” vowing more barrages if strikes on Iranian soil continue. Israeli officials, visibly tense, insist defences held under unprecedented pressure—but warn that the campaign against Iran’s missile network will now be “expanded and intensified, without time limits.”