In the most devastating and sustained ᴀssault since Operation Epic Fury began, Iran has unleashed its “40th wave” of attacks, a punishing, five-hour-long barrage of missiles and drones that has reportedly set vast areas of Israel ablaze and overwhelmed its defenses. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the mᴀssive, coordinated operation involved a punishing combination of its own ballistic missiles—including the Qadr, Emad, and Fattah types—along with extensive drone and rocket strikes launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon.
Iranian state media declared that over 50 targets across Israel were struck in the non-stop ᴀssault, which was designed to “sustain continuous fire for five hours.”The IRGC claimed the punishing wave delivered “significant blows” to military sites from Haifa in the north, through Tel Aviv in the center, and down to Beersheba in the south.1 This mᴀssive attack also reportedly targeted U.S. military facilities in the region, including bases in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
The scale of the attack has pushed Israeli and American forces to their breaking point. The ᴀssault comes as the U.S. military grapples with a series of humiliating setbacks, including the downing of multiple aircraft over Iraq, recurring fires crippling the USS Gerald R. Ford, and the destruction of its largest radar systems in the Gulf. With munitions stockpiles critically low after an expenditure of over $11 billion in the first week alone, Washington’s ability to defend its allies and ᴀssets is under extreme strain.
For Israel, the “40th wave” is a nightmare realized. It follows weeks of smaller but relentless attacks that have hammered airbases, hit the Shin Bet intelligence headquarters, and terrorized the population. This latest onslaught, however, represents a new level of intensity, turning the skies into a terrifying spectacle of fire and explosions.
Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s regime is sending a clear and brutal message: despite the ᴀssᴀssination of his father and catastrophic damage to Iran’s infrastructure, its capacity for revenge is not only intact but growing in sophistication and destructive power. What began as a U.S.-Israeli campaign for swift dominance has descended into a brutal war of attrition where the entire nation of Israel is now paying the price, burning under a relentless rain of Iranian fire.
