The Nevatim airbase in the Negev Desert was reportedly hit by 15 Iranian hypersonic missiles<\/p>\n
All the hypersonic missiles used in Iran’s punitive strikes against Israel have hit their targets after evading the regime’s air defense systems, Press TV reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched extensive missile and drone strikes late Saturday night on the occupied territories, marking the first time the Islamic Republic employed such weapons against real targets.<\/p>\n The series of retaliatory strikes, dubbed Operation True Promise, inflicted damage on Israeli military bases across the occupied territories.<\/p>\n Sources informed Press TV that the Israeli regime and its supporters failed to intercept any of the hypersonic missiles fired by Iran.<\/p>\n Iran is among few countries that posses the technology to produce hypersonic missiles which can travel at stunning speeds and hit their targets with great precision.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s hypersonic missiles are highly maneuverable, enabling them to have an unpredictable flight path in order to confuse enemy\u2019s missile shields.<\/p>\n The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, said on Sunday that Iran hit a large intelligence base in the occupied lands and Israel\u2019s Nevatim Airbase, from where an F-35 jet took off to target Iran\u2019s diplomatic premises in Damascus.<\/p>\n He added that the strikes \u201creached its goals\u201d as the regime\u2019s so-called Iron Dome system failed to deal with the Iranian missiles and drones properly.<\/p>\n The IRGC’s operation was carried out in retaliation for a missile attack by Israel on Iran’s diplomatic premises in the Syrian capital of Damascus earlier in April.<\/p>\n The Israeli attack on Iran\u2019s diplomatic facilities in Syria resulted in the martyrdom of Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a commander of the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force, his deputy, General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, and five of their accompanying officers.<\/p>\n The terrorist attack drew categorical condemnation from senior Iranian political and military leaders, who vowed \u201cdefinitive revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n During a speech in Tehran on Wednesday after leading the Eid al-Fitr prayers, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the Israeli regime \u201cmust be punished and will be punished\u201d for its deadly strike on the Iranian diplomatic premises.<\/p>\n The Leader added, \u201cThe evil Zionist regime committed another mistake …\u00a0 and that was the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria. The consulate and diplomatic missions in any country are considered to be the territory of that country. When they attack our consulate, it means they have attacked our soil.”<\/p>\n