Israel has unleashed a new wave of coordinated airstrikes against what it calls “core Iranian terror infrastructure,” hitting targets from western Iran to Syria and Lebanon in the latest escalation of the US‑Israel war with Tehran, defence officials say.

Shortly after midnight, residents in several Iranian cities reported explosions near Revolutionary Guard bases, drone depots and suspected missile research sites. Satellite imagery shared with select media shows scorched compounds, collapsed warehouses and burning fuel tanks on the outskirts of Tehran, Isfahan and Kermanshah.

Simultaneously, IDF jets struck IRGC and proxy positions in Syria’s Deir ez‑Zor region and around Damascus, as well as logistics hubs in southern Lebanon believed to feed rockets and drones toward Israel. The Israeli military says the targets formed a “single web” of Iranian command, finance and weapons pipelines stretching across the so‑called “axis of resistance.”

Tehran and its allies accuse Israel of waging “state terrorism,” insisting only “training centres and civilian facilities” were hit, while showing images of wounded civilians and damaged homes. Israeli officials counter that every location was tied to operational planning or weapons storage, arguing that leaving the network intact would guarantee more missile and drone barrages on Israeli cities and US bases.

As fires still burn at struck sites and air‑defence batteries across the region remain on edge, diplomats warn this fresh wave may mark a shift from punishing individual attacks to a long campaign to systematically dismantle Iran’s regional footprint—raising the stakes for a conflict already teetering on the brink.