The night sky over Iran lit up again as the Israel Defense Forces launched fresh waves of strikes just days after the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hitting what officials say were mobile missile launchers and 30 high‑value military targets across the country.

IDF spokespeople claim the operation focused on ballistic and cruise‑missile batteries, drone launch sites and hardened command posts that survived the opening salvos of the war. Precision munitions and loitering “kamikaze” drones reportedly struck concealed launchers hidden in orchards, factory yards and along desert roads used to fire at Israel and U.S. bases in the region.

Iranian state media insists its air defenses intercepted “most” incoming weapons, but has admitted damage to “certain missile platforms” and fuel depots. Local footage from the outskirts of Tehran, Kermanshah and near the Gulf coast shows secondary explosions, burning warehouses and panicked residents fleeing under the glow of tracer fire.

Analysts say the timing is deliberate: Israel is racing to cripple Iran’s retaliatory muscle before a new supreme leader and IRGC leadership can consolidate control and coordinate a larger, more coherent response. In Tehran’s power vacuum, rival hard‑line factions are competing to sound toughest, urging massive strikes on Israeli cities and regional U.S. assets.

With each new night of bombing and counter‑fire, the risk grows that what began as a targeted campaign will harden into a long, grinding regional war — one no longer shaped by strategy, but by revenge and survival.