In response to the Iranian assault, Israel’s defense forces announced that they had “quickly incapacitated” the Iranian missile systems responsible for the attack and initiated a series of strikes on military sites in western Iran.

Iran says it fired one of its biggest ballistic missiles targeting Israel after US strikes

Iranian state television broadcasted what seemed to be previous footage of the Khorramshahr-4 missile being test-fired, accompanied by an on-screen note suggesting it was deployed in an attack on Israel.

It says it launched 40 missiles, including  the Khorramshahr-4 missile.

The Khorramshahr-4 has the heaviest payload of Iran’s ballistic missile fleet, which analysts say may be designed to keep the weapon under a 2000-kilometre range limit imposed by the country’s supreme leader.

Iranian says the missile has a 2000-kilometre range with a 1500-kilogram warhead.

The missile is named after an Iranian city that was the scene of heavy fighting during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.

The missile also is called Kheibar, after a Jewish fortress conquered by the Muslims in the 7th century — in what is now Saudi Arabia.

Israel says it took out two of Iran’s F-5 fighter jets

Israel says it hit the aircraft at Iran’s Dezful airport. The F-5s are part of Iran’s aging fleet of fighter jets from the era of the shah. Israel released black-and-white footage showing one of the aircrafts being destroyed.

Israel previously hit F-14 Tomcats flown by the Iranian military in the war. However, it isn’t clear if these aircraft were airworthy as many have been grounded over the years due to a lack of parts.

Israel also said it struck other sites, including around Isfahan’s airport. Iran has not acknowledged losses of aircraft or other materiel in the war so far.