Iran’s IRGC Launches Operation Haider-e-Karrar Missile Strikes on Nevatim and Tel Nof Airbases

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Monday that it launched targeted missile strikes against two Israeli military airbases, framing the barrage as direct retaliation for recent Israeli attacks on Iranian soil.

“Iran's IRGC says targeted 2 Israeli airbases in retaliatory attack Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said its aerospace forces on Monday morning targeted two "important and strategic" Israeli air bases in retaliation for Israel's attacks earlier in the day against the Gulf country”

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The IRGC said its Aerospace Force executed a mission dubbed Operation "Haider-e-Karrar" and that the missiles were aimed at the Israeli Air Force's Nevatim and Tel Nof airbases.

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Kurdistan24 reported that the IRGC warned that any further Israeli military action would trigger a massive and immediate expansion of the conflict, while also placing all combat units on maximum alert to "punish" Israel.

The same reporting said the declared strikes occurred as diplomats tried to salvage a ceasefire established on April 8, with the escalation beginning after Israel launched overnight airstrikes targeting central and western Iran and Tehran responded with successive waves of ballistic missiles.

Kurdistan24 added that sirens blared in central and southern regions, including near the desert city of Dimona, forcing Israeli authorities to restrict public gatherings and cancel schools nationwide.

From Nicosia, Cyprus, the European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged restraint after the IRGC announcement, telling reporters, "Overnight, we have seen escalation again."

Kallas said, "I think the region does not need an escalation, but actually that parties sit down to a negotiation table and agree," as the IRGC’s claims of strikes and threats of wider war continued to strain the two-month truce.

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The Media Line reported that Israel rejected Tehran’s claim that Iranian missiles had successfully hit the Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases, saying instead that all missiles launched toward Israel were intercepted.

In the same account, The Media Line said Israel confirmed it struck the Karoun petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, while the IDF reported it shot down all missiles fired from Iran on Monday morning.

The IRGC’s warnings extended beyond Israel, with Kurdistan24 saying the paramilitary organization warned that if Israel initiates any subsequent attacks, the geographic and military scope of Iran's retaliatory operations will be significantly broadened.

“Israel's army said on Monday morning, 18 Khordad, that it had identified and tracked a new wave of Iranian missile attacks”

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Kurdistan24 also reported that the IRGC emphasized that all of its combat units have been placed on maximum alert, positioned for large-scale operations to "punish" Israel should deterrence fail.

In parallel, The Media Line described how air-raid sirens sounded across Israel and how restrictions issued by the Home Front Command remained in effect, including limits on educational activities and events involving more than 200 people.

The Media Line also said the US Department of Defense reported that “there are indications of missiles or drones in Jordanian airspace,” and that the US Embassy in Jordan advised residents to remain near protected areas.

Meanwhile, The Media Line quoted Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter on X saying, "Iran launched 11 ballistic missiles toward Israel today," and warned that Israel was targeting Iranian surface-to-surface missile launch sites and infrastructure facilities unrelated to the energy sector.