Iran’s IRGC says it targeted Israeli army centre, Mossad operations hub
In a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed its missile strikes in Israel hit a military intelligence centre and a Mossad operations planning centre.
Earlier, Israeli reports described a missile impact in the central coastal city of Herzliya as targeting a sensitive site – often code for a military or strategic target.
Iran recalls all doctors, nurses from leave
Iran’s deputy health minister has announced that all doctors and nurses on leave must report back to work.
“All leave for doctors and nurses has been cancelled, and they have been asked to be continuously present at medical centres to not only provide services but also play an effective role in boosting the morale and psychological stability of treatment teams,” said Deputy Health Minister for Treatment Seyed Sajjad Razavi.
“The Ministry of Health stands with you and is ready to provide support and assistance should any need arise,” he added in comments carried by the Tasnim news agency.
Specialised guides on treating mass-casualty victims have been sent to medical centres and universities, Razavi said.
Wounded Iranians receive treatment after an Israeli strike in downtown Tehran
Iran blasts G7 for ignoring Israel’s ‘cruel aggression’
Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has criticised the G7 leaders for disregarding what he described as Israel’s “blatant aggression” against his country.
At the summit of the informal grouping of wealthy nations that was held in Canada, leaders including Trump on Monday called for “de-escalation” while stressing that Israel had the right to defend itself.
“The G7 member states, especially the three permanent members of the UN Security Council, must assume their legal and moral responsibility for this blatant act of aggression against a UN member state,” Baghaei said in a social media post.
“Hundreds of innocent people have been killed, our public and state facilities and people’s homes are brutally demolished and hospitals & health centres are targeted. Iran is defending itself against a cruel aggression. Does Iran really have any other choice?”
Baghaei said stability in the region will only come after an “immediate end to Israel’s aggression”.
