Israel carried out a broad new round of airstrikes across Iran on Wednesday, targeting what the military described as key regime infrastructure tied to weapons production and air defense.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, the attacks focused on sites in Tehran, Isfahan and other industrial centers connected to the regime’s military industries. In the capital area, the strikes reportedly hit facilities involved in producing aerial and naval combat equipment.
The military said some of the targeted sites were also linked to the supply of weapons for Iran’s regional proxy network, including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and other allied armed groups.
🎯STRUCK: Iran’s central explosives production facility in Isfahan, used by the regime to develop materials for weapons.
The site had been previously targeted, and recent efforts to restore its capabilities were identified.
In parallel, dozens of additional targets were struck,… pic.twitter.com/txvFgng2wH
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 24, 2026
At the same time, Israeli forces struck elements of Iran’s air defense network, including an anti-aircraft system, as part of what appears to be a broader effort to weaken the regime’s ability to protect strategic assets from continued attack.
In its statement, the IDF said it intends to keep increasing pressure on Iran’s military-industrial base in order to reduce production capabilities that have been developed over many years.
Later Wednesday, the military released footage showing damage inflicted during nearly four weeks of fighting. The video included strikes on the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a major Basij paramilitary base, a ballistic missile production site and parts of Iran’s air defense industrial network.
An aerial-defense industry development complex in Iran destroyed by the Israeli Air Force during “Operation Roaring Lion.” Image released on March 26, 2026. Credit: IDF.
The Israeli campaign is unfolding alongside the US military’s parallel operation against Iran. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that “Operation Epic Fury” was progressing faster than the four-to-six-week timeline previously set by Washington.
Leavitt told reporters that the United States was close to achieving the central goals of the operation and said the campaign was continuing without pause.
At a National Republican Congressional Committee fundraising event on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said the United States was making major gains against Iran and suggested the regime was under growing internal and external pressure.
Washington and Jerusalem launched their joint campaign, known as “Operation Epic Fury/Roaring Lion,” on Feb. 28. The stated objectives have included degrading Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and removing the threat posed by a regime that has repeatedly called for the destruction of both Israel and the United States.
Trump also indicated this week that the killing of senior Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had effectively created a new political reality in Tehran that could alter the course of future negotiations.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, who has reportedly been involved in ongoing diplomatic contacts with the United States, has previously praised Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and recently warned that the Persian Gulf would become a battlefield if US forces struck regime-linked targets there.
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