<\/p>\nListen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Iran\u2019s military says it has targeted Israeli military bases and the domestic security service Shin Bet as the United States-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran\u2019s retaliation across the region approach their third week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Palmachim and Ovda airbases of the Zionist regime as well as the headquarters of Shin Bet were targeted by drones from the Islamic Republic of Iran\u2019s army,\u201d the military said in a statement on Thursday carried by state television. Israel has yet to comment on the Iranian military\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Israel said it identified more missiles launched towards the country from Iran. Missile alert alarms sounded in Jerusalem, and explosions were heard as the Israeli military sought to intercept the incoming fire.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight, missile launches from Iran and Hezbollah also sent Israelis scurrying to shelters in multiple other areas, including Tel Aviv and the northern border area with Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Israel said on Thursday that it had launched another \u201cwide-scale\u201d round of air strikes across Iran.<\/p>\n<p>At least 13 people in Israel have been killed, and nearly 2,000 injured since the war began on February 28, according to Israeli officials.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 13th day, the war shows no sign of abating despite US President Donald Trump\u2019s insistence that US strikes on Iran had already practically defeated it.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran remains committed to regional peace but insists the war can end only if Iran\u2019s \u201clegitimate rights\u201d are recognised.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Pezeshkian said he had spoken with leaders of Russia and Pakistan and reiterated Iran\u2019s position that the conflict was \u201cignited by the Zionist regime and the US\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said any resolution must include recognition of Iran\u2019s rights, payment of reparations and international guarantees against future attacks.<\/p>\n<p>There has been no response yet from Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Pezeshkian posted his remarks as diplomatic efforts intensify to contain the conflict with Russia maintaining close contact with Iranian leaders and calling for a halt to hostilities.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"iran-says-us-israel-hitting-hospitals\">Iran says US, Israel hitting hospitals<\/h2>\n<p>Hospitals and health facilities across Iran have suffered damage as US-Israeli strikes intensify, according to Iranian Deputy Health Minister Ali Jafarian.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Al Jazeera from Tehran, Jafarian said medical teams are coping with a growing number of casualties, many of them civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, there are a lot of \u2026 victims who are killed at the scene because [the US and Israel] are carpet bombing \u2026 civilian infrastructure,\u201d he said, adding that at least 1,395 people have been killed.<\/p>\n<p>People are trapped under collapsed buildings, he said, adding that strikes on urban areas have intensified in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 31 major clinical facilities and hospitals damaged. Twelve of those hospitals are inactive now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera\u2019s Tohid Asadi, reporting from Tehran, said targets are not just military sites or police stations but also civilian facilities, such as schools and hospitals. He said oil depots and energy and water infrastructure around Tehran also have been targeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have reports about electricity shortages in some of the cities, such as Karaj, but also there are serious concerns right now when it comes to public health and the air that people are breathing in the Iranian capital and cities in the vicinity of the capital,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts said Israel\u2019s tactics in Iran mirror its conduct during its genocidal war in Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023. They accused Israel of dismantling entire systems by hitting schools, public infrastructure and state institutions.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the Iranian Red Crescent Society on Wednesday said nearly 20,000 civilian buildings, including at least 16,000 residential units, have been affected since the US-Israel war on Iran began.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on \u2060X on Thursday that \u2060any US aggression against Iranian \u2060islands in \u2060the Gulf will prompt Tehran to \u201cabandon \u200call restraint\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Several \u2060Iranian islands, including \u2060Kharg, are \u2060critical energy export \u2060terminals. Iranian \u200cmilitary bases are located on others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Iran\u2019s military says it has targeted Israeli military bases and the domestic security service Shin Bet as the United States-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran\u2019s retaliation across the region approach their third week. \u201cThe Palmachim and Ovda airbases of the Zionist regime as well as the headquarters of Shin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}