Iranian state media reported Friday that Iranian forces shot down two Israeli fighter jets amid a large-scale Israeli airstrike.
"At least two Israeli fighter jets were shot down in Iranian skies," the official IRNA news agency reported, without elaborating.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Friday it launched a large-scale retaliatory operation against Israeli military targets under the name True Promise 3, following deadly Israeli strikes on Iranian territory.
In a statement published by the IRGC, the elite force said dozens of Israeli military sites, including bases and airports in occupied territories, were targeted. The operation came in response to what the statement described as a "terrorist, oppressive and child-killing" attack by Israel on Iranian soil, which killed senior commanders, prominent scientists and children.
"This morning, in retaliation for the Zionist regime’s attack that martyred high-ranking officers, elite scientists, and innocent children, the IRGC initiated the True Promise 3 operation," the statement read.
