Moment IDF obliterate Khamenei’s underground bunker: 50 Israeli jets blitz sprawling compound used by senior officials to orchestrate Iran’s response to Ayatollah’s assassination
This is the moment the Israeli Defence Force obliterated Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei’s underground bunker in a massive airstrike over Tehran.
Some 50 Israeli fighter jets struck the site this morning, the IDF said in a statement.
Astonishing aerial footage shows several bombs being dropped over the slain Supreme Leader’s complex and exploding, as thick plumes of dark smoke billow over the streets of Tehran.
The IDF said that the underground bunker was ‘built beneath the leadership complex of the Iranian terrorist regime in the heart of Tehran’.
It was intended to be used by the Ayatollah as a ‘secure emergency asset before combat,’ but he was eliminated before he could use the bunker.
According to the IDF, the compound – which spread across multiple streets and included ‘many entry points and rooms for gatherings of senior members of the Iranian terror regime’ – had continued to be used by officials following Khamenei’s assassination.
There was no immediate comment from Iran.
The IDF has struck several sites at Iran’s ‘leadership complex’ in Tehran several times amid the conflict.
Israeli Defence Force obliterated Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei’s underground bunker in a massive airstrike over Tehran
Astonishing aerial footage shows several bombs being dropped over the slain Supreme Leader’s complex and exploding
It comes as intense Israeli airstrikes also pounded the capital of Lebanon on Friday, as the US said it had struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea in its unrelenting campaign against the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships.
Iran launched new retaliatory attacks in the Middle East at the end of a full week of bombardment, which US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned was ‘about to surge dramatically.’
Israel’s military said Friday morning it had begun ‘a broad-scale wave of strikes’ on Tehran, Iran’s capital.
Witnesses described the Israeli airstrikes as particularly intense, shaking homes in the area.
Others reported explosions around the Iranian city of Kermanshah in an area that is home to multiple missile bases.
The Israeli military said strikes have already destroyed most of Iran’s air defences and missile launchers.
The war has escalated to affect countries across the Middle East and beyond.
Early Friday, Iran fired missile and drone attacks into Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, all countries that host US forces. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
According to the IDF, the compound had continued to be used by officials following Khamenei’s assassination
In Lebanon, where the war has rekindled fighting between Israel and Iran-allied Hezbollah militants, Israel launched a series of airstrikes late Thursday into Friday in the southern suburbs of Beirut and other areas. Motorists jammed roads trying to flee or seek shelter.
The US and Israel have battered Iran with nationwide strikes, targeting their military capabilities, leadership and nuclear programme.
In addition to Israel, Iran’s attacks have targeted its Arab neighbours, disrupted oil supplies and snarled global air travel.
The war has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 120 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries.
Six US troops have been killed.
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