Israel Hits Iranian Weapons Depots, Internal Security HQ As Trump Weighs US Involvement

The IDF destroyed ‘over 40 missile infrastructure components directed toward the State of Israel, including missile storage sites and military operatives of the Iranian Regime’ among other targets

Israel scored direct hits on Iran’s uranium enrichment sites, internal security headquarters, and more than 40 missile depots on Wednesday as intensive war operations entered their sixth day. Iran’s supreme leader, in a defiant video address, promised to inflict “irreparable damage” on American forces in the region if President Donald Trump decides to join the fight.

“The Americans should know that any U.S. military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told his nation as more than two dozen Israeli fighter jets razed sites across Tehran and the surrounding areas. A defiant Khamenei rejected Trump’s demand for an “unconditional surrender,” threatening instead to attack more than 40,000 active service members stationed across the Middle East.

“Intelligent people who know Iran, the nation, and the history of Iran will never speak to this nation in the language of threats, because the Iranian nation cannot be surrendered,” Khamenei said.

Trump—who signaled Tuesday afternoon that America could join with Israel to strike Tehran’s most significant nuclear sites, such as the mountain facility in Fordow—said U.S. participation is still on the table.

“I may do it,” he said. “I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.”

The president’s public indecision had little impact on Israel’s war plan, as the Jewish state launched some of its most devastating attacks to date from Tuesday evening into Wednesday afternoon. IDF spokesman Effie Defrin confirmed midday Wednesday that operations will not slow down, saying there remain “additional targets and we are determined to achieve them.”

The most significant strike came very early Wednesday, when more than 50 Israeli fighter jets struck a “centrifuge production site and multiple weapons manufacturing facilities in Tehran,” the IDF said. Centrifuges are used to enrich uranium quickly, bringing it to levels needed for a nuclear weapon. Israel telegraphed the operation late Tuesday with a warning for residents in the area to evacuate.

“As part of the broad effort to operate against Iran’s nuclear weapons development project, the [Israeli Air Force] struck a facility used to manufacture centrifuges in Tehran that was designed to enable the Iranian regime to expand the scale and speed of its uranium enrichment to develop nuclear weapons,” the IDF said after the raid. “The Iranian regime is enriching uranium for the purpose of developing nuclear weapons. Nuclear power for civilian use does not require enrichment at these levels.”

The IDF also targeted “several weapons manufacturing sites,” including a facility that produced the “raw material and components” for Iran’s surface-to-surface missiles. The Islamic Republic has launched hundreds of those missiles toward Israel in recent days.

Around 25 Israeli fighter jets later hit “over 40 missile infrastructure components directed toward the State of Israel, including missile storage sites and military operatives of the Iranian Regime.”

Israel destroyed at least five Iranian attack helicopters in a second operation over a military base in the Kermanshah area and three more in a third strike.

The targets hit throughout Wednesday “were part of the regime’s military weapons industry and its security apparatus,” according to Defrin. “We struck three significant sites connected to missile production—including engines, navigation systems, and missile assembly. All of these were missiles intended for use by the regime against Israel.”

Israel also targeted a missile production facility the Islamic Republic uses to arm its proxies throughout the region.

The IDF has successfully completed more than 600 aerial refueling operations in the skies across the Middle East since hostilities broke out last Friday. These complicated mid-air maneuvers have proven critical to the Israeli operation, allowing the Jewish state to maintain a steady presence in Iranian airspace.

“Aerial refueling is a crucial component of the Israeli Air Force’s operations in Iran, enabling the continued maintenance of aerial superiority in the region,” the IDF said.

Israel has not just hit military facilities in its most recent rounds of strikes. It destroyed Iran’s internal security headquarters on Wednesday, a compound Israeli defense minister Israel Katz described as “the central arm of the Iranian dictator’s repression.”

The Islamic Republic’s internal security officers are responsible for suppressing protest movements and maintaining the mullahs’ rule over the country.

“As promised, we will continue to strike symbols of power and hit the Ayatollah regime wherever it operates,” Katz continued.

The regime suffered a blow Wednesday afternoon when its state-controlled broadcaster was reportedly hacked, interrupting regime propaganda to show scenes from the 2022 “Women, Life, Freedom” protests that rocked the country’s hardline leadership and fomented mass opposition to Iran’s government.

While it is unclear whether Israel was responsible for the hack, Israel has stated that its aims stretch beyond solely striking Iran’s nuclear program.

“If you attempt to rebuild your terror capabilities in the region, you will be struck,” the IDF warned.