Israel, US Strikes Kills 40 Iranian Commanders, 100+ Schoolchildren, Destroys Several Airfields and Missile Launchers

Some 40 top commanders of the Iranian Armed forces have been killed in intelligence-guided airstrikes all over Iran since Saturday, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) announced today.

In addition, two F5 and F4 fighter jets belonging to the Iranian Air Force have been obliterated in precision bombings that also destroyed runways at the Tabriz airport in Western Iran. “The IDF continues to attack infrastructure of the Iranian terrorist regime in order to harm the regime and thwart threats to the rear of the State of Israel,” the IDF said.

The IDF announced that in addition to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, it also eliminated the Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Minister of Defense, Chairman of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), Khamenei’s National Security Advisor, and the Head of Khamenei’s Military Bureau in a coordinated strike Sunday morning on a compound in Tehran. The IDF also confirmed that among those eliminated in the strikes was Abdolrahim Mousavi, who served as Chief of Staff of the armed forces.

Bunker busting bombs that caused huge blast waves lifting cars tens of meters off the ground was seen in the capital Tehran followed by deafening explosions. Offices and residences of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Quds Force were the target with casualties currently under assessment, as per Iranian media.

Two schools hit by Israeli/US bombs

Some 100 children had been killed in the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, the Mizan news agency reported, with dozens more unaccounted for. Another attack on a school in Tehran reportedly killed 10. Iranian media put the toll from both schools at 148. Videos circulating on social media show parents clutching to the mangled bodies of their children. The IDF or the US Central Command has not commented on the airstrikes on  the schools.

The IDF stated that it has dismantled the majority of the aerial defense systems in western and central Iran and is paving the way towards establishing aerial superiority over the skies of Tehran.

Some 2000 IDF and US aircraft participated in the air strikes delivers hundreds of tons of explosives at Iranian targets.

No bomb shelters for ordinary people

Several Iranian on the ground  told the Guardian "We have nowhere to hide from the Israeli bombings. There are no bunkers for ordinary people to take shelter in."