Israel targets Guards, Tehran prison in new wave of strikes

BLASTS REPORTED OVER JERUSALEM; PEOPLE FLEE TO SHELTERS IN TEL AVIV

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Israel hit Revolutionary Guard sites and Evin prison in Tehran on the 11th day of the war yesterday, in what it said were its most powerful strikes yet on the Iranian capital.

Iran, in turn, fired missile barrages at Israel and vowed retaliation against the United States after American strikes on the Islamic republic's nuclear sites a day earlier.

Loud explosions rocked Tehran, where Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military hit sites with "unprecedented force", adding to speculation that it is seeking to topple Iran's clerical leadership.

Strike on Fordow

The targets included Evin prison, which Katz said "holds political prisoners and regime opponents", as well as command centres for the domestic Basij paramilitary and the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.