Israeli army claims strikes on dozens of military targets in SW Iran

JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it had completed a series of airstrikes in southwestern Iran on Saturday.

The statement said that approximately 30 Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck dozens of military targets, with over 50 munitions, in the area of Ahvaz.

As part of the strikes, jets struck a site where missile launchers were stored, some of which had launched missiles in the past toward Israel, according to the statement.

Israeli jets also struck radar sites used for detection and aerial intelligence gathering, and military infrastructure, the statement added.