{"id":1541982,"date":"2025-06-16T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1541982"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:45:00","slug":"iran-inflicts-more-punishment-claims-new-method-caused-idf-systems-to-target-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/iran-inflicts-more-punishment-claims-new-method-caused-idf-systems-to-target-each-other\/1541982\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Inflicts More Punishment, Claims ‘New Method’ Caused IDF Systems To Target Each Other"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran Inflicts More Punishment, Claims ‘New Method’ Caused IDF Systems To Target Each Other<\/span><\/p>\n

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After another day on the receiving end of an Israeli war of aggression that began Friday, Iran delivered a major counterpunch overnight, further demonstrating that Israel’s highly-touted Iron Dome defense system\u00a0is vulnerable to Iran’s hypersonic missiles<\/strong>. Upon completing a deadly barrage aimed at targets in Tel Aviv, Haifa and elsewhere, Iran claimed it had employed a “new method” that put Israel’s multi-layered defense system in disarray to the point its various systems targeted each other.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u26a1\ufe0f\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1JUST IN:<\/p>\n

INCREDIBLY fast hypersonic missile from Iran making impact in Haifa, Israel. pic.twitter.com\/kKFTVyzIet<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

As fire and rescue teams scrambled to respond to the damage, Times of Israel<\/em><\/a> reported at least\u00a0eight people had been killed and more than 90 injured <\/strong>in the early-Monday attack, bringing Israel’s running death toll to at least 24 with hundreds wounded.\u00a0\u201cThe arrogant dictator of Tehran has become a scared murderer who fires at Israel\u2019s civilian home front in order to deter the IDF from continuing to carry out attacks that are destroying his capabilities,\u201d said Defense Minister Israel Katz, only to then promise that “residents of Tehran will pay the price<\/strong>, and soon.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2757\ufe0fMultiple dead from Iran strikes on Tel Aviv suburbs<\/p>\n

Iran ballistic missile guts high-rise \u2014 unconfirmed footage pic.twitter.com\/D2YgjQHGjo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RT (@RT_com) June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Iran claimed<\/a> it struck targets that included a power plant in Haifa that “was seen engulfed in flames<\/strong>,” an oil refinery complex in Bazan, a facility of the military technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems facility, as well as Ben Gurion Airport. The Cradle<\/em><\/a> reports that other targets included Nevatim Air Base, an army camp in Galilee, and hits on power grid facilities that caused “widespread blackouts.” Projectiles also hit a residential high-rise building<\/strong> and at least another residential area. An Iranian defense official said the attack included missiles with 1.5-ton warheads<\/strong>, but noted Iran has even heavier warheads in its inventory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2757\ufe0fIran fireballs Israel’s Haifa power plant \u2014 unconfirmed footage pic.twitter.com\/rIzTO41Kzk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RT (@RT_com) June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Citing a statement from the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps,<\/strong>\u00a0state media outlet PressTV<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reported that “the operation specifically targeted the Zionist regime\u2019s command and control systems using advanced tactics<\/strong> and enhanced intelligence-tech capabilities.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result,\u201d the IRGC said, \u201cthe enemy\u2019s multilayered defense systems were thrown into disarray, to the point where their own air defense units began firing on each other.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>One video making the rounds on social media appears to show an IDF missile interceptor blowing itself up, though the careful observer must contemplate the possibility that an unforced IDF error captured on video may have been opportunistically exploited to make an exaggerated claim:\u00a0<\/p>\n

IRGC: New methods were used in attack, causing Israeli systems to target each other<\/p>\n

Followhttps:\/\/t.co\/mLGcUTSA3Q<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5gtKlGIcjU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Press TV \ud83d\udd3b (@PressTV) June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Dampening Israeli hopes that Iran may run out of missiles soon, Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi told Army Radio that Iran has “thousands of ballistic missiles” in its inventory<\/strong>, which the Times of Israel<\/em> called “a higher figure than previously estimated.”<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran has similarly made repeated claims that it hasn’t used its full resources yet.\u00a0\u201cWe are still exercising restraint and have not deployed all our capabilities to avoid global chaos,”\u00a0<\/strong>IRGC chief Major General Mohsen Rezaei told Iranian state media.\u00a0“However, we may reach a point where we use new weapons.”\u00a0 While reiterating Iran’s claim that it doesn’t seek to acquire a nuclear weapon — a claim re-certified as valid by the US intelligence community<\/a> as recently as March of this year — he hinted that Iran’s stance on nuclear weapon development could change, saying “the future cannot be predicted with precision.”<\/p>\n

Israelis scream as Iran’s ballistic missile blacks out Tel Aviv suburb building pic.twitter.com\/nyIgp9bCQe<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RT (@RT_com) June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

A question is starting to loom large:<\/strong> How long can this Israeli society — which has for years gone almost entirely unscathed as its military unleashes utter devastation on lesser forces and civilian populations — withstand prolonged destruction from a well-equipped foe like Iran?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 3rd day of missile attacks and people start breaking down already pic.twitter.com\/CKzLbP7reK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t Gaza it\u2019s Israel. \u26a1 pic.twitter.com\/A7FaExDj8H<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Iran Military (@IranMilitary__) June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember, we didn’t initiate it.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Iran Military (@IranMilitary__) June 16, 2025<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 06\/16\/2025 – 08:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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