Israel says struck 16 IRGC aircraft at Tehran airport

Israel’s military said on Saturday it had struck 16 Iranian aircraft at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, which it said was a key hub for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “Overnight, the Israeli Air Force... completed a broad wave of strikes across Tehran and on military infrastructure located at the ‘Merabad Airport’ in Tehran,” it said in a statement.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“16 aircraft of the ‘Quds Force’ unit of the IRGC were precisely dismantled,” it said, referring to the branch of the IRGC that oversees its foreign operations.The military accused the Guards of using Mehrabad International Airport, one of two that serve the capital, to send cash and weapons to its proxies in the Middle East, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah.“Also targeted were several Iranian fighter jets that posed a threat to Israeli Air Force aircraft operating in Iranian airspace,” the statement added.Earlier on Saturday, Israel’s