"The spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, announced on Saturday that Iranian forces had struck targets in Israel and the US Fifth Fleet as part of the 71st and 72nd waves of Operation True Promise 4. "This morning, the valiant soldiers of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, at dawn, targeted the military infrastructure of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories, including fuel storage tanks and the deployment locations of enemy refueling aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport," Zolfaghari stated. "Following the previous wave of attacks, Tel Aviv, the heart of the occupied Palestinian territories, and points in Rishon Lezion were targeted with advanced heavy missiles, pinpoint-guided Emad missiles, and multi-warhead Qadr missiles, as well as destruction drones," he added. He added that wave 72 was directed at targets “in the north and heart of the occupied territories and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet,” which he claimed were successfully executed: “with powerful and devastating Qadr and Emad pinpoint-guided systems." He concluded by claiming that Iranian forces have learned about ‘vulnerabilities’ in the US-Israeli capabilities over the first three weeks of war that will enable Tehran to ensure "the battlefield will become more constricted and difficult for the enemy than before.” Tensions in the Middle East escalated after a joint US-Israeli operation against Iranian targets started on February 28 amid diplomatic talks aimed at limiting Iran's nuclear and missile programmes. Tehran responded with strikes on Israel and US military positions in the region, with explosions reported across Gulf countries. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead on the first day, and his son Mojtaba Khamenei was later named as successor. The war also disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a route for about 20 percent of global oil, as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned it could be restricted to allies, driving a global surge in oil prices. "