IDF says up to 90% of Iran’s weapons industry could be hit within days

Israeli defense officials said Saturday that most of Iran’s military-industrial infrastructure had already been damaged and that further strikes could raise that figure to 90% within days.

IDF officials estimate that about 70 percent of Iran’s military industry components have already been damaged and that the goal is to increase that figure to about 90 percent within days, a senior army officer said Saturday.

According to the officer, the campaign targeted surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missile infrastructure, Defense Ministry production sites, ballistic systems manufacturing facilities and a headquarters involved in naval weapons development. walla reported.

The officer said the strikes were aimed not only at inflicting immediate operational damage, but also at weakening the Iranian regime’s future production capacity through economic disruption. The report said some of the targeted facilities were also used to supply Hamas and Hezbollah.

The senior officer also said Israel carried out attacks on Iranian nuclear targets in a methodical manner and did not waste munitions. He added that previously struck sites had been hit again, including facilities in Arak, while declining to comment on attempts to restore activity there.

IDF attacks nuclear sites

Later Saturday, IDF spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin said two sites in Iran had been attacked, including what he described as a uranium facility and the Arak heavy water plant, which he said had been used in the development of nuclear weapons.

In Lebanon, the Israeli military said ground operations continued as part of an effort to expand the forward line and dismantle Hezbollah’s armed infrastructure.

According to the high office, Israeli forces struck command centers, command and control systems and financing channels, including banks and gas stations, while the group’s daily launch capacity had fallen sharply, from around 100 planned daily launches to around 10.