TEHRAN: Iran said Israeli air strikes targeting military facilities He killed two soldiers on Saturday, October 26, after Israel said warplanes carried out raids in retaliation for missile bombardment.

Here’s what we know:

WHAT HAPPENED?

The Israeli military said it carried out “precision strikes on military targets in Iran” on Saturday.

AFP journalists in Iran’s capital said explosions were heard in Tehran at around 2.15am (6.45am Singapore time).

Iranian state television said the explosions were caused by the “activation of the air defense system” in response to the Israeli attack.

The Israeli military said it simultaneously struck missile production facilities, surface-to-air missile arrays and other “air capabilities.”

He later said the airstrike “ended” his response. Iran’s missile attack on October 1He said the fighter jets returned safely and the mission was “completed.”

Iran’s air force confirmed it carried out attacks on military bases in Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam provinces that “caused limited damage”.

While the army stated that two soldiers were killed, the country’s civil aviation authority announced that flights would restart after a short break.

Iran has the “right and duty to defend itself”, the foreign ministry said, citing the United Nations Charter.

Syrian state media reported that Israel also carried out air strikes on its territory from the occupied Golan Heights and Lebanon.

Iran and Syria are allies in the so-called “axis of resistance”, which also includes Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.

Hezbollah said it fired rockets at an intelligence base in the north of Israel and unmanned aerial vehicles at an air base in the south of the country. The Israeli army said about 80 bullets were fired.