Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially announced in a video address today that the Israeli army had attacked railway lines and bridges in Iran, Reuters and Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA.
The motive is that the targeted road infrastructure is used for military purposes by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), he noted.
"Yesterday our pilots destroyed transport planes and dozens of helicopters at an Iranian air base. "Today they attacked railway lines and bridges used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," Netanyahu said in a video message released by his office.
According to the prime minister, the railway lines were used by the IRGC to deliver materials for weapons production, as well as to transport weapons and military personnel.
Earlier today, Iranian media reported widespread attacks on the Islamic Republic's transportation network on the eve of US President Donald Trump's ultimatum to Tehran, which expires tonight.
US President Donald Trump said today about Iran that "an entire civilization will perish tonight", Reuters reported.
"This civilization will never return. I don't want this to happen, but it probably will," he added in a post on his social platform "Truth Social".
In this way, Trump warned Iran what would happen if Tehran did not accept by the end of today the US proposal for an agreement on the conflict that began on February 28 with the US-Israeli strikes against Tehran.
"We will find out tonight - one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the world. Maybe some revolutionary miracle will happen - who knows?!", Trump said.
The Israeli military said today that it had destroyed another strategically important bridge over the Litani River in southern Lebanon and accused the Iran-backed group “Hezbollah“ of using it to smuggle weapons into the south of the country, DPA reported, BTA reports.
The military statement said that the attack took place yesterday and added that seven bridges and overpasses in the south of the country had been destroyed in recent weeks.
They are part of the civilian infrastructure and connect southern Lebanon with the rest of the country.
The Lebanese security forces confirmed that several important bridges were destroyed in Israeli attacks, which significantly limited access and transport routes in the south of country.
Nearly 1,500 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past five weeks, the Lebanese Health Ministry said yesterday.