Israel says it has struck over 150 targets in Iran

Iran’s Supreme Leader has appointed Brigadier General Majid Mousavi as the new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Aerospace Force, following the death of Major General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.

An Iranian military spokesman said on Saturday that Israeli electronic interference was responsible for some Iranian missiles striking residential areas during the attack on Israel.

Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, spokesman for Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff, said the missile strikes were intended to hit military targets. However, he said Israeli electronic countermeasures disrupted their course.

“If some of our missiles hit residential areas, it was because Israel created interference to prevent the missiles from striking military targets,” Shekarchi was quoted as saying by Iranian state media.

He added that “a number of these missiles were diverted to other areas under these jamming conditions.”

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that "Tehran will burn" if it keeps firing missiles at Israeli civilians.

"The Iranian dictator is turning the citizens of Iran into hostages and bringing to reality the fact that they, and in particular the residents of Tehran, will pay a heavy price for the criminal harm to the citizens of Israel. If Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front - Tehran will burn," Katz said in a statement.

Iran has arrested five people in central city of Yazd for taking pictures and "collaborating with Israel", Iranian news sites reported on Saturday.