Israeli military says 4,000–5,000 Iranian forces killed in strikes so far
The Israeli military said on Friday it assesses that between 4,000 and 5,000 Iranian soldiers and commanders have been killed in Israeli strikes since the war began nearly two weeks ago.
According to the military, many of those killed were members of Iran’s internal security forces and the Basij paramilitary, which have been a major focus of Israeli attacks.
The Israeli military said the campaign aims to deal a major blow to the Iranian regime, its armed forces, weapons production industries and nuclear program.
Since the start of the conflict, the Israeli Air Force has dropped more than 10,000 bombs across Iran, the military said.
In total, over 7,600 separate strikes have been carried out, including around 2,000 targeting what the military described as “headquarters and assets of the Iranian terror regime” and about 4,700 strikes against Iran’s missile program.
