Retaliatory strikes against Iran completed, Israeli military says

The mission against Iran has been completed, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement, Report informs via NBC News.

"Our planes have safely returned home," it said.

The military forces described the attack as "retaliatory," naming Iranian missile attacks on Israel in April and October, but also noting the country's role in other attacks through proxy fighting forces.

"Iran acts to undermine regional stability," the IDF said.

Israel struck a number of targets, it said, including missile manufacturing facilities and surface-to-air missile arrays.

The strikes come amid Israel's ongoing war against Hamas in neighboring Gaza as well as its exchange of munitions with Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters in the north who doubled down on attacks against Israel following the eruption of war with Hamas.