IDF Updates – June 21st

IDF: Over the past hours, approximately 15 IAF fighter jets completed a series of strikes on missile launch sites in western Iran.


IDF: A short while ago, a UAV launched from Iran toward Israeli territory was intercepted by the IAF in northern Israel.
No sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.


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IDF: While Traveling Approximately 1,000 Kilometers From the State of Israel, the Commander of the Iranian Quds Force’s Weapons Transfer Unit Was Eliminated

Overnight, IAF fighter jets, under precise guidance from the Intelligence Directorate, struck and eliminated Behnam Shahriyari, commander of the Quds Force’s Weapons Transfer Unit (Unit 190) in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Shahriyari was eliminated in his vehicle more than 1,000 kilometers from the State of Israel while traveling in western Iran.

As part of his duties, Shahriyari was responsible for all weapons transfers from the Iranian regime to its proxies across the Middle East and worked for years to arm various terrorist organizations in order to directly advance the Iranian regime’s pl…


IDF: Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration between 10:41 and 10:45 in the area of Beit She’an, a UAV launched from Iran toward the State of Israel was identified.
A fall in the area was identified.

Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration at 10:42 in the area of the Upper Galilee, it was determined to be a false identification.

Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration between 10:55 and 11:01 in the Arava area, a UAV launched from Iran toward the State of Israel was identified. Interception attempts were made, the details are under review.

Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration at 11:02 in Ramat Magshimim, a UAV launched from Iran was intercepted by the IAF.

A short while ago, sirens were sounded in the areas of Eilat and the southern Negev, the details are under review.


IDF: Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration between 10:55 and 11:01 in the Arava area, a UAV launched from Iran toward the State of Israel was intercepted by the IAF.

Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration at 11:15 in the southern Negev, a UAV launched from Iran toward the State of Israel was identified. Interception attempts were made, a fall in an open area was identified.

Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration between 11:19 and 11:27 in the area of Eilat, a UAV launched from Iran toward the State of Israel was intercepted by the IAF.


IDF: The IAF intercepted 40 UAVs overnight and struck UAV launchers that were ready for launch toward the State of Israel

Overnight (Saturday), the IAF, with the direction of the IDF Intelligence Directorate, struck missile launchers and a dual-barrel UAV launcher in Isfahan that were ready to launch toward the State of Israel.

Overnight (Saturday), 40 UAVs launched from Iran toward the State of Israel were intercepted by the IAF. With this latest interception, the total number of UAVs intercepted since the start of the operation exceeds 470, maintaining a 99% success rate.

Attached are the following:

Footage of an interception of a UAV by an IAF helicopter: https://bit.ly/4ei1QHk

Footage of the strike on a truck carrying a UAV launcher in Iran: https://bit.ly/3HQ5BaU


IDF: The Chief of the General Staff during a situational assessment: “The elimination of Saeed Izadi is one of the key points in the war.”

The Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir during the situational assessment: “Saeed Izadi was one of the key figures involved in planning and executing the October 7 massacre. The blood of thousands of Israelis is on his hands.

He was the driving force behind the Iran-Hamas axis and a close confidant of Sinwar and Deif.
This is a tremendous intelligence and operational achievement by the IDF Intelligence Directorate and the IAF.

His elimination marks a key point in the multi-front war and makes the entire Middle East a safer place.

There are no longer cover cities in the Middle East.”


IDF: Following the briefing by the IDF Spokesperson, BG Effie Defrin

Attached are the following:

An illustration of the nuclear site in Isfahan and the centrifuge production facilities that were struck: https://bit.ly/3G5vi6L

Footage of the nuclear site in Isfahan after the IDF strike: https://bit.ly/4jZF5Ju

Related Photos: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC210620259843756

A graphic depicting the hideout where Saeed Izadi was eliminated: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC210625832749823749


IDF: Commander of Hatzerim Airbase: “We are striking enemy missiles and thereby reducing the number of launches toward the State of Israel. The people of Israel are showing resilience and giving us the strength we need to complete the mission.”

From the remarks of the Commander of Hatzerim Airbase, Brig. Gen. A: “About a week ago, the Israeli Air Force launched a historic operation against the Iranian regime in Tehran, that set itself the goal of destroying the State of Israel. We will not allow that.

In the past week, all personnel of the Israeli Air Force, both regular and reserve service, across all divisions, have been operating together with the IDF’s other branches and additional directorates outside the IDF to meet all the tasks and achieve victory.

The home front is always on our minds. We protect as a result of four dimensions. The first is the excellent work of the Home Front Command in providing alerts, intelligence and rescue. The second is the aerial defense, which performs miracles and succeeds in intercepting most of the missiles. The third is the offensive effort—we strike enemy missiles, weapons storage facilities, launchers, and personnel, thereby reducing the volume of launches directed at the State of Israel. The fourth element is national resilience. The people of Israel are showing determination, pride, strength, and resilience, giving the IDF the backing it needs to fully complete its mission.

After more than 600 days of war, we never for a moment forget our brothers and sisters held captive in Gaza, and we are acting to bring them home. The people of Israel live.”

Attached is a video from the remarks of the Commander of Hatzerim Airbase, Brig. Gen. A.: https://bit.ly/3FQ4Gql


IDF: Please find attached the translation of the press briefing by the IDF Spokesperson, BG Effie Defrin: https://www.idf.il/299872

Attached is a video of the press briefing by the IDF Spokesperson, BG Effie Defrin: https://bit.ly/3HPp3Ew


IDF: Commanding Officer of the Israeli Air Force to UAV Operators: “We’re heavily engaged in suppressing missile fire. When UAVs are flying over their heads — they cannot function.”

Yesterday (Friday), the Commanding Officer of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, visited Palmachim Airbase. Maj. Gen. Bar met with UAV technicians and operators and expressed his appreciation for their efforts across all fronts during the war.

“We are deeply engaged in suppressing the surface-to-surface missile fire being directed at us. We’re not at zero — but our efforts are stopping a great deal and surprised the Iranians. We’re working command-by-command, expanding, and we see its effects everywhere — when UAVs are flying over their heads, they (the enemy) cannot f…


IDF: “Continue with the interception and report upon completion — target down, confirmed hit on the UAV”: New footage from this morning’s UAV interceptions by Israeli Air Force fighter jets

The Israeli Air Force continues its aerial defense efforts. Air defense systems, in coordination with the IAF’s fighter jet and combat helicopter arrays, are continuously intercepting UAVs launched from Iran toward Israeli territory.

Attached is footage of UAV interceptions by IAF fighter jets this morning: https://bit.ly/3HM4Z6d


IDF: The IDF completed a series of strikes in southernwestern Iran: A military site containing missile launchers was struck

Earlier today (Saturday), approximately 30 IAF fighter jets, with the IDF intelligence direction, struck dozens of military targets, with over 50 munitions, in the area of Ahvaz in southernwestern Iran.

As part of the strikes, IAF fighter jets struck a site where missile launchers were stored, some of which had launched missiles in the past toward the State of Israel. IAF fighter jets also struck radar detection system sites used for detection and aerial intelligence gathering, and military infrastructure belonging to the Iranian regime.

The IDF continues its strikes on the military capabilities of the Iranian regime in order to protect the State of Israel.


IDF: The IDF Reveals How Saeed Izadi Armed and Funded Hamas on Behalf of the Iranian Regime

Overnight (Saturday), the IDF eliminated Saeed Izadi, commander of the Palestine Corps in the Quds Force and the coordinator between the Iranian regime and the Hamas terrorist organization.

During a joint IDF and ISA operation at the underground command center discovered beneath the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, where Mohammed Sinwar was eliminated, IDF troops located documents clearly indicating that in recent months, the leadership of Hamas’s military wing maintained its ties with Saeed Izadi, their patron in Iran, who was eliminated overnight.

Documents now being revealed show correspondence between Mohammed Sinwar and Saeed Izadi, detailing the “Tufan 1” pro…


IDF: IDF Chief of the General Staff at the Aerial Defense Array: “Without you, the impact on Israel’s home front would have been devastating — the entire world is watching your performance with extraordinary admiration.”

Yesterday (Friday), Chief of the General Staff LTG Eyal Zamir visited the 136th Battalion of the Aerial Defense Array, accompanied by Commander of the Aerial Defense Array, Brig. Gen. ‘G’, and additional senior commanders.

The Chief of the General Staff praised the Aerial Defense Array’s vital efforts to protect Israeli civilians during these challenging times.

Chief of the General Staff LTG Eyal Zamir:
“We are hunting their launchers. Yesterday, we intercepted three of four launchers just minutes before launch and neutralized them usin…


IDF: Following a situational assessment, the Home Front Command’s defensive guidelines remain unchanged and will remain in effect until Monday, June 23rd, 2025, at 20:00.

The full guidelines are detailed at the following link:
https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC210620258949


IDF: The IDF struck F-14 fighter jets belonging to the Iranian Armed Forces:

A short while ago, an IAF aircraft struck three F-14 fighter jets belonging to the Iranian Armed Forces in central Iran.

Additionally, IAF fighter jets are currently striking military infrastructure in central Iran.

Attached is footage from the strikes: https://bit.ly/4eaq3PG


IDF: Following the briefing by the IDF Spokesperson, BG Effie Defrin

Attached is a video of the briefing by the IDF Spokesperson, BG Effie Defrin: https://bit.ly/4kkH4Zb

Please find attached the translation of the briefing by the IDF Spokesperson, BG Effie Defrin:

“Good evening. We are concluding the ninth day of Operation ‘Rising Lion,’ during which we expanded our achievements in the campaign against the Iranian regime across all domains.

This evening, we carried out a strike deep within Iranian territory using approximately 60 fighter jets guided by precise intelligence. On screen is footage from the past few minutes: An Israeli Air Force aircraft struck three Iranian military F-14 fighter jets. The strike was carried out in the heart of Iran.

We are hitting every element in the missile production chain, preventing the Iranian military from advancing its strategic capabilities.
Our forces are simultaneously intensifying their efforts to degrade the launch capabilities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ missile arrays. They are doing so through preemptive intelligence-based identification and the implementation of dozens of aerial vehicles that are scanning the area.
The Iranian regime’s missile launch capabilities are merely a fraction of what they were at the outset of the operation.

This morning, we announced the elimination of Saeed Izadi, commander of the Palestine Corps in the Quds Force and the coordinator between the Iranian regime and the Hamas terrorist organization. Izadi was one of the architects of the October 7th massacre. Since the beginning of the war, Izadi has attempted to transfer millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to the Hamas terrorist organization. Thanks to continuous intelligence gathering, this attempt was thwarted.

About a month ago, our forces in the Gaza Strip conducted a search in the European Hospital — the same location where we located and eliminated Mohammad Sinwar, the mastermind of October 7th, along with other senior Hamas operatives. The underground complex built beneath the hospital served as a shelter for Hamas’s senior leadership.

Unique intelligence was found during the search, including correspondence between Mohammad Sinwar and Saeed Izadi, clearly proving the direct connection between the IRGC and Hamas. Izadi and Sinwar were engaged in the financing, rebuilding, and rearming of Hamas against Israel. We cut that connection and disrupted the arms transfer.

Another significant elimination was Behnam Shahriyari, responsible for transferring weapons from the Iranian regime to Hezbollah and other proxies across the Middle East. These two targeted eliminations are part of the continued effort to dismantle Iran’s network of proxies, a central pillar of its campaign to destroy the State of Israel.

Today we struck western Iran using dozens of fighter jets and precise intelligence. We targeted military radar detection systems and air defense batteries as part of a broader effort to achieve aerial superiority throughout Iranian airspace. This air superiority has enabled us to strike missile command centers, UAV infrastructure, and to destroy military storage facilities and launch tunnels for rockets and missiles — as well as close the loop on launchers that had fired at Israeli territory.

This morning, alerts were triggered in several areas following the infiltration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) launched from Iran. No injuries were reported.

Over the past week, over 1,000 UAVs were launched from Iran toward Israel. Only a small number penetrated Israeli airspace. Helicopters, fighter jets, naval vessels, and aerial defense systems continuously surround the State of Israel, working in coordination to intercept and prevent these intrusions. The majority of UAVs were intercepted outside Israel’s borders — a rem…


IDF: The IDF is continuing to target the UAV array. The IDF is currently striking UAV storage facilities and a weapons facility in southwestern Iran in the area of Bandar Abbas.


IDF: Following the sirens that sounded regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration between 00:52 and 00:53 in Ramat Magshimim and in Haspin, a UAV launched toward Israel from the east was intercepted by the IAF.


IDF: Changes to the Home Front Command Instructions

With the approval of the Minister of Defense Israel Katz, and following the situational assessment, it was determined that as of today (Sunday), at 03:45am, immediate changes will be made to the Home Front Command instructions. As part of the changes, it was decided to shift all areas of the country from Partial and Limited Activity to Essential Activity. The instructions include: a prohibition on educational activities, gatherings, and workplaces, except for essential sectors.

The public is required to follow the instructions published on the official Home Front Command channels. Full instructions will be updated on the National Emergency Portal and the Home Front Command app.

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