In response to the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the launch of an attack on Israeli territory and at least 27 US bases in the Middle East region.

«The Armed Forces will take a different and forceful revenge,» the IRGC wrote. «The sixth wave of Operation True Promise 4 was carried out forcefully through extensive missile and drone attacks by the IRGC against the occupied territories and US military bases in the region,» it added.

According to Iranian forces, among the targets of the attack are the Israeli army headquarters in HaKirya, Tel Aviv, a defence industrial complex in the same city, and an air base in the Israeli capital.

Following the IRGC’s announcement, the Israeli army asked the population to stay in safe places until further notice, without giving more details.

Qatari channel Al Jazeera reported hearing «at least 11 explosions» in Doha, a situation that the outlet confirmed with residents of the Qatari capital and about which no further details are known at this time.

From Qatar, the local Ministry of Defence announced that it had managed to «successfully» prevent the impact of around 18 missiles that targeted several areas of the country.

Meanwhile, Arab media outlet Al Jazeera claimed that alert sirens had been activated in Kuwait and reported explosions in Dubai.

Upon confirmation of the death of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, the speaker of the Iranian parliament declared, «We will take revenge on the Americans and Israelis. They have crossed our red line.»

He later stated that Iranian forces would inflict such terrible blows upon them that they would beg for clemency.

Iran confirmed the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and promised revenge with a «hard and decisive» punishment through the largest military operation in its history against US and Israeli targets.

Since the Saturday attacks by the US and Israel on Iran, Tehran has attacked the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, among others, countries allied with the United States and where it has military bases.