TEHRAN - Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Tuesday night that it had carried out the most intense wave yet of its retaliatory campaign against American and Israeli targets, firing a sustained barrage of missiles for more than three hours as part of Operation True Promise 4.

In a statement released by its public relations department, the IRGC said the attack — marking the 37th wave since the war began — involved the largest number of Khorramshahr heavy missiles used in the operation so far. The strikes were conducted in layered and continuous attacks aimed at U.S. bases and Israeli sites in the occupied Palestinian territories. 

The operation was carried out under the code name “Ya Ali ibn Abi Talib,” and coincided d Laylat alQadr, one of the holiest nights in the Islamic calendar, as well as the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Ali.

Among the targets was the Ha’ela satellite communications center south of Tel Aviv, which had been struck for a second time during the conflict. There were also attacks on military installations in Be’er Ya’akov, areas west of Jerusalem, and the northern port city of Haifa.

American targets were also hit, including sites in Erbil in northern Iraq and facilities connected to the U.S. Fifth Fleet in the region.

Iran has been launching multiple waves of missile and drone attacks each day since the United States and Israel began their bombing campaign against the country on February 28, 2026. The two regimes have so far struck nearly 20,000 civilian sites and killed around 1,300 Iranians, including 165 schoolgirls who were slaughtered when their school in southern Iran was hit by two American missiles. 

At least 17 U.S. military installations in the region have been hit by Iran during the 12 days of war. The losses are staggering, with an estimated $10-billion worth of American equipment destroyed so far. Successive U.S. administrations took four to five decades to establish those bases across West Asia.

In its statement, the IRGC said it would continue “purposeful and powerful attacks” for as long as the war persists. The campaign, it added, would end only when “the shadow of war is completely lifted from our country.” By Wednesday evening, Iran had launched its 40th wave of attacks.