The IDF struck Iranian military targets in the Caspian Sea for the first time in three weeks of war, sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

No Israeli officials have confirmed the matter.

This comes after Israel Air Force fighter jets struck over 200 Iranian regime targets in western and central Iran over the past day, the IDF announced on Wednesday.

Targets included sites used by the Iranian regime to store and launch ballistic missiles and UAVs, as well as air defense systems, ballistic missile launchers, and weapon production sites.

According to the IDF, the aim of the strikes was to reduce the scope of fire toward the State of Israel and to expand the IAF's aerial superiority in Iran.

MAINTENANCE COMPOUND of the General Logistics and Support Array of Internal Security Forces in Tehran, attacked by the IDF March 17, 2026.
MAINTENANCE COMPOUND of the General Logistics and Support Array of Internal Security Forces in Tehran, attacked by the IDF March 17, 2026. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

IDF targets IRGC headquarters in Tehran strikes

The IDF completed a round of strikes across Tehran on Tuesday, including against several command centers used by the regime's security forces, the military announced on Wednesday.

Among the sites targeted were the IRGC Security Unit's headquarters, a General Logistics and Support Department of Internal Security Forces maintenance center, and a ballistic missile array command center.

Several air defense systems were also destroyed, the IDF said, explaining that "the completed strikes are part of a phase aimed at further deepening the damage to the core systems and foundations of the Iranian terror regime."

Ali Larijani, Basij head Soleimani, killed by IDF

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Ali Larijani was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Iran overnight on Tuesday, the IDF and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed.

The IDF also confirmed it had assassinated Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Basij paramilitary militia, and his deputy, Seyyed Karishi.

The two were killed in a makeshift tent area, which had been set up to make it harder to follow them than if they had been based in their headquarters.

Yonah Jeremy Bob and Amichai Stein contributed to this report.