Wednesday 18/March/2026 – 09:58 PM
The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Wednesday evening that the Israeli Air Force attacked naval targets for the first time Iranian In the Caspian Sea.
An Israeli official said that Tel Aviv carried out strikes against more than 5 Iranian naval vessels in the Caspian Sea, for the first time since the outbreak of the American-Israeli war against Tehran, according to an Axios correspondent.
The Caspian Sea is the largest closed body of water in the world. It extends between Europe and Asia and overlooks 5 countries: Russia to the north, Kazakhstan to the northeast, Turkmenistan to the southeast, Iran to the south, and Azerbaijan to the west.
Earlier today, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed the assassination of Iranian Intelligence Minister Ismail Khatib, after reports circulated that he and a number of Iranian leaders were targeted in an Israeli bombing.
Pezeshkian mourned a number of senior military and political officials who were killed in an attack he described as a cowardly assassination, stressing that their journey will continue despite the loss.
In a post on his official account on the
