TEHRAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday it will continue striking Israeli and U.S. bases across the Middle East until it perceives the threat of war against Iran has ended.
"We only think of the enemy's complete surrender," the IRGC said in a statement on its official outlet, Sepah News.
The IRGC claimed that its 38th wave of attacks late Tuesday hit the U.S. Al-Udairi base in Kuwait, sending more than 100 troops to nearby hospitals.
The group also claimed missile and drone strikes on U.S. naval infrastructure at Mina Salman port in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, as well as attacks on Kuwait's Ali Al-Salem Air Base and Mohammed Al-Ahmad Naval Base.
Earlier Tuesday, the IRGC said it targeted a satellite communications center south of Tel Aviv and military sites in Beer Yaakov, West Jerusalem, and Haifa with Khorramshahr missiles. It also claimed attacks on several U.S. positions in Erbil, Iraq.
Separately, Iran's army reported early Wednesday drone strikes on Israeli Military Intelligence, the Unit 8200 cyber division, a Green Pine radar installation, and a submarine command center at Haifa's naval base.
The flare-up follows joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities on Feb. 28, which killed former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and senior military commanders. In response, Iran has carried out repeated missile and drone attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in the region.
In the latest strike on Iranian soil, Bank Sepah, a major bank in Iran, said a U.S.-Israeli missile hit one of its Tehran buildings around 1 a.m. local time Wednesday (2130 GMT Tuesday), injuring and killing employees on the overnight shift. State broadcaster IRIB confirmed the attack but did not provide casualty figures.
The Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters -- Iran's primary military command -- warned the strike would prompt retaliation, saying the attack on a bank "freed" Iran to target U.S. and Israeli financial institutions across the region. The Military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari urged civilians to stay at least one kilometer away from such facilities. ■
