TEHRAN – Iran is waiting for the perfect opportunity to carry out the sequel to Operation True Promise, which pummeled several Israeli military bases in the occupied territories on April 14, said a high-ranking Iran Revolution Guard Corps official during a gathering with families of the Gaza war victims. 

Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division, listed Iran’s major attacks against hostile positions in recent years during his speech. “We successfully targeted and shot down an American Global Hawk aircraft in the Persian Gulf during an operation in 2019. Then we launched 13 missiles at Ain al-Asad in a second operation against the United States,” he said pointing to Iran’s retaliation of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani’s assassination in 2020. “In a third operation called Operation True Promise, we fired 300 missiles and drones,” he said.

Operation True Promise, as mentioned by the military official, involved the firing of hundreds of missiles and drones at a number of Israeli military bases in the occupied territories. The bases located across the Palestinian lands were destroyed due to their involvement in an earlier strike on Iran’s embassy in Damascus, which resulted in the martyrdom of a high-ranking IRGC official and his deputy.  

“We wish to get the opportunity to carry out ‘Operation True Promise II’. Though, I still don’t know how many missiles we will be using this time,” Hajizadeh declared. 

Elsewhere in his remarks, the general pointed to the ongoing resistance of Palestinians against Israeli atrocities in Gaza, saying he is certain Palestine will eventually be free. “As a military man with 45 years of experience, I believe that the recent actions taken will lead to the ultimate victory of the Palestinian people,” he noted.