Iran deployed a new generation of suicide drones to launch retaliatory strikes against Israel.

On the 19th local time, the Iranian military announced that in retaliation for the "Dena" shipwrecked crew and the late former intelligence minister Hatib, the Iranian military launched a large-scale drone attack from the early hours of that day, targeting key objectives including the Israeli National Security Agency and a military base near the Lebanon-Syria border. The Iranian side emphasized in the announcement that a new generation of suicide drones were used in this round of attacks.