Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday it used the Sejjil missile for the first time during the current round of the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict.
IRGC said it had launched the 54th wave of Operation True Promise 4, during which the military also used Kheibar Shekan, Ghadr and Emad missiles and deployed the Khorramshahr missile.
Iran said the attack precisely targeted multiple strategic sites in Israel, including air operations management and decision-making centers, military industry and defense infrastructure, and concentrations of Israeli troops.
Later in the day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had detected missiles launched from Iran into Israel, adding that its air defense systems were intercepting them.
Israeli sources said the latest Iranian missile attack injured at least two people in central Israel.
Iran uses Sejjil missile for first time in new wave of attacks on Israel
A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te over his latest remarks on cross-Strait relations, accusing him of promoting secessionism and escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in a press release that Lai's speech marking his second anniversary in office was "filled with lies and deception, hostility and confrontation."
Chen accused Lai of stubbornly adhering to a secessionist stance in pursuit of "Taiwan independence," while exaggerating the so-called threats from the mainland and intensifying confrontation across the Strait.
Lai played an old trick of advocating the secessionist agenda on one hand and, on the other, calling insincerely for dialogue and exchanges with the mainland, attempting to mislead people in Taiwan and deceive the international community, he said.
Chen said that these common tricks have been seen through by more and more Taiwanese people. Their deceptive and provocative actions will be met with firm opposition from compatriots on both sides and the international community, and are doomed to fail.
Reaffirming the mainland's position on the Taiwan question, Chen said Taiwan has never been a country, is not one now, and will never become one in the future.
He described the Taiwan question as a historical issue left over from a Chinese civil war in the 1940s.
No election result in Taiwan could alter the fact that Taiwan is part of China or sever the historical and legal bonds linking the two sides of the Strait, according to Chen.
The mainland would never allow any person or force to pursue secessionist activities under any pretext, he added.
Calling secessionists "the chief culprit" who undermines cross-Strait peace, Chen said the mainland would continue to uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, unite broadly with Taiwan compatriots, combat secessionist activities, and safeguard peace and stability across the Strait.
Central government spokesperson refutes Lai Ching-te's latest remarks, warns against secessionist moves
