The Iranian military claims it used a swarm of new-generation suicide drones to strike multiple targets in Israel.

On March 19, local time, the Iranian military announced that, in retaliation for the deaths of crew members of the USS Dena and former intelligence minister Khatib, the Iranian army launched a large-scale drone attack starting in the early hours of that day. Targets included the Israeli Ministry of State Security, the location of Israel's Channel 13 television station, and a military camp near the Lebanese-Syrian border. Iran stated that the attack used a swarm of new-generation suicide drones. On the same day, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement announcing the 64th wave of Operation True Commitment-4 against central and northern Israel, targeting Ben Gurion Airport, major operational and logistical assembly areas, fuel supply facilities, troop concentrations in the Haifa region, and oil refineries, using various missiles including the Qader, Imad, and Khorramshahr. The statement also claimed that the US Navy's Fifth Fleet was targeted by missiles and indicated that the operation was ongoing.