Israel's Netanyahu acknowledges strikes on Iranian railways and bridges

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Tuesday that Israel had attacked Iranian railways and bridges, as the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran ramped up dramatically with strikes on civilian infrastructure even ahead of President Trump's 8 p.m. Eastern deadline.

Netanyahu said in a social media post that the strikes hit infrastructure "used by" Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

"We are crushing the terror regime in Iran with ever-increasing force. Yesterday we destroyed transport aircraft and dozens of helicopters, and today we attacked the railway lines and bridges used by the Revolutionary Guards," the Israeli premier said, insisting that the strikes "are not intended to attack the Iranian people."

"On the contrary, they are meant to weaken and cut down the regime of bullies that has oppressed them for forty-seven years," he said.