IDF kills Iranian missile cell responsible for Arad attack — 'We eliminated the cell that fired on Arad'

IDF Spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin announced on Day 25 that Israeli forces had eliminated the Iranian missile cell responsible for Saturday's ballistic missile attack on the southern Israeli city of Arad. The Arad attack on Day 22 wounded dozens of people, including 10 seriously, and caused extensive damage to homes. Defrin said: 'We continue to hunt and eliminate the soldiers and commanders of the missile array. We can now say that yesterday we eliminated the cell that was responsible for the fire toward Arad.' He added: 'We will continue to hunt them down, the launchers and the cells.' The disclosure reveals the IDF is conducting systematic targeted strikes against the specific Iranian missile units responsible for attacks on Israeli civilians — not only targeting launch infrastructure but the personnel operating it. This cell-hunting campaign runs in parallel with the broader 120+ bomb strikes on production and storage facilities.