Trump should know we have surprises for him, Israel: Commander says after IRGC hits F-35 warplane

A senior Iranian military commander says the Islamic Republic has surprises in store for US President Donald Trump, who keeps issuing rhetorical threats against the country, and the Israeli regime.

The remarks were made on Thursday by Major General Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran's highest operational command unit that coordinates operations between the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

"We have previously stated that Trump, the president of the United States, repeatedly issues warnings in a rhetorical manner, but he must know that the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have surprises in store for him and for the Zionist regime as his proxy and subordinate force," he said.

"Today, one example of these was the targeting of an advanced fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet," the official added, referring to an earlier announcement by the IRGC that pointed to the Corps' successful strike against one such stealth warplane in central Iran's airspace.

"They should expect more surprises," Abdollahi added.

The comments came amid the Armed Forces' ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 that began momentarily following the launch of Washington's and Tel Aviv's most recent bout of unlawful aggression towards the Islamic Republic late last month.

American outposts across the region, including those based in Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia, have faced intense retaliation.

The reprisal has also hit sensitive and strategic targets in the heart of the occupied territories, including those lying in the city of Tel Aviv, the holy occupied city of al-Quds, the occupied port of Haifa, Be'er Sheva, which serves as the regime's technological epicenter, and the Negev Desert.

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