STORY: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday (April 7) that Israel had targeted railway lines and bridges in Iran.

“Today, our pilots attacked the train tracks and bridges used by the Revolutionary Guards,” Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office.

Netanyahu said the strikes were approved together with Defence Minister Israel Katz and were aimed at weakening what he described as the Iranian “terrorist regime,” rather than the Iranian people.

The comments came after Israel warned Iranians in a Persian-language social media post that anyone near railways would be in danger.

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Today Israel targeted railways and bridges in Iran, says Netanyahu

VIDEO SHOWS: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYING THAT TODAY ISRAEL TARGETED RAILWAYS AND BRIDGES IN IRAN

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1. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING:

"I tell you constantly that we are crushing the terrorist regime in Iran. But we are doing so with even greater vigour, and with increasing force."

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3. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING:

"Yesterday, our pilots destroyed transport planes and dozens of helicopters at an Iranian Air Force base. Today, they attacked the train tracks and bridges used by the Revolutionary Guards. They use these to transport raw materials for weapons, the weapons themselves, and the operatives who attack us, the U.S., and the countries of the region, the same operatives who also oppress the Iranian people. And this is the central point; these actions, which I approved together with the Minister of Defense, are not intended to attack the Iranian people. On the contrary, they are intended to weaken and crush the terrorist regime that has oppressed them for 47 years."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING:

"This is no longer the same Iran, nor is it the same Israel. We are changing the balance of power from one end to the other."