Sri Lanka, April 7 -- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel struck on Tuesday railways and bridges in Iran "used by the Revolutionary Guards", after Iranian officials reported damage to at least two bridges and railway infrastructure.

"We are crushing the terror regime in Iran. with even greater vigour and with increasing force," Netanyahu said in a video released by his office.

"Yesterday, our pilots destroyed transport aircraft and dozens of helicopters at an Iranian Air Force base. Today they struck the railways and bridges used by the Revolutionary Guards."

In a statement, the Israeli military said it struck "eight bridge segments that were utilised by the Iranian terror regime's Armed Forces for transporting weapons...