TEHRAN, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran's army said Tuesday its forces used suicide drones to strike a weapons manufacturing facility and a satellite intelligence reception center in Israel's Haifa earlier in the day.

In a statement, the army said the targeted military facility played a key role in weapons production and was of strategic importance to Israel's combat capabilities. The satellite data center, it claimed, was critical to collecting military and intelligence data and had played a coordinating role in managing Israel's reconnaissance satellite operations.

Separately, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched its 35th wave of missile strikes Tuesday, hitting targets in Tel Aviv and Beit Shemesh, as well as U.S. bases in the region. In a second statement, the IRGC said it also struck the U.S. Al Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates and a base in Bahrain, in addition to military bases, an airport and concealed missile launchers in Israel.

Also on Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned damage to the Chehel Sotoun Palace and other sites at Isfahan's Naqsh-e-Jahan Square, a UNESCO-listed complex, caused by U.S. and Israeli strikes. Days earlier, the Golestan Palace in Tehran, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was damaged in strikes.

The strikes are part of the broader conflict that began Feb. 28, when Israel and the United States launched coordinated attacks on Tehran and other Iranian cities, killing former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and senior military commanders. Iran has since responded with waves of missile and drone strikes against Israeli and U.S. targets across the Middle East.