Iran responds to Israeli attack

[Shooting down 2 F-35s is important. F-35s are stealth fighters; this is the first time they have been shot down in combat. Denied by Israel.

Israel, one of the few countries allowed to buy and use this aircraft, received its first F-35 jets around the year 2016. These were provided by the United States under a program called the Foreign Military Sales (FMS). Israel later developed its own version of the aircraft, known as the F-35I, which includes special changes to better suit its military needs.

The F-35I is equipped with powerful technology that helps it avoid enemy radars and perform deep missions with low chances of being shot down. Because of these features, it is seen as a major part of Israel’s air power.

That is why the downing of not one, but two of these jets by Iran is a very big deal. It shows that even the most advanced aircraft in the world are not impossible to stop. …

This development has sent shockwaves through military experts worldwide. It challenges long-held beliefs about the F-35’s invincibility and raises questions about how future air battles might look in a world where stealth is no longer a guaranteed shield.]

It was not until 18 hours later that Iran responded to the large-scale offensive launched since the dawn of this Friday by the Zionist entity against its territory.

Baptized ‘Promise kept 3’, in the continuity of the previous two that had been carried out in 2024, it was launched at the beginning of the evening, directly after a speech to the Iranian people by the supreme leader of the revolution Imam Khamenei in which he stated that “the Zionist entity will undergo a difficult punishment.”

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Iranian media reported four waves of ballistic missiles launched at four points during the evening. The Israeli media have mentioned two of them. There are 200 ballistic missiles, according to the public Israeli broadcasting company Kan.

Missiles bypassed the Iron Dome and fell in 7 areas of Tel Aviv. Israeli channel 13 reports several dozen damaged buildings and cars. Nearly 7 missiles crashed on Gush Etzion in central Israel

Israeli media reveal that 9 regions were targeted by Iranian missiles, including Haifa, Beersheba (Bir as-Sabaa)

The images of destruction in the center, especially in Tel Aviv, are unprecedented, commented Israeli media according to which they were caused both by Iranian missiles and by the fragments of Israeli interception missiles.

There were reportedly 40 injured, according to Israeli relief workers.

It is difficult to identify the places that were hit, especially since Israel asked people not to photograph them.

However, the media had reported that the Ministry of Defense building was hit twice. And a fire broke out near him.

The spokesperson of the occupation army was in the middle of a press conference when the Iranian response was launched. He had to interrupt it. The Israelis had been asked to hide in the shelters before the missiles arrived. While the alert sirens sounded throughout the territory.

Ballistic missiles were seen flying over the Galilee from southern Lebanon.

In its statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had launched “its overwhelming and precise response against dozens of targets, military centers and air bases of the usurping Zionist regime in the occupied territories.”

The missiles were fired from several Iranian provinces, report the Israeli media which also broadcast images of missile launches from Iranian submarines.

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During the day, Israel launched dozens of air raids via 200 fighter jets that targeted nuclear and ballistic facilities in Tehran, Tabriz, Hamadān, Mashhad, and Bushehr. A hundred targets were targeted.

According to the Iranian media, they targeted among others:

+ the Natanz uranium enrichment plant in Isfahan province. According to the deputy director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the damage caused is in the buildings on the surface. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that the important uranium enrichment site at Natanz had been targeted, but stressed that the level of radiation in the area had not increased.

10 other regions in this province had also been subject to raids.

+ the region of the Fordo nuclear reactor

+ the capital Tehran where the Milad tower was damaged, and were targeted among others the Qouy Nasr neighborhood and Zawiyat al-Nasr

According to official figures, 78 people were martyred and more than 320 injured in Tehran.

+ Tabriz airport in the north of the country where a fire broke out and strong explosions occurred with plumes of black smoke

+ the Nojeh air base, military centers in Nahawand, the two airports Mehr Abad and Bouchehr

+ Qasr Chrine city and Kangaour city in the province of Kermânchâh.

+The holy city Qom

+ the border crossing in East Azerbaijan where a border guard fell martyred

+ Local media reported an Iranian soldier killed in a strike on a military base in the north-west near Iraq.

While the Israeli army also claimed to have eliminated missile launchers and air defenses, an air battle occurred in the evening between Israeli fighter jets and Iranian air defense over the capital Tehran.

The Iranian army later reported shooting down two F-35s and capturing a female pilot who ejected from one of them. The fate of the second pilot has not been specified.

The image of the Israeli pilot parachuting down:

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