Iran, Israel and air superiority
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Israel launched a surprise attack on a range of targets in Iran, sparking a barrage of missile attacks from Iran into Israel. Iran claimed it had taken down three Israeli F-35 fighter jets, and an apparent image of one such jet spread across the internet.
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Iran has arrested dozens of people on suspicion of spying as fears grow in the Islamic Republic over the extent of its infiltration by Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.
Israeli forces destroyed a pair of Iranian F-14 Tomcats, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Monday. The Defence Blog reports that the jets were parked in Isfahan, Iran, while Israel carried out airstrikes on military targets in the region.
The Israeli military said on Monday its air force is continuing to strike military targets in Iran as tensions intensify between the two foes.
The Israeli Ministry of Defence rebuked the French government and the organisers of the Paris Air Show for closing their pavilions.
The Israeli air force targeted several trucks carrying weapons, including trucks transporting surface-to-air missile launchers, moving from western Iran toward Tehran in an attempt to evade IDF strikes, the IDF said Monday. The weapons and missile launchers were destroyed in the strikes.
In a precision strike near Tehran, IAF kills top Iranian intelligence figures, including the heads of IRGC and Quds Force intelligence, dealing 'significant blow' to Iran’s terror planning and regional influence.