IDF used 5,000 munitions so far, destroyed around 300 missile launchers, killed ‘thousands’ of Iranian troops
By: All Israel News Staff; allisraelnews.com
The Israeli Air Force, in cooperation with U.S. forces, continued to hammer the Iranian regime Tuesday and Wednesday, firing over 5,000 munitions since the start of the war.
Among the destroyed targets were a covert nuclear compound, missile and air defense sites, and the infrastructure of the regime. In addition, an Israeli F-35 fighter jet achieved the first shootdown of a manned hostile fighter jet, destroying an Iranian Yak-130, a Russian-made advanced subsonic jet trainer and light combat aircraft developed in the 1990s.
According to the Times of Israel, this marked the first time in around 40 years that the Israeli Air Force has shot down a manned enemy aircraft. The last time was on November 24, 1985, over Lebanon, when an Israeli F-15 downed two Syrian MiG-23 fighters.
According to IDF Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin, the strikes Israeli strikes are part of an offensive plan “aimed at deepening the severe blow to the regime’s overall firing capability.”
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