As Israel continues to ponder its response to Iran’s missile attack last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a security deliberation with his security chiefs in Tel Aviv.
He is joined by Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, Mossad director David Barnea, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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The IDF acknowledges that some of its airbases were hit in last night’s Iranian missile attack on Israel.
The impacts damaged office buildings and other maintenance areas in the bases that do not impact the Israeli Air Force’s functioning, according to the military.
No IAF aircraft were damaged in the attack and all of the missile impacts in the airbases are deemed by the military as “ineffective,” meaning that no harm was caused to the continuous operations of the IAF.
The military reports no damage caused to fighter jets, drones, other aircraft, munitions and critical infrastructure.
Highlighting the ineffectiveness of the Iranian attack, the military notes that the IAF continued its operations in the following hours, including major strikes against Hezbollah in Beirut, support for ground forces in southern Lebanon and strikes in Gaza.
The IDF says that it measures the effectiveness of an attack based on how much damage was caused to critical infrastructure and assets, and how many casualties were caused, and not how many missiles ultimately impacted. Air defenses successfully prevented such damage and major casualties, it says.
The IAF is also readying for a response against Iran, per the instructions of the political echelon.
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The military says the division has been engaged in close-quarters combat with Hezbollah operatives, as well as directing airstrikes on gunmen and the terror group’s positions.
In one recent operation, the division’s Egoz commando unit destroyed a Hezbollah position, including a rocket launcher and a cache of explosives, according to the IDF.
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