Exclusive Footage Unleashed: Israel’s Daring Raid on Iran Caught on Camera
On Saturday, the Israeli military broadcast the first footage of warplanes bombing targets in Iran in response to missile attacks on Israel in early October.
The footage was published hours after the early morning attack on Saturday, on the official account of the Israeli Air Force on the “X” website, with the headline: “Documentation of the launch of Air Force fighters to carry out targeted strikes in Operation (Day of Reckoning).
Israeli military spokesman Avichai Adrei posted similar footage on “X” with the caption: “This is how Air Force planes took off to carry out specific and well-directed strikes against military targets in Iran.
Thus, the Air Force jets were flown to carry out specific and precisely directed strikes against Iranian military targets. pic.twitter.com/B07Xgdwy4H
— افخای ادرعی (@AvichayAdraee) October 26, 2024
Israel bombed Iranian military sites early Saturday and the Israeli military said dozens of planes had completed three waves of strikes on Iran’s missile production facilities and other sites before dawn Saturday, warning Tehran not to retaliate.
Iran said its air defenses successfully repelled the attack, but two soldiers were killed and some sites suffered “limited damage”. A semi-official Iranian news agency, citing sources, pledged a “proportionate response” to the Israeli attack.
Iranian news websites broadcast footage of passengers at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, apparently aiming to show that the strikes did not cause significant damage.
Local media reported that explosions rocked the capital and nearby military bases for several hours.
The Israeli military said there were no changes to restrictions imposed to ensure public safety across Israel, indicating it did not expect an immediate Iranian response.
The Israeli military said it had completed its “directed” strikes on Iran and bombarded missile and surface-to-air missile facilities, adding that its planes had returned safely.
He continued, “If Iran’s regime makes the mistake of starting a new round of escalation, we will be forced to respond.”
A US official said the targets did not include Iran’s energy infrastructure or nuclear facilities.
“Iran reserves the right to respond to any attack and there is no doubt that Israel will face a proportionate response to any move,” the semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted the source as saying on Saturday.
A senior Biden administration official said “targeted and proportionate” Israeli strikes should end direct exchanges of fire between the two sides, but added that the United States is fully prepared to defend Israel again if Tehran chooses to retaliate.