Israel mounts pressure on Iran: Airfields bombed to rubble; jets annihilated – watch video

Israel’s navy on Monday confirmed it had launched a wave of coordinated airstrikes on six Iranian airbases, considerably impairing Tehran’s potential to conduct aerial operations amid deepening hostilities between the 2 nations.The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) mentioned the air raids focused key navy infrastructure throughout western, central, and japanese Iran, together with runways, underground hangars, refuelling plane, and Iranian fighter jets. “As part of efforts to deepen aerial superiority over Iranian airspace, the IDF struck six Iranian regime airfields… damaging runways, underground hangars, a refuelling aircraft, and fighter jets of the F-14, F-5, and AH-1 types,” the IDF mentioned in a press release. The plane have been reportedly supposed to be used towards Israeli jets.Separately, over 15 Israeli fighter jets struck surface-to-surface missile launch websites in Kermanshah, aiming to neutralise Iranian threats directed at Israel. “The Israeli Air Force disrupted the ability to launch from these airfields and impaired the Iranian military’s aerial capabilities,” the navy added.The strikes come amid heightened battle since June 13, when Israel and the United States launched coordinated operations towards Iran’s nuclear and missile amenities. The newest escalation follows US President Donald Trump’s deployment of bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear websites. Trump later claimed the strikes had inflicted “monumental damage” and “completely and fully obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned on Sunday that Israel is “very close” to attaining its targets. “This is a regime that wants to wipe us out… we are moving step by step towards achieving these goals,” he mentioned. Netanyahu additionally confirmed that “very serious damage” had been inflicted on Iran’s nuclear website in Fordow and that over half of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers had been taken out during the last ten days.“We won’t pursue our actions beyond what is needed to achieve [the goals], but we also won’t finish too soon,” Netanyahu mentioned. “When the objectives are achieved, then the operation is complete and the fighting will stop.”