Iran attacked israel with nearly 200 ballistic missiles, targeting several military installations such as airbases and the mossad headquarters, according to bbc news Israel fields just two squadrons of the costly stealth jets, and relies on them heavily as the remainder of the fighter fleet relies on largely obsolete avionics and old mechanically scanned array radars. Shot down several missiles, though others hit israeli territory, per the outlet
Israel denies any jets were lost A statement by the army added that the pilot was captured after ejecting over western iran, reports tehran times In a statement at around 1:50am on saturday local time (11:50pm on friday uk time), the israel defense forces said
Iran had earlier launched more than 100 drones towards israeli targets Most of these were intercepted by israel’s air defence systems However, a second wave of missile attacks followed, with some missiles managing to hit israeli cities.