Israel Strikes Iran in Largest-Ever Attack
Live MintIsrael launched a major air strike against Iran, marking a dangerous new phase of confrontation between the two countries. The attack, calibrated to punish Iran for an attack on Israel but aimed to avoid setting off a full-scale war, involved Israel's most-advanced aerial weapon, F-35 jet fighters, adept at evading radar. The attack involved Israel's most-advanced aerial weapon, F-35 jet fighters, adept at evading radar. The first crop of jet fighters destroyed air-defense batteries in Syria and Iraq, clearing the flight path for the second and third sorties to funnel through to Iran. Their exact route, which hasn't been shared by Israel, appeared to dodge airspace in Jordan after the Arab nation said it wouldn't be part of an attack on Iran. The attack struck Iranian facilities involved in the production of missiles like the cruise and ballistic missiles that targeted Israel twice this year.