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according to a report on the us "war zone" website on october 4, the latest satellite images revealed the extent of damage to israel's nevatim air force base after it was hit by an iranian ballistic missile on october 1. analysts found that there were at least 33 craters in the base. . however, it is still unclear whether the israeli f-35i fighter jets were lost in this attack.

satellite image of nevatim air force base taken on october 2

on october 1, iran launched about 180 ballistic missiles at targets in israel, a considerable number of which successfully penetrated israel's ballistic missile defense system. this was in sharp contrast to iran's missile attack in april, when only a handful of missiles succeeded. break through the israeli defense system. iran claimed that the missiles in this attack targeted key israeli military facilities, including the mossad headquarters, air defense radar facilities, and two key air bases: nevatim and turnov.

the "war zone" website stated that the nevatim air force base houses the israeli military's high-value f-35i fighter jets and electronic support aircraft. decker eveleth, a strategic analyst at the center for naval analysis (can), a u.s. non-profit research and analysis organization, said that the latest satellite images show "at least 33 craters at nevatim air force base, and there may be more." many craters are obscured by clouds." eveleth believes that the total number of craters produced by missiles launched by iran at the nevatim air base may be close to 40.

israeli f-35i fighter jet

what remains unclear is exactly what iran is targeting at the nevatim air base. eveleth said there were some "dense" craters around areas such as berms and fighter hangars, and one hangar had apparently been destroyed by a missile. however, eveleth believed that the damage caused by iranian missiles to the nevatim air force base was "little effective." "most of the missiles either missed their target completely or just hit the taxiways around the base, most of which have now been repaired. but they did hit a tanker hangar and a few buildings," he added road.

eveleth said that while nevatim air base was lucky in the attack, there was also bad news for israel. he said that iran is increasing the number of missiles, improving the accuracy of missiles, and enhancing its confrontation capabilities, which makes israel face a greater threat, and such large-scale actual combat provides iran with key data to help iran improve these long-range strike systems. on the other hand, the fact that nevatim air base was hit by such a large number of missiles indicates that israel’s ballistic missile defense system was at least partially defeated by iran.