Maariv: The severe damage to the Nevatim base negatively affects the Israeli air defense news
The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that the damage to the Nevatim military air base as a result of the Iranian missile attack will negatively affect the Israeli air defense, at a time when satellite images showed damage to the roofs of a row of buildings near the main runway at the base, according to the American “Associated Press” agency.
Maariv confirmed that the Iranian missile attack caused “severe damage” to the base, which is located in the Negev desert.
In turn, Associated Press reported that satellite images showed a large hole in an aircraft warehouse at the military base, and large pieces of debris could be seen scattered around the building after the intense Iranian bombing.
She noted that “the cause of the damage was not clear. The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the satellite images.”
Nevatim is home to the Israeli Air Force's most advanced aircraft, including the US-produced F-35 Lightning II stealth aircraft. It is not clear from satellite images whether any aircraft were in the warehouse when it was struck.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Israeli army acknowledged that the missile strike carried out by Iran on Tuesday evening caused damage to its air bases, but it downplayed its importance and did not reveal its locations.
Israeli Army Radio said that several Air Force bases were damaged by the Iranian attack, but “there was no damage to their infrastructure.”
Israeli news platforms also reported from the army that there were no aircraft or weapons casualties. The army also denied that Iran had launched supersonic missiles as part of its attack on Israel yesterday.
Anatolia News Agency quoted an Israeli military source as saying that the missiles “caused damage to administrative buildings (inside the air bases)… in the shell and not in the core.”
The source refused to reveal the affected locations, and said, “There is no damage to continuity or follow-up plans, and the evidence is that the planes landed and took off from all bases.”
The American website Axios quoted an Israeli military official as saying that dozens of Iranian missiles were fired at the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service (Mossad) in Tel Aviv, but he said that none of them landed inside the complex.
Likewise, the American CNN network said that an analysis of the video clips showed that an Iranian missile exploded less than one kilometer from the Mossad headquarters.