Some interesting facts from the war, and the linked article had several videos I didn’t include. So while Israel is mostly hitting military targets, Iran just hits whatever they can with missiles that get through Israel’s defenses. It begs the question as to why not capitulate? Supposedly, there was a story that Putin reached out to Trump on behalf of Iran for a ceasefire, but it was rebuffed. And Russia let Iran know they were on their own and should concede. And beyond the nuclear weapon angle, Israel was desperate to stop Iran’s ballistic missile production and stockpiling of missiles, as the few they could launch were effective even though targeting wasn’t very good. So perhaps Iran was desperate for nuclear capabilities to compensate for targeting deficiencies? And far more effective a use would be an air detonation and EMP over Israel that isn’t very large, which would wipe out just about all electronics not shielded with devastating effect, sending the country back into the stone age. Perhaps Iran is hoping that this Israeli aggression will prompt the other Arab nations to become involved, though one of their missiles supposedly hit an Arab village within Israel killing fellow Arabs, so perhaps not. And you’d have to think this was cleared with the other Arab nations during Trump’s visit.
https://southfront.press/israel-maintains-aerial-superiority-over-tehran-hit-dozens-of-missile-launchers-videos/
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has established “full aerial superiority” over the Iranian capital, Tehran, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said in a press conference on June 16.
Israeli warplanes destroyed a third of Iran’s ballistic missile launchers and disturbed “extensive parts” of its attacks on Israel, according to the spokesman, who said that a total of 65 ballistic missiles and dozens of suicides drones were launched at Israel in two barrages over the past 24 hours,
While Defrin claimed that most of the missiles and drones were intercepted, several impacts were reported across Israel overnight with at least eight people killed.
The spokesman claimed that Iran wanted to launch at least twice as many missiles at Israel overnight. However, 20 missile launchers were simultaneously targeted by the IAF before they could fire.
Some 50 fighter jets and drones also identified and struck missile storage sites, and command centers where Iranian soldiers were gathered to launch the missiles, according to the spokesman.
Since the start of the attack on Iran, codenamed Operation Rising Lion, the IDF said, it has destroyed over 120 Iranian missile launchers, which it says is a third of what the Islamic Republic had.
Additionally, the military says the IAF conducted waves of strikes in the central province of Isfahan overnight, hitting over 100 military targets.
Earlier, the IDF announced that the IAF attacked Quds Force command centers in Tehran. The centers were used “to plan terror attacks against Israel via the Iranian regime’s proxies in the Middle East,” according to the military. Ten centers were reportedly hit.
The IDF also announced that Israeli warplanes struck trucks that attempted to transport air defense systems into Tehran. Footage released by the IDF showed three systems being hit, including a Sevom Khordad transporter erector launcher and radar vehicle.
Of course, not all Israeli strikes hit military targets. According to Iranian media, a fire department building located in the city of Musiyan in the province of Ilam and a hospital in the province of Kermanshah, both located in western Iran, were struck. Iranian officials said that at least 45 of the people killed in the last 24 hours were women and children.
In total, more than 260 people have been killed in Iran since the start of the Israeli attack, with more than 1,400 others wounded.
While Iran is yet to close its airspace, its retaliatory strikes have inflicted some real losses on Israel. The situation could of course shift at any moment.