The Israeli Nevatim airbase located in the Negev desert sustained significant damage from Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack against Israel, according to satellite imagery and Hebrew media.
Maariv newspaper reported on 3 October that an aircraft hangar in the Nevatim base was hit hard by Iranian ballistic missiles during Tehran’s operation on 1 October.
Satellite imagery captured by Planet Labs and released by AP on Thursday confirmed the report, showing at least two hits, including a large hole in the aircraft hanger and a smaller crater on one of the runways.
⚡️🇮🇷🇮🇱 BREAKING: Satellite Images were released of the Israeli Nevatim air base, one of the airbases that was struck by Iranian missiles on October 1st.
Satellite imagery shows an aircraft hangar being hit as well as other buildings and possibly also damage to the runway.… https://t.co/kn14bSqbv0 pic.twitter.com/uBBr5FMqhX
— Arya – آریا (@AryJeay) October 3, 2024
Iran launched its massive ballistic missile attack against Israel on 1 October in an operation dubbed True Promise 2. It was announced as the retaliatory response to the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year and the assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week.
At least 200 ballistic missiles made direct impacts in several locations across Israel after being fired in successive waves.
