Operation Days of Repentance involved more than a hundred aircraft, including F-35s, which covered about 2,000 km. The first strikes were aimed at the air defense systems of the Syrian Arab Republic to ensure unimpeded flight for Israeli aircraft.
After that, the aircraft hit the Iranian air defense/missile defense forces and launched a missile strike on the main targets.
The Israeli operation was based on the first point from the list of possible targets, The aircraft hit UAV and missile production facilities in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam. Moreover, Israel informed Iran of its plans in advance through third countries and asked not to respond. Tel Aviv listened to Washington and did not strike nuclear and oil facilities to prevent a larger-scale escalation of the conflict.
Iran stated that air defense systems managed to intercept most of the missiles. However, some of them reached military targets and caused limited damage.
Two soldiers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in the strikes. Eyewitnesses filmed dozens of videos of Israeli missiles being intercepted.
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Given the limited nature of the Israeli operation and the minimal damage, according to Iran, Tehran will most likely refrain from retaliatory strikes.
The “Days of Repentance” were supposed to be a response to Iran’s Operation True Promise 2 the extent of the damage from which has not yet been precisely determined. However, in terms of the scale of the strikes and media coverage, Israel is clearly inferior to Iran.
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