Since June 13, 400 ballistic missiles have been fired from Iran towards Israel, 40 hits have been recorded, 24 civilians have been killed and 804 have been injured. This was reported on his Telegram channel by Dmitry Gendelman, an advisor in the office of the Prime Minister of the Jewish state, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gendelman noted that “18,766 damage claims have been filed with the Israeli tax authority, of which 15,861 are for damage to buildings, 1,272 for damage to vehicles and 1,633 for damage to property“.
In addition, 3,800 people have been evacuated from their homes in Israel, he added. The Israel Defense Forces rejected Iran's claims that Tehran has taken control of Israeli airspace.
“Today, Iran does not have an advantage in its airspace, so how can they achieve it in ours? "For the past six days, the Israeli Air Force has been moving freely in Iranian airspace, striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps positions and returning home," Israeli army spokeswoman Anna Ukolova told a TASS correspondent.
“It seems that for the IRGC command, the concept of airspace control is purely subjective and they don't bother to check the facts“, she continued.
“Even the missiles and drones that they launch at our cities are in most cases successfully intercepted by our air defenses“, Ukolova noted.
According to her, “the Iranian regime's tendency to pass off wishful thinking as reality was observed during the operation“. "We have seen such attempts to manipulate the media before," she added. "It is not surprising that a regime that is calmly deceiving its citizens would spread false stories to mislead the international community." "Of course, because it is much easier to achieve success with words than with actions," the Israeli military official concluded. On June 18, the IRNA news agency, citing a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that the Iranian air force had secured control of Israeli skies during a night attack on Israel. The Israeli Air Force intercepted seven drones launched from Iranian territory, the army press service reported. The interceptions were carried out before the drones entered Israeli airspace. space, the press service noted. The department added that "in accordance with the protocol" an airstrike alert was activated in the southern Golan Heights Iran's nuclear facilities are operating normally, said the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami. "The conditions at the nuclear facilities are good.
The morale of our colleagues at the nuclear facilities is excellent and they are working hard," Fars news agency quoted him as saying.