Israel admits damage to air bases following Iran’s ballistic missile attack

Israel on Wednesday acknowledged that Iran’s attack with dozens of ballistic missiles had caused damage to several air bases.

The army “acknowledges that some of its airbases were hit in last night’s Iranian missile attack on Israel,” said a statement shared with local media.

“The impacts damaged office buildings and other maintenance areas in the bases that do not impact the Israeli Air Force’s functioning.”

It added that no “aircraft were damaged in the attack,” and all of the missile impacts in the airbases are deemed by the military as “ineffective”.

Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel on Tuesday night, which involved about 200 rockets, is the largest ballistic missile attack in history.

The barrage was in retaliation to the killing of leadership of  Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and top Hamas negotiator Ismail Haniyeh, as well as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Abbas Nilforoushan.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has warned Israel that the next attack by Iran will prove to be much more painful.

After the attack on Israel, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei warned Israel in his statement on social media website X, formerly known as twitter.

The supreme leader said in his statement that with the help of Allah, the blows of the uprising front will become stronger and more painful on the worn and rotting body of the Zionist regime.