Cleared for publication: Satellite image show damage at “Israeli” air base by Iranian missiles

Recently released satellite image of an “Israeli” military air base showed damage to its facilities following the Iranian ballistic missile strike on Tuesday.

The images –by Planet Labs PBC imaging company– show an aircraft hanger with a large hole in the roof at the Nevatim Air Base in southern “Israel”; with debris seen around the building itself.

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The “Israeli” Military Censor cleared the images for publication in media outlets, but the “Israeli” army did not respond to inquiries on details of the image – according to “The Times of Israel”.

Nevatim Air Base

Nevatim Air Base is one of the largest in “Israel” and has three runways of different lengths.

It houses stealth fighter jets (such as F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets), transport aircraft, tanker aircraft and machines for electronic reconnaissance/surveillance, as well as the Wing of Zion, which is principal government transport aircraft of “Israel”, tasked with transporting the President and Prime Minister overseas.

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Yesterday, The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) acknowledged that its air bases were damaged in the Iranian attack.

The statement said that the Iranian missiles damaged office buildings and other maintenance areas inside the bases, claiming that they did not impact the operations of the “Israeli” Air Force.

It added that no aircraft were damaged, and that the Iranian missile impacts were “ineffective”.

“Air defenses successfully prevented [major] damage and major casualties,” the statement further claimed.