Israeli Air Force
Aerial service branch of the Israel Defense Forces
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| January 2025 | The United States retired and transferred MIM-104 Patriot missile systems to Ukraine |
| 2024 | Wind Demon, an Israeli air-to-ground cruise missile, was first publicly revealed by the Israeli Air Force. |
| November 10 2024 | IRGC commander Mohammad Jafar Asadi admitted that Israel damaged one of Iran's military equipment, specifically hitting a car with no casualties. |
| October 22 2024 | Aziz Jafari, former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, publicly admitted Israel's 'missile attack' on the Isfahan airbase, claiming Israel used advanced American aircraft with permission from some countries. |
| May 5 2024 | Israeli transportation minister Miri Regev officially confirmed Israel's responsibility for the previous strikes on Iran. |
| April 2024 | Following the consulate attack, Western powers (United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) warned Iran against retaliating and escalating tensions with Israel. |
| April 21 2024 | Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei first publicly commented on the Israeli strikes, dismissing the details as of 'secondary importance'. |
| April 19 2024 | Israeli Air Force launched limited airstrikes targeting an air defense radar site at an airbase near Isfahan, Iran at 5:23 a.m. IRST. The strike was a direct response to previous Iranian drone and missile strikes on Israel, which were themselves a retaliation for an earlier Israeli airstrike on an Iranian consulate in Damascus. |
| April 18 2024 | Iran threatened to potentially expedite its nuclear program if its nuclear installations were to be attacked, escalating tensions following the earlier missile strikes. |
| April 13 2024 | The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), in collaboration with Hezbollah and Yemeni Houthis, launched a direct missile and drone attack on Israel. This was Iran's first direct attack on Israel, conducted in retaliation for an earlier Israeli airstrike on an Iranian consulate annex in Damascus. The operation was part of the Gaza war spillover. |
| April 1 2024 | Israeli armed forces conducted a strike on a World Central Kitchen aid convoy traveling from Deir al-Balah to Khan Younis, killing six international aid workers and their Palestinian driver. |
| April 1 2024 | Israeli airstrike targeted the Iranian consulate annex building in Damascus, Syria, killing 16 people, including Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior Quds Force commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), seven other IRGC officers, and six militants from Hezbollah and other Iranian-supported groups. |
| 2023 | Sky Spear long-range air-to-air missile was revealed by Israel, adding a new advanced missile to the Israeli Air Force's air-to-air missile arsenal. |
| October 2023 | Israeli forces began a series of air strikes in the West Bank, continuing through August 2024, with approximately 50-60 air strikes conducted during this period. |
| October 2023 | Iranian-backed Hezbollah begins attacking northern Israel, leading to over 4,400 violent incidents and the evacuation of approximately 100,000 Israelis from the region. |
| October 2023 | Iranian-backed Houthi movement initiates attacks, launching drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel and hijacking ships in the Red Sea, disrupting trade through the Suez Canal. |
| October 7 2023 | Hamas launches a major attack in southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping at least 253 Israeli and international citizens, which triggers Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip. |
| May 2021 | Israeli air force and artillery conducted 1,500 strikes on Gaza during Operation Guardian of the Walls. |
| May 15 2021 | Israeli airstrike destroyed the al-Jalaa Building in Gaza City, which housed offices of media organizations including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press. |
| November 20 2019 | Israeli Air Force conducted late-night airstrikes in Damascus near an airport, targeting dozens of Iranian targets. The strikes were in response to rocket fire in Golan Heights the previous day. Syrian state media reported two civilian casualties, while a British war group claimed over 23 people were killed, including 15 Iranians. |
| July 11 2018 | After an Israeli Patriot missile intercepted a Syrian reconnaissance drone in northern Israel, Israel attacked three Syrian military posts in the Quneitra area. |
| May 10 2018 | After Iranian forces fired around 20 projectiles towards Israeli army positions, Israel responded with rocket fire into Syria. IAF commander Amikam Norkin confirmed the strikes and noted this was the first use of F-35s, resulting in 23 fighters killed, including 18 foreigners. |
| February 10 2018 | An Israeli AH-64 shot down an Iranian drone that entered Israel. Four Israeli F-16's launched a strike into Syria, with one being shot down by Syrian air defense forces. Both pilots were injured but managed to eject. Israel subsequently attacked Syrian air defenses and Iranian targets. |
| March 17 2017 | Israeli jet fighters attacked targets in Syria. Several S-200 missiles were fired at the jets, with one missile shot down by an Arrow 2 missile. This was the first clearly confirmed Israeli strike on Syrian territory during the Syrian Civil War. |
| August 20 2015 | After four rockets hit the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee, Israel launched airstrikes in Syria, killing several militants. |
| July 29 2015 | Israeli airplanes struck a vehicle in a Druse village in southwestern Syria, killing Hezbollah men and a pro-Assad militiaman. A second airstrike targeted a military base along the Syrian-Lebanese border. |
| September 23 2014 | An IAF MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile battery shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-24 that allegedly crossed the Syrian-Israeli ceasefire line during a ground attack mission. Both pilots ejected and were taken prisoner by Syrian rebels. |
| August 19 2014 | A significant Israeli strike occurred, marking an escalation in the conflict and potential targeting of specific Hamas operational sites. |
| August 5 2014 | Israel expanded its military ground operation into Gaza, sending troops and tanks into the territory to neutralize tunnel networks and militant positions. |
| August 1 2014 | Israeli airstrikes intensified in Gaza, targeting suspected Hamas infrastructure and militant locations. |
| July 8 2014 | IAF began Operation Protective Edge, targeting 4,762 terror sites across Gaza Strip, including downing two unmanned aerial vehicles launched from Gaza. |
| November 2012 | IAF participated in Operation Pillar of Defense, targeting over 1,500 military sites in Gaza Strip. |
| October 24 2012 | Sudan claimed Israel bombed a munitions factory south of Khartoum allegedly involved in arms-smuggling to Hamas. |
| April 5 2011 | Israeli missile destroyed a car near Port Sudan Airport, killing two passengers, potentially including a senior Hamas military commander. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles List of Israeli strikes and Palestinian casualties in the 2014 Gaza War, November 2019 Israeli missile strikes in Syria, List of munitions used by the Israeli Air Force, Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, History of the Israeli Air Force & April 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.