Iran on Tuesday night fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel, many of which were intercepted by Israel’s air defense system, with some landing in the sea and others creating craters in the ground.
But what was the result of the attack and the extent of the destruction it caused in Israel?
According to the Sky News investigation, at least seven impact sites have been identified, including two Israeli air bases, a school site and two sites near the area believed to be home to Mossad headquarters.
Iran said the attack targeted military bases and was carried out in response to the assassinations of three prominent Iranian or Iranian-backed leaders – namely Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Abbas Nilforusan.
Nevatim Air Base
Sky News has found three videos suggesting the Nevatim airbase was targeted.
While none prove that the base was directly hit, or what damage may have been caused, the videos clearly show that the missiles landed within its perimeter.
In the video shown by Sky News, at least eight missiles appeared to have been fired in the direction of the base. The number of additional visible missiles suggests that many more are likely to have impacted her.
The Nevatim airbase in the Negev desert, home to Israel’s F-35 fighter jets, was also targeted in an Iranian drone and missile barrage in April in response to an attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
Missiles also landed at the Tel Nof air base.
Target and Mossad headquarters
The headquarters of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency also appears to have been one of the targets.
Video taken from a car shows an explosion about 700 meters south of the headquarters, with a rocket seen landing next to the road.
Also another missile landed north of the headquarters. A large crater formed on the road just over half a kilometer from the building, which is located in the densely populated suburb of Glilot on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
A crater of that size would not have been caused by anti-aircraft shrapnel, but by a warhead, Forbes McKenzie, chief executive of McKenzie Intelligence Services, told Sky News.
“A head is designed to create a hole in the ground. That’s why. Whereas a defense system is designed to fragment in the air and spread a lot of nasty stuff in the air for the missiles to fly away and basically be derailed or destroyed.
“A large crater in the ground is created by something designed to create a large crater in the ground.”
The shape of the crater is also a clue to what caused it, added Sky News military analyst Professor Michael Clarke.
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