Israel strikes F-14 fighter jets during attack on Tehran's Isfahan Airport

Israel’s military on Sunday claimed that it had struck a series of fighter jets that Iran purchased from the United States. However, it did not clarify whether the jets were destroyed. The defence forces also struck detection and air defense systems.

The fleet of F-14s parked at Isfahan Airport, south of Tehran, was a pillar of the Iranian air force and historically used to defend its airspace, as reported by AP.

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Israel launched strikes on southern Lebanon and Beirut again early Sunday, killing 12 more people, the Lebanese health ministry said, as the war in the Middle East escalated.

Israeli officials said the strikes targeted commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force. This comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the conflict.

On Saturday, an Israeli attack hit an oil storage facility in Tehran, which sent up pillars of fire as a glow against the night sky, marking the first time a civil industrial facility has been targeted in the war.

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The war began on February 28 with US and Israel launching airstrikes on Iran, killing more than a thousand people in the Islamic Republic.

An Iranian drone damaged a water desalination plant in Bahrain on Sunday, as per information provided by Bahrain’s Interior Ministry. As per AP, it was the first time an Arab country had reported Iran targeting a desalination plant during the nine-day war.