In a dramatic escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has launched its deepest-ever strike—targeting a critical Iranian refueling aircraft at Mashhad Airport, over 2,300 kilometers deep into Iranian territory.

It is the first time that Britain has advised against travel to any part of Israel since 2013, when the FCDO set up its dedicated travel advice pages. Starmer has not ruled out offering air support to defend Israel from Iranian attacks, as additional RAF fighter jets and other military aircraft were deployed to the Middle East.

The retaliatory strikes came on Saturday, a day after Israel killed top Iranian military leaders and scientists and destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz.

Iran's armed forces said on Saturday they had shot down a modern Israeli fighter jet during Israeli airstrikes. An F-35 fighter jet was brought down in the west of the country, a state broadcaster reported.

Tehran is gearing up to decisively counter Israel’s military operations, and intends to “shut down the regime’s war machine,” the senior Iranian security official told RT on Sunday.

By Britain has sent fighter jets to the Middle East to protect its assets and “potentially to support our allies,” Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said. “It does not mean that we are at war and we have not been involved in these strikes or this conflict,

Israel has claimed it hit an Iranian airport amid conflict between the two Middle East rivals. “The Israeli Air Force struck an Iranian aerial refueling aircraft at Mashhad Airport in eastern

The clip was nothing more than an excerpt from a video game, Arma 3. The realistic images, among other things, are cyclically re-proposed to document alleged jet shootdowns.

Israel sent 200 fighter jets to conduct its operation in Iran and has dropped more than 330 different types of munitions so far, Israeli military spokesman Effie Defrin said.