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Thursday, March 5, 2026
Iran claims it launched missiles with 1-ton warheads at Ben Gurion Airport and nonexistent airbase at airport
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims to have launched ballistic missiles with 1-ton explosive warheads at Ben Gurion Airport this morning.
In a statement, the IRGC says that at dawn, it launched Khorramshahr-4 missiles at “the heart of Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport, and the 27th Squadron base of the Israeli Air Force at this airport.”
There is no 27th Squadron in the Israeli Air Force, and the claim is likely referring to Airbase 27, or Lod Airbase, which was once part of Ben Gurion Airport before being closed for good in 2010.
All of Iran’s ballistic missiles launched overnight at Israel were intercepted by air defenses, according to the IDF. One missile launched in the morning struck an open area in a central town.
IRGC launched a Khorramshahr-4 missile with a 1-ton warhead toward Israel earlier today at dawn, claiming it penetrated 7 layers of air defense. pic.twitter.com/C4s0THqwcn
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