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Senior Air Force officer says Israeli strikes have killed thousands of Iranian troops
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A senior Israeli Air Force officer says Israel’s strikes in Iran have killed thousands of Iranian soldiers amid the ongoing conflict.
“In the past two days, we have killed thousands of Iranian forces,” says Col. “Aleph,” the commander of the Ramat David Airbase — identified only by his first initial in Hebrew — in a video published by the military.
The airbase commander says he participated in the latest wave of strikes on a massive Iranian military compound in eastern Tehran.
“Seconds before I dropped the bombs, I looked right and left, and saw dozens of fighter jets beside me. They’re flying freely, dropping hundreds of tons of precise munitions and destroying the targets,” he adds.
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