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IDF denies Iranian state media report claiming Tehran downed pair of Israeli fighter jets

By Emanuel Fabian 13 June 2025, 9:55 pm 3 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The IDF denies a report by Iran’s state media claiming that the country’s forces downed two Israeli fighter jets and captured a pilot.

“Fake Iranian media,” says Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman. “This news being spread by Iranian media is completely baseless.”

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