The Israeli Air Force strike in Yemen today marks the longest flight carried out by the IAF since the beginning of the war, with fighter jets flying over 2,350 kilometers (1,460 miles) to the targets, according to the military.
The strike involved over 10 IAF fighter jets dropping some 30 munitions on 15 targets in Sanaa and in the al-Jawf area north of the capital, the IDF says.
En route to carrying out the strike and on the way back to Israel, several aerial refuelings were carried out.
Today’s strike is not the most distant attack of the war, as Sanaa is located only some 1,800 kilometers (1,118 miles) from Israel, with the jets taking a detour to avoid Saudi airspace. The most distant strike carried out by the IAF in the war was conducted at Iran’s Mashhad Airport in June, some 2,300 kilometers (1,429 miles) from Israel.
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