By posting, I am not endorsing this source, but even Israeli press is admitting both bases were hit and infrastructure and an aircraft damaged.
They claim that only 1% of missiles made it. May or may not be true.
But one take away I have is that while Iran is telling the US that its trying to avoid fighting the US and any assistance to Israel would mean retaliation, I think its more intended towards the neigbhors.
If Israeli aircraft cross Jordan and Jordan allows it, then Amman had better be ready. And if they overfly Saudi Arabia, then Saudis better be ready. And neither of these countries will have the protective umbrella (or the warning) that Israel had so it will be a 90% success rate of the projectiles.
U.S. Reports: Half of Iranian Ballistic Missiles Failed, Aircraft Damaged in Israeli Air Force Base; UAE, Saudis Shared Intel[
U.S. officials told ABC News and the Wall Street Journal that five ballistic missiles hit the southern Nevatim Air Base, damaging a transport plane, and four hit another base. Under U.S. pressure, UAE and Saudi Arabia shared Iran's attack plans before strike
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The Nevatim Air Force base in southern Israel, on Sunday.Credit: Eliyahu Hershkovitz
HaaretzReutersThe Associated Press
Apr 15, 2024 1:38 pm IDT
Two Israeli air bases were struck by at least nine Iranian missiles that penetrated Israel's air defense systems, causing damage to one transport plane, a senior U.S. official told ABC News on Monday.
Five ballistic missiles hit the southern Nevatim Air Base,
the official said, damaging a C-130 transport plane, an unused runway and empty warehouses. Four
additional ballistic missiles struck the Negev Air Base, but no significant damage was reported, he added.
According to the official, many Iranian ballistic missiles launched at Israel did not reach their destination, either due to failing during launch or malfunctioning during flight.
Similar claims were made by three U.S. officials, who told
the Wall Street Journal on Monday that about half of all ballistic missiles fired at Israel - between 115 and 130 - failed to launch or crashed before reaching their targets.
According to
another Wall Street Journal report, also from Monday, two days before attacking Israel, Iranian officials informed their counterparts in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states about the planned offensive so that they could protect their airspace.
Egyptian and Saudi Arabian sources that spoke with the Wall Street Journal, said that several Arab governments feared that assisting Israel would result in a fallout with Iran, but following talks with the U.S.,
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates secretly agreed to share their intelligence.
The report also said that Jordan allowed use of its airspace by the U.S. and other countries involved in the defensive, and also used its own aircraft to assist in intercepting Iranian missiles and drones.
U.S. forces, supported by U.S. European Command destroyers, destroyed more than 80 one-way attack drones and at least six ballistic missiles aimed at Israel from Iran
and Yemenovernight into Sunday, the U.S. Central Command said on Monday.
This includes a ballistic missile on its launcher vehicle and seven UAVs destroyed on the ground prior to their launch in areas controlled by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, CENTCOM said.
On Sunday, the IDF spokesperson said on Sunday that 99 percent of all drones and rockets Iran launched at Israel, including 120 ballistic missiles and more than 30 cruise missiles, were intercepted by Israel's air defense system and
Israeli Air Force fighter jets, as well as "aerial defense systems and aircraft of our partners."
The attack marked the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel, despite decades of enmity dating back to the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Condemnation from the United Nations chief and others was swift, with France saying Iran "is risking a potential military escalation," Britain calling the attack "reckless" and Germany saying Iran and its proxies "must stop it immediately."
Iran had vowed revenge since an April 1 airstrike in Syria killed two Iranian generals inside an Iranian consular building. Iran accused Israel of being behind the attack. Israel hasn't commented on it.
Israel and Iran have been on a collision course throughout Israel's six-month war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Almost immediately after the war erupted, Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed group in Lebanon, began attacking Israel's northern border. The two sides have been involved in daily exchanges of fire, while Iranian-backed groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen
have launched rockets and missiles toward Israel
Iranian Defense
…..I wonder how many hypersonics wrecked that F-35 base deep in the Negev desert and that Golani HQ overlooking Syria has been totally demolished! Basically the whole myth of iron dumb dumb and arrow missiles and Aegis deployed off da coast of Israel and THAAD and what not has been destroyed too. Iran nay putloon uttar dee hae Israel key in front of everyone. 
