Pakistan, June 14 -- Iranian state media reported that Iranian air defense forces shot down two Israeli fighter jets on Friday during a large-scale Israeli air assault. The official IRNA news stated that the jets were hit while flying inside Iranian airspace. However, the report did not provide further details about the location or the type of aircraft targeted.

This development comes amid a dangerous military escalation between the two countries. Just hours earlier, Iran had launched around 100 missiles at Israel in retaliation for deadly Israeli airstrikes. Those strikes killed at least 20 senior Iranian commanders and hit sensitive military and nuclear sites, including facilities in Isfahan and Natanz. Iran's air defense systems were ...