Hezbollah has re-circulated a video from July 2024 identifying what it says were hangars of the Israeli Air Force's Squadron 157, an electronic warfare UAV unit at Ramat David Air Base. The organization claims both hangars were fully destroyed during Iran's recent strikes on northern Israel. The footage was originally released nearly two years ago; the claim of destruction is unverified and not confirmed by the IDF.
The message, posted at 16:44, revisits a Hezbollah intelligence release from July 23, 2024, which carried aerial footage targeting what the organization identified as hangars of Squadron 157 at Ramat David Air Base. Squadron 157 — known as "the Squadron in the Valley" — is an electronic warfare unit operating specialized drones, a key asset for Israel's northern front. The post now asserts that both of these hangars were fully destroyed in Iran's recent ballistic missile and drone salvos against northern Israel, which struck Ramat David during the June 7–8 escalation. As The Zioneer previously reported, Ramat David has been singled out as a primary target by both Iran and Hezbollah during the current conflict. In the June 8 coverage (see IRGC Shahed-136 drone launch topic and the June 10 Hezbollah drone infrastructure report), the base was hit by Iranian barrages. However, no Israeli military source has confirmed the destruction of Squadron 157's hangars or disclosed damage assessments to specific units at the base. The Hezbollah footage itself is nearly two years old and serves here as an after-the-fact targeting claim rather than post-strike battle-damage evidence. The assertion rests on a single, unverified source. Damage to IAF infrastructure at Ramat David has been acknowledged in general terms by Israeli officials, but the specific claim regarding Squadron 157 remains unsubstantiated.
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