Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Omer Tishler said the entire IAF was ready to launch a massive strike on hundreds of targets deep inside Iran, and was halted just one hour before takeoff while still briefing pilots. The revelation, shared with troops, is the most senior on-record confirmation of an operation frozen at the political level.
In a briefing to Israeli Air Force personnel on Tuesday morning, IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Omer Tishler provided the most detailed on-record account of a major pre-planned strike on Iran that was halted at the last moment. Tishler said every component of the air force was prepared for a large-scale raid on hundreds of targets inside Iran, adding that the operation was frozen just one hour before the formation was to take off, while pilots were still being briefed. His remarks confirm what The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday (08:51) — that a senior IAF officer had revealed the operation was aborted at the political level. Prior to that, multiple reports over the past week (June 8) described a strike package of dozens of fighters poised for takeoff, linked by some accounts to U.S. presidential intervention. Tishler's account is the first to specify the sheer scale — hundreds of targets — and the narrow window of one hour to launch. The identity of who ordered the halt and the precise timing of the decision remain unstated in his remarks.
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