At least two Israeli warplanes have been shot down in Iranian airspace, Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, claimed on Friday evening.

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in a statement denied shooting down of their any planes and capturing of the any pilot by the Iranian military.

Iranian media also claimed to have capture a pilot of the Israeli Air Force as well, which Israel denied as well.

International media, including CNN cannot verify the claim and has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment.

PM Netanyahu says ‘more is on the way’

In a video address to the Iranian people, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says the objective of attacks on Iran, which he labelled Operation Rising Lion, was to “thwart the Islamic regime’s nuclear and ballistic missile threat”.

He claimed that in the past 24 hours, Israeli forces have eliminated “top military commanders, senior nuclear scientists, the Islamic regime’s most significant enrichment facility, and a large portion of its ballistic missile arsenal”.

“More is on the way. The regime does not know what hit them, or what will hit them,” he posted on X.

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