Israel strikes Tehran airport, claims it was used for weapons transports

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Israel strikes Tehran airport, claims it was used for weapons transports  The Israeli military on Saturday reported that it had struck a Tehran airport that it alleged was used to help transport weapons to militant groups that Iran supports across the Middle East.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/03/08/israel-strikes-tehran-airport-claims-it-was-used-for-weapons-transports  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:01Israel struck a major airport in Tehran on Saturday evening, as the war in the Middle East headed into its

00:08second week.

00:09The Israeli military said that it had targeted Tehran's Meribad airport late on Saturday.

00:15The strike was carried out because Israel claims that Iran used the airport to transport weapons to allied militias in

00:22the region, especially Hezbollah in Lebanon.

00:26Israel provided no evidence to support this claim.

00:30The attack reportedly destroyed several Iranian aircraft.

00:33According to the Israeli military, 16 planes or jets were destroyed.

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