Israel hit Iran five times more than Iran hit back, US analysts say

Two US-based defence think tanks say Israel has bombarded Iranian territory far more extensively than Iran has managed to retaliate.

Analysts from the Critical Threats Project and the Institute for the Study of War say the scale of Israeli air raids on Iran vastly outweighs Tehran’s counterattacks.

Here’s what they found:

• Since Israel’s June 13 offensive, “197 reported or confirmed air strikes on Iran” have been carried out by Israeli forces.

• In contrast, Iran has launched just “39 reported or confirmed ballistic missile strikes or interceptor impacts in Israel.”

• The think tanks noted a “sharp decline” in Iran’s missile barrage sizes, linking it to “Israel’s destruction of missile launchers and storage facilities.”