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Israel says it shot down an Iranian jet fighter over Tehran this morning in what it claims is the first ever air-to-air shootdown of a manned fighter by an F-35.
The journal's Margarita Stankati says that comes as Israel is also continuing attacks against Iran's police state,
hoping that airstrikes can clear the way for a revolt against the country's rulers.
In the first few days of war, we have seen Israeli forces strike the headquarters,
bases and local command centers belonging to special police units and the ideologically driven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
as well as the Basij militia,
which are the street level and forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards.
And collectively,
this sends a message that Israeli forces want to degrade Iran's ability to suppress internal dissent in the hope that this could pave the way to another domestic uprising,
another popular revolt that could ultimately lead to the toppling of the Islamic Republic.
And Margarita has said that Israel's attacks aren't just centered on Tehran,