The Iranian military claims to have hit an Israeli F-16 fighter jet.

On the 21st local time, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement saying that at 3:45 am that day, Iran's new air defense system in the central region of Iran hit Israel's third warplane. It is claimed that within the first three weeks of the war, the Iranian side successfully intercepted and destroyed over 200 aircraft, including drones, cruise missiles, refueling aircraft, and top-of-the-line fighter jets.