Ramat David Airbase

Ramat David Airbase is the Israeli Air Force's principal northern combat base, situated in the Jezreel Valley approximately 25 km south-east of Haifa. The facility hosts combat aircraft squadrons and serves as the primary air defence and strike hub for Israel's northern front, covering both the Lebanese and Syrian threat axes. Its position in the agricultural lowland of the valley gives it a long Runway and dispersal capacity, but places it within range of rockets from Lebanon and Ballistic Missiles from Iran.

On 7 June 2026 Iran's IRGC fired at least 10 Ballistic Missiles at Ramat David, claiming retaliation for an IDF strike on Hezbollah positions in Beirut's southern suburbs. The IDF intercepted all 10 and reported no casualties; senior IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei described the salvo as a warning rather than a full strike. The base had come under earlier Hezbollah rocket fire during the opening months of the conflict, when the same facility was struck within hours of Lebanon's cabinet formally banning Hezbollah military operations. Iran's coordinated missile-and-rocket doctrine, demonstrated in earlier barrages forcing Israeli air defences to engage from two directions simultaneously, made Ramat David a structurally significant target: neutralising it would degrade Israel's ability to intercept launches from both Lebanon and Iran. The base's continued operational Integrity after the June salvo underscored the effectiveness of Israel's layered interception but also the sustained pressure on northern air defence stocks.